Medical drama

The Pioneer of Russia Without Alexander Ostrovsky, theatre today would be completely different. Ostrovsky was one of the most influential Russian playwrights; he developed a new style of realism, rooted in his personal experience, and propagated his innovative ideas through his educational endeavors and leadership in the dramatic community. Evidence of his impact can be seen both in the critical and popular acclaim he achieved in his lifetime and the ongoing influence of his work today.…

Mind over Matter Only the most intelligent people understand to what extent people are able to control their lives with their minds. In Man’s Search for Meaning by Vik E. Frankl, Jews in concentration camps use their minds to escape from their daily tortures. Meursault did not use his mind to control himself and paid the price in The Stranger by Albert Camus. The Wachowski brothers directed “The Matrix”, in which Neo used his mind to escape from the Matrix, and the Oracle tricked his mind in…

The play “Subterranean Homesick Blues Again”, written by Dennis Reardon is about two couples taking a tour in a cave by a tour guide who isn't just a tour guide. Reardon portrays that there is another side of the world that includes darkness and mysteries. In addition, the play was confusing, but amusing because the author adds in suspense throughout the play. The style of the play leaves readers with many questions. One question may be, why take random people to a cave to reveal eternal death?…

Dramatic irony is an elaborate gadget that is generally utilized by storytellers, in plays, in the theater, and in movies. This produces tension between what characters say and do, and what the audience knows to be true. The use of dramatic irony was used in two dramatic productions, both the short story Happy Endings written by Margaret Atwood and the movie Chinatown directed by Roman Polanski. In the short story Happy Endings the author introduces her literature into six stories labeled from…

The Downfall of Crazy Willy Loman Miller's Death of a salesman is seen to be one of the more superior tragedies in the recent years of the post-modernist era. Breaking away from basic idea of royalty falling from greatness, Miller's play instead focuses on the downfall of the common man Willy Loman, a man with sociological and psychological problems. When first introduced to Willy the readers are immediately set up with the idea that this short tempered man is not in the right mind set.…

Adam Savage, from Mythbusters, and Michael Stevens, youtube channel Vsauce, shows how much theatre adapts to culture. Theatre can be described as live performances in which the action is precisely planned to create a coherent and significant sense of drama (Fraser 1). Now, “Brain Candy Live!” is not a typical theatrical production and can only be described as science theatre where it essentially follows the plot of one big science experiment. In the show, Adam portrays an eager and energetic…

Shakespeare’s “Titus Andronicus” is one of the most action filled and violent plays in all of Shakespeare’s writings. One of the moments that really stood out from the play was Lavinia’s rape. It was portrayed as being gruesome, barbaric and very terrifying. What happened to Lavinia completely changed the whole storyline. It went from Tamora seeking revenge against Titus for her murdered son, to Titus himself seeking revenge against Tamora for Lavinia’s rape. Marcus’s discovery of her after the…

There are three types of irony: Situational irony, verbal irony and dramatic Irony. Situational irony is when there is a situation where the readers think they know what happens, but something much different than they expected happens. An example of this would be: “I was in front of them all! I was winning-first place was in only a few yards. I hit the ribbon-then bounced back a few feet. What happened? All of a sudden, my rival burst through the ribbon and was crowned winner of the race. I hate…

Linda Loman in Death of a Salesman In the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, Linda Loman is the most sympathetic character. She devotes her life to Willy, doing anything to make sure he feels important. Despite all of Willy's faults, she stays by his side. Linda's actions and role in the play show how women were treated and expected to act. Linda Loman is over looked by her husband and her kids. Her devotion to Willy causes her to struggle in making a distinction between herself and…

Whether you are an actor or a technician, knowing the style of a play is just as important as knowing the text. This is an integral factor for any production company trying to pull off the brilliance of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile. The show is a farce: a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character (Dictionary.com). In this work, Martin uses multiple different types of comedy, such as screwball,…