Ancient Greek theatre

The Venetian Masks are an old traditional mask of the city Venice in Italy. These types of masks were usually worn during carnivals and other times they were used to hide someone’s identity or social status. They let people be free and interact with people out of their normal social world. Some other purposes they were used for were for criminal purposes and others used them for a romantic encounter but sometimes the reasons were unknown. These masks have a unique design that contains ornate…

Hello ---, I am reaching out on behalf of Vineyard Theatre to let you know about our newest show that your department may find interesting. Vineyard Theatre’s world premiere of THE AMATEURS by Jordan Harrison and directed by Oliver Butler. We feel this production is relevant to theatre history programs as it is based in 14th century Europe, with medieval pageant players on the run from the plague. The Amateurs features a 14th century pageant cart players traveled with and used to perform in…

On April 19th, I viewed the Rollins College presentation of 9 to 5 the musical. Overall, I enjoyed the performance and delivery by the cast, as they did a tremendous job in portraying the story, making it quite clear and entertaining. I’ve never been much into musicals, as I prefer a normal dialogue over singing, but I still enjoyed this production. The plot was quite empowering as it showed the underdogs, Violet, Judy, and Doralee, rebelling against the power hungry machine, Franklin Hart, with…

I have been in two of Brookline High’s Shakespeare production, I did King Lear my junior year and Julius Caesar my senior year. Being apart of these plays have taught me many things about working with a group of people; commitment, diligence and most of all passion. When I did King Lear it was my first big theater activity that I had done. It was intense and required me to be completely focused on my role which was a street musician. Now, I thought since I had a small and lousy role it would be…

2015 film, Chiraq, is a hit or miss for audiences based on background knowledge of the Aristophanes’ Greek classic, Lysistrata. Although Lee keeps the same plot structure of classic comedy and adds new male characters, his lack of Lysistrata’s original famous wool metaphor has left the film fall flat. Lee’s views on the importance of the upcoming presidential are just lost in translation. In ancient Greece, the point of comedy was to empower and serve as ‘parrhesia’ or free speech. The…

story written by Susan Hill, adapted for the stage by Stephen Mallatratt and directed by Robin Herford. It was performed at the Royal and Derngate Northampton theatre on the 13th of November 2014. I had read the novel before seeing the theatre production of the tale, and therefore I already knew about the story. However, I had heard that the theatre production made use of only two actors, and as there are significantly more characters in the story than just two, I was intrigued and excited to…

Throughout my life, I have never really had a strong connection with theater. I didn’t find interest into theater until this summer semester. Based on the readings I have read and also the performances I have seen this summer, there are many different types of theater. When discussing the content of the theater, I like seeing themes that explore overcoming some type of struggle or just wanting to be loved. The characters I like to see is people who actually show deep emotion in who they are…

joining a theatre crew. You spent much of your childhood attending plays while getting captivated by the fantasy being brought to life before your very eyes and now you want to become part of it. While it is true that most who are in the theatre did join for this very reason, there are some points where the similarities of watching and participating detour into major differences. I preface this with a brief glimpse into my background. First off, I was not an actor. I loved the theatre very much…

The U.S. movie-going public spends more than $10 billion annually at the box office (source). Thousands of people head to movie theaters to see the latest action blockbusters and “chick-flicks”. These people also rent and purchase our favorite films on DVD or watch them online or on smartphones, Ipads , or via other forms of technology.From the stage to the audience it may look easy to put on a show and not look nervous, but more goes into acting than the general public may realize. Actors play…

One had said one day they want to be an amazing actor one day because their major was entertainment/theatre. How I felt about this play is that it was not to my high expectation when I saw it. The actors in some scene was be fragile when they was acting. In the other scene of the play of “The Good Doctor” was great, for “The Sneezer” the actor in that play…