1) What was the play about? (brief synopsis) Mr. Kipps, the protagonist, has engaged a professional actor to help him learn to act out and reveal his play onstage to his family and friends. By the second act, a shy, timid, and nervous Kipps transforms into the superior actor. At this point,...

I had never been to a theatre setting such as the Goodman Theatre before and it was exciting. The building was enormous. When I first entered I thought I was at an Opera House. The shape of the theatre was huge. It had high ceilings and high seating. Balconies went on for days. The shape of the ...

HAMLET Disillusionment. Depression. Despair. These are the burning emotions churning in young Hamlet's soul as he attempts to come to terms with his father's death and his mother's incestuous, illicit marriage. When Hamlet tries to pick up the pieces of his shattered idealism, he consciousl...

DAVIES A Pinter play frequently starts off with a good deal of humour but moves towards a sombre and disturbing conclusion. The character of Davies follows this pattern. Most of Act One is very funny indeed, entirely because of how Davies is presented; but the end of the play has a tragic dimension ...

JEAN-BAPTISTE POQUELIN MOLIÈRE1622--1673From The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces Vol. 2, 7th edition, ed. Maynard Mack, et. al. (New York: W.W. Norton, 1999) Son of a prosperous Paris merchant, Jean-Baptiste Molière (originally named Poquelin) devoted his entire adult life to the crea...

Hamlet as a madman Hamlet is one of Shakespeare's most analysed plays. The Danish prince is developed into a mysterious and fascinating man. A philosopher and a fencer, he is a man disgusted with the rottenness of life around him and is obligated to set things right. Under the guise of mad...

The Fantastiks The Fantastiks is the longest running play in American theatre history. I thought I was not going to enjoy the play, but I couldn't of been more wrong. I thought the play was hysterical; it had a simple story line that anyone could understand. I really liked that the themes ...

A brief look at the history of dramatic representation shows a long and tumultuous past. I am just going to briefly touch down on medieval times. Because of its pagan associations, early Christians regarded the theater as disgraceful and held it in low esteem. Actors were forbidden to become m...

In playwright Judith Thompson's "Lion in the Streets," the world is seen through the eyes of a young girl who has been murdered. Isobel (Alexandria Sage) wanders amidst the lives of family members and neighborhood people discovering death all around her - literally, spiritually, and morally. Sa...

Through reading the play "Noises Off," one is able to see the characters trying to present the play "Nothing On." The action takes place in numerous theatres, where the audience could see behind the scene of true theatre production. "Noises Off" was written by a British author named Michael Fr...

Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies. Set in Messina, Italy, it depicts the life of a young couple about to be married in parallel with another couple more reluctant to marriage at first but who will finally succumb to cupid's arrows. This essay will lean on the Kenn...

Richard the Third is a play about deformities, and about how these deformities resemble the type of person someone is. The protagonist of the play, Richard III, is the prime example of a perfect villain, even in his own words, "I am determined to prove a villain," (I.1.30) are we given his...