Drama therapy

Types of Dramas A comparative analysis between two types of Dramas, comedy and Tragedy Drama is set up differently depending on the producer and the intention of the drama. However, when one is dealing with the text, it is important to consider that there a big difference between dramatic text and poetry or narrative. Accordingly, this is because among other purposes, dramas are written to be played on stage. However, it is critical to acknowledge that there are different types of dramas.…

What is theatre? This question could have many answers and many definitions. When I looked at the meaning of the word” theatre” in the dictionary, I found this” theatre is a building designed for the performance of plays, operas, etc.” But is this the real meaning of theatre? When I was a child, I just know that theatre was place where I could see my heroes and where people dressed differently to tell stories. Now, I have another definition of theatre. In my opinion theatre is the place where…

conditions. On the contrary, drama is where there is a conflict between two or more individuals, which can be linked to being a dramatized reflection of society. This interpretation of the concept of drama reflecting on real life is encapsulated in Louis O.Coxe’s and Robert Chapman’s Billy Budd. Developed from Melville’s novel both composers dramatically reflect human experiences through exploring the social context of society and morals. Bill Budd demonstrates how drama and real life can be…

The Common Man’s Tragic Hero In Arthur Miller’s “Tragedy and the Common Man” the author outlines his argument that the common man can have a prominent place in modern literary tragedies, just as those of noble birth did in the classic tragedies of the past. In Larry Watson’s Montana 1948, the main character, Wes, demonstrates Miller’s definition of a common tragic hero through his struggle to do the right thing after his brother murders a young Native American woman in the town where Wes is the…

Ironically, my attempt to separate myself from drama only became a drama. One incident around Christmas time became a huge fiasco that involved my family, social media and rude comments meant only to hurt. I think we all thought that being removed and in Chicago would remove the problem of these two bullies. Knowing…

Commedia Dell’ Arte is a form of theatre characterized by masked "types" which began in Italy in the 16th century and was responsible for the advent of the actresses and improvised performances based on sketches or scenarios. Commedia Dell’ Arte means an improvised kind of popular comedy in Italian theaters that is based on stock characters. Actors adapted their comic dialogue and action according to a few basic plots (commonly love intrigues) and to topical issues during the 16th-18th century.…

The play “Twelve Angry Men”, is widely regarded as one of the greatest courtroom drama movies of all time and has received numerous film awards. Due to the film being set in a relatively uninteresting courtroom, the composer Reginald Rose desperately required the use of a myriad of dramatic techniques if he wished to successfully convey character emotions and dramatically reflect human experiences on stage. Rose carried out this task to the highest standard by virtue of three notable dramatic…

AMERICAN HORROR STORY: AN EMOTIONAL DRAMA WITH UNEXPECTED TWISTS THROUGH THE PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN, by Cristal Oliveros, I tried convince my audience how the show can be seen as a Drama even though it is considered a Female Gothic. I did this by comparing the Drama genre to some of the scenes in this first episode of American Horror Story that enable the show be considered a Female Gothic. This enabled my audience, who are people who would typically seek Dramas, to branch out of that genre and try…

Is Life Fate or Free Will? The play Oedipus the King is a process of fulfilling the prophecy that God has given to Oedipus. The author, Sophocles used fate to unfold the plot of this story and to develop the characters. People wonder how their life is going to turn out and agonize over whether to follow it or avoid it, so his play was sufficiently attractive to the audience. In Oedipus the King, Sophocles expresses its main theme, fate; how it leads this play to tragedy, how it affects to the…

Noises Off is a film of a play within another play. Noises off is a film adaptation of a farce, which is a play where doors constantly open and shut. Peter Bogdanovich directed the film, while Marty Kaplan wrote the screenplay and Michael Frayn wrote the play. Lloyd Fellowes is the director in charge of putting this production together in the film. Fellowes struggles to maintain control over his electric and at times unstable cast. Things appear to run somewhat smoothly during practice…