` Known as the" Comedy of Glams", "that play", "Scottish business", "the nameless play", or just "unmentionable", the play macbeth continues to have a curse surrounding its name and performance. Macbeth is an incredibly dark drama, full of witchcraft, ghosts, bloodshed and murder. First performed f...

"MacBeth", although one of Shakespeare's greatest works, disappointed me when seen on stage. Usually, acting captures the raw emotion and depth of a character's feeling. However, in this recent portrayal, I found there was a great lack of true sentiment resulting in confusion and...

This sonnet demonstrates Shakespeare's great ability of playing with words. According to him a person is tongue-tied when he has either too much or too little to say. He illustrates his idea by giving an example of an unperfect actor who forgets his lines on stage and more curiously, some fierce t...

This sonnet demonstrates Shakespeare's great ability of playing with words. According to him a person is tongue-tied when he has either too much or too little to say. He illustrates his idea by giving an example of an unperfect actor who forgets his lines on stage and more curiously, some fierce t...

The First Staging of Shakespeare's Macbeth William Shakespeare's first production of Macbeth was performed at the Old Globe Theatre in 1606. At the time James I was the king of Great Britain and Scotland. In 1606 his brother-in-law Christian IV visited King James. M...

There are many examples that one can come up with to compare Othello with O.J: the fish and juice. They are both stars in there own way, heroes, warriors, and gladiators. So with some of these ideas in mind, this is how I am going to compare the similarities of the two. Othello, who's...

"What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" is a rich, memorable and stunningly acted story of desire colliding with responsibility. It catches many an eye with its dramatic, yet solemn storyline and creative technical features. The film's major themes are well presented throughout the plot, larg...

As the great Shakespeare once quipped "Life is but a stage and we are merely players." A metaphorical truth rings evidently in that statement. Our text and workbook confronts the issues of roles and conflict within roles in detail. To elucidate my own experience with roles and inheren...

I approached this first rehearsal having written detailed notes on my directorial plans. The notes contained step-by-step stage directions as well as help with characters, and were given to the actors at the start of the rehearsal. My thoughts in doing this were that it would hopefully make it easi...