| Arthur Miller's The Crucible. |
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… precipitated the murders of many innocent people. Arthur Miller's depiction of the Salem witch trials, The Crucible, deals with a community that starts out looking like it is tightly knit and church loving. It turns out that once the girls are caught…
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| Norma Jeane...Marilyn Monroe. |
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… known as Marilyn Monroe. Norma Jeane was born on June 1, 1926 at the Los Angeles General Hospital. Her mother, Gladys, registered Norma in as Norma Jeane Mortenson. Norma Jeane never knew her father's identity. Since Norma's mother was mentally ill,…
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| Bertolt Brecht. |
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… manner, separating himself and his plays from conventional theatre of mid last century. Brecht aimed to develop an experimental theatre that challenged convention and allowed the audience to not only be entertained, but to make them think. Brecht…
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| "Waiting for Godot" by Samuel Beckett. |
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… fact that Vladimir and Estragon are waiting for something to alleviate their boredom. Godot can be understood to be one of the many things in life that people wait for. The play is often viewed as being existentialist in its views on life. The fact…
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| Jerzy Grotowski "Poor mans theatre". |
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… in order to teach others but to learn with them what our existence, our organism, our personal and unrepeatable experience have to give us; to learn to break down the barriers which surround us and to free ourselves from the breaks which hold us back,…
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| Commedia Del'Arte. |
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… its origins are difficult to trace. It had its roots in the masked comedies of ancient Rome. The form combined mime, improvised and scripted dialogue (often coarse), with tumbling and acrobatics. Commedia del'arte performances and techniques…
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| Method Acting |
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… to acting , each actor uses the
things he has learned and creates his own unique way of playing and interpreting a role.
Using the things he has learned, he can find his own weaknesses and strong points and
therefore creating this method…
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| "Journey's End" by R.C Sherriff. |
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… men involved?
Journey's End is a play about British soldiers in World War One, and the effects the war has on them, both physically and mentally. The play explores many aspects of war life, including friendship, alcoholism, class boundaries and…
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| Sophocles Theban plays on oedipuis rex and antigone. |
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… Antigone, in its later phases is no longer about the conflict of law. It is about stubbornness and self will, about the sin of refusing to listen; about a man who has never been told.
In Sophocles The Theban Plays conflict of law, presents…
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| Comedy techniques which were explained by Rowan Atkinson and then used in "Dads army". |
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… by Rowan Atkinson and then used in Dads army"
Comedy is a part of life displayed naturally in daily tasks and professionally in movies and
theatres. Comedy has so many types, the most prominent of which is visual comedy. There
are various…
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