How didst thou sway the theatre! Make us feelThe players' wounds were true, and their swords, steel!Nay, stranger yet, how often did I knowWhen the spectators ran to save the blow?Frozen with grief we could not stir awayUntil the epilogue told us 'twas a play. From the point of view of an actor, pla...

Over the weekend, I attended a one-act play competition to see the high school I graduated from in their presentation of Act IV of Shakespeare\'s \"The Comedy of Errors.\" I didn\'t know what to expect, having never read or seen the play, but I was excited because Shakespeare is always entertainin...

The play, \"The Comedy of Errors,\" turns out to be precisely what the title claims. It is a play about magic and illusion in a faraway country. \"The Comedy of Errors\" shows how a series of confused identities eventually leads to chaos in a community, and just how deceiving appearances can be. The...

As the 1934 literature laureate of the prestigious Nobel Prize, author and playwright Luigi Pirandello was truly a pioneer in his field. The award was given to him "for his bold and ingenious revival of dramatic and scenic art". He is today known as the greatest Italian playwright of his time. Hi...

The Playwright's Company: Saving the Art on Broadway The period in history from the Depression up until the beginnings of World War II were financially bleak for Broadway Theatre. The number of productions being produced were also down. Producers were going bankrupt left and right, and the S...

THE EVIDENCEWHEN the first performance of Hamlet ended, a column of people streamed into Maiden Lane and then dispersed, radially through the fields and thoroughfares of Southwark, eastward to London Bridge, northward along Horseshoe Alley to the fleet of wherries waiting on the Thames. A litter of ...