Abbey Theatre

Every time I think of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, the first thing that comes into my mind is, “POPULISM YEA YEA!” When I saw Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson for the first time at the Clayton Performing Arts Center, I was very impressed with the overall production of such a complex, extreme play. In detail, I plan to discuss the fantastic key components that the director included such as: the overall overview, performance, and design layout that ultimately allows individuals, like me, to get a…

Drama is a type of medium or style in which emotions, conflicts or contrasts of character, tragedy are depicted. A story that surrounds all these is created (written) and then enacted on the stage. A person is said to be good at acting when he or she is able to bring out or depict the same emotional level at which the author has written it. The most successful dramas have a perfect blend of all these. Shakespearian plays are famous for its tragedy. Some of his plays include Hamlet, Othello, King…

Mockingbirds are beautiful, singing many songs. Showing up in many ways. They do nothing other than amuse and sing for listeners enjoyment, but why hurt them? Jeremy Finch, son of Atticus Finch, brother of Scout and a citizen of Maycomb. In the beginning Jem is 10 years old and through the book ages 3 years and becomes 13. After growing up, Jem becomes courageous, protective, loving and caring. He is like a mockingbird once he grows up a bit he becomes really nice but he still gets insulted and…

the researcher draws on the dream reality sequence, memories, diary, and characters within the play and the concept about the structure of two act play by Richard Toscan in his book “play writing seminars”. Richard Toscan was Dean of the School of Theatre and Associate Dean of the School of Cinema-Television at the University of Southern California where for many years he taught playwriting and play analysis. His professional work as a producer, story editor, playwright, and judge of new play…

Equally enjoyable to watch, tragedy and comedies are polar opposites on stage. Tragedies are consumed by suffering, and death, while comedies include excitement and joyful scenes. Brutal scenes of violent combat, as well as internal combat, compete against the scenes of singing and dancing in a comedy. A tragedy focuses on the main character and their despair/pain, while a comedy is created the story of two lovers. By comparing Shakespeare’s plays, King Lear and Much Ado, the structural…

To motivate audience members to address these problems with society, Miller creates characters they can empathize with. Because Death of a Salesman is a play, most characters are actors with a physical presence and capacity for human emotion rather than merely printed names. The theatrical realist movement inspired plays about middle-class characters and encouraged natural acting. Miller took this movement further; to maximize the chance of the audience identifying with his characters, he…

The play Ubudoda uses frames of the Actor/character, audience and space to portray a flowing series of events. The use of all these frames in a production helps to create a play that allows people playing each individual frame to interpret it differently. Ubudoda is a majority Xhosa play that explores the notion of what it is to be a man. It explores this core theme through Luyanda. Luyanda is coming back to South Africa after many years of studying in the United Kingdom. His reason for…

One of the characteristic genres of the time would be the comedy of customs that developed vertiginously with the reopening of the theaters. The preferences had changed and themes were demanded contrary to the Golden Age of English theater. Now the works are mainly in prose, although with verses in verse (in love scenes) and the arguments become complex with double or triple plot. In the plots, the behavior of society, especially of the upper classes, is represented and criticized. The tone…

Racial Issues In Hollywood Racism in the film industry has caused many minority actors to get very few leading roles in movies. It is true that there are some minority actors’ who have obtained larger leading roles, but many of these roles required that specific race. Sadly today there are still directors who look over a minority’s skilled and talented abilities and cast them based on their ethnicity. All ethnicities have their own stereotypes, but the minorities such as Blacks,…

The play revolves around the use of a single set, the living room of the bachelor Bernard. In order to capture the hilariousness of the comedy, I plan on using a small stage, a single set play set in the living room. The use of multiple entrances into the living room and the rapidity to which the characters come and go generate the timing of the play. That is as much a character Bernard Roberts and the stewardess themselves. The action of this play will be structured around Bernard timetable of…