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...

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...

Sunddenly, Bob dashes out into the audience and jokingly asks one of the audience members if she would like to catch a movie after the play. This type of thig was typical at The Complete Works of William Shakespeare in Samuel Park in Dallas. It was an entertaining comedy with many themes and many ...

Much like the great comedies of our time, the play, \"Tartuffe,\" is founded on serious issues. The 17th-century comedy, written by Moliere, achieves a representation of human nature through farce and satire. Moliere had a method of portraying life that could not be matched, not even by the likes of...

Many people share their own beliefs and thoughts on what makes a film effective. There are many different reasons why a film can be effective or not effective. The goal of the creators and writers of the film are to capture the audience's attention by making an effective film. However, this ...

A Midsummer Night\'s Dream is an excellent, humorous play written by Shakespeare. It is highly characteristic of Shakespeare, bringing several subplots into one masterful story. I have seen this play presented in a classical format and I found it thoroughly entertaining. Directed by Robin McKee, ...

Mark Morris Concert " There is no more musical, inventive, volatile or entertaining dance maker currently afoot......... Morris alone is infusing American modern dance with the freshness that may rescue it from a weary formula and resuscitate it for a younger generation." --- Allan Ulric...

Culture, famous people Contemporary Australian culture combines influences from around the world. The dragons and fireworks of Chinese New Year, the carnival atmosphere of an Italian street fiesta, the gongs and flowers of a Laotian Buddhist festival - these diverse celebrations are as at home i...

No Exit No Exit was a dark play about the afterlife and what it may be like. The play actually seemed to have some dark comedy to it, when it was preformed on stage. The pay is about three souls of recently deceased people, with three very different personalities. Each one is added at a t...

When you go to the theater you may never see your name in lights but your role as an audience member is just as important as the star of the show. A play never really exists until it is performed in front of an audience. That makes an audience what the art of playwriting is all about, it's th...

Scene Eleven from the play \"Mother Courage and Her Children\" and Act One, Scene Four from \"Summer of the Aliens\" are scenes that are performed very differently, according to their theatrical styles and using conventions relating to those styles. The context in each scene is diverse, too, however...

Comradeship is a very important theme in Journey's End determining much of the atmosphere of the play and the interrelations between characters. Throughout the play Sherriff explores how differing backgrounds and roles within the army can affect the feeling of closeness and trust between the so...

When reading great literary works such as the masterpieces of Shakespeare, Molière, or Wordsworth, one must read them as one would drink a glass of fine wine. One cannot merely guzzle it down like a cold soda; one must concentrate and savor it slowly, in order to fully appreciate its true ess...

Our last task in drama was to create a piece to 'mark the moments' in the play 'Too Much Punch For Judy', which tells the story of two casually drunk girls and their car crash. We chose to mark the moments in the play that we thought were most significant and would engage and ...

Evaluation Of The production Blood Brothers The production I went to see was Blood Brothers. The version I saw was performed at the Regent Theatre and written by Willy Russell it was a scripted piece and was written for young adults as some concepts would be unsuitable for children. We watched thi...

Louis Nowra's Cosi is focused around a Lewis, fresh out of university, yet still unsure of himself and his place in society, Lewis finds a job directing a play within an asylum. Lewis struggles to assert himself amongst these patients, and eventually succumbs to the pressure and control of the enth...

" [In Cloud Nine] the audience's interpretation relies far more on reading signs in contradiction than in combination [...] The overt theatricality of Churchill's presentation works against a conventional reliance on plot and character and instead asks more general operations of cultural values." (S...

I attended my friend Steve\'s tap concert. In his concert, he narrated his life as the tap dancer and he danced along with his life story. Throughout the concert, I found his tap steps that showed both individuality and stereotype, and his costume that established the individual image of tap dance...

Amanda Nunn Much Ado about Nothing Comment on the significance of Act IV scene 1 to the rest of the play. How effective do you think it would be on stage? Act IV, scene 1 is the most significant scene in the play, where a sharp comedy turns to near tragedy. The scene can be split into t...

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 ...

The Importance of SoundTheater is an extremely involved and complex production. It encompasses play writing, directing, acting, costume, makeup, scenery, lighting properties, theater architecture, machinery, special effects, management, audiences, and criticism (Brockett-b xi). What this statement...

The Importance of SoundTheater is an extremely involved and complex production. It encompasses play writing, directing, acting, costume, makeup, scenery, lighting properties, theater architecture, machinery, special effects, management, audiences, and criticism (Brockett-b xi). What this statement...