Nineteenth-century theatre

life. Why oh why, do we have to perform Shakespeare monologues as part of our auditions? For one reason or another, the two contrasting monologue audition has become the standard for auditioning for the school play, getting accepted into college theatre and acting programs, acquiring money for college scholarships, and going beyond into master’s degree and actor conservatory programs. Almost every notice you see strongly…

Domain Context: Cultural influence & Architectural influence 5.4. Basically Wyly theatre is a cultural building. Its role is mainly to create a place for acting and performing different types of art. Actually, building design has gone beyond this by providing a space that expands potentialities to unexpected level. The cultural impact of the building is intensive and deeply effective (Wise 2015; 2010). Otherwise, the building design has received great support and high cheering from architects…

In Tennessee Williams book, “A Street Car Named Desire”, he uses a variety of techniques of stagecraft such as costume, lighting, and music. Throughout the play he uses very dramatic ways to describe what is going on between the characters and background. He describes what the characters characteristics are like and what their personalities seem to be. He uses italics in the book to show the emphasis of the lighting, music, and how the character looks. One of the main examples for lighting is…

in London from 1987 and ahead. Ninagawa Macbeth was played many ages after the prototype Macbeth was played and therefore many things have changed like the costumes, and the way that people used to live. Ninagawa decided set the play to a 16th century samurai world where traditional Japanese people fight, instead of 11th century’s Scotland that there have been lords. According to translation strategies what Ninagawa did was domestication…

I walked into the Louis K. Armstrong Theater on February 11, 2018, where the sold-out show was about to begin. The lights went dim, on stage sat a little old woman whose hair was slicked back into a tight bun with a pioneer style dress, that flowed down to her ankles. She stared blankly into the distance while she turned the crank over and over repeatedly. I distinctly remember the props on stage, the large wooden wagon with a huge hay bail set on top accompanying a quaint prairie style house.…

Introduction: Drama is a kind of literature which mainly expresses its meanings through acting. The appeal in a symbolic drama is chiefly dialogue dependent which delivers the ultimate effect. Hence, it is bound within the confines of sensory perception. But, at the same time there are some incidents or occasions which cannot be comprehended solely through sense experiences; they demand some supra-sensory feelings and understandings. Tagore’s The Post Office’ is such a kind of play that breaks…

As the society we live in today becomes more diverse, so has dramatic forms of theatre. Many playwrights have incorporated cultural and social issues that are consistently seen in contemporary Australian theatre. Contemporary Australian theatre provides a sequence daily concerns that captivates the audience, with a variety in calibre, this often has an emotional and confronting effect that challenges the audience. “Neighbourhood Watch” written by Lally Katz, focuses on the matters of typical…

The theatre production of “Twelfth Night” was created by the Theatre Department of CU Boulder. The plot of it is one of the masterpiece of Shakespeare. Twelfth Night is the comedy theatre that depicts the story of twin brother called Sebastian and sister called Viola. Especially, the majority of the show portrayed Viola new experiences that she disguised to a male in order to protect herself. Then, the show was going on with the gender and sexual conflict. The production of “Twelfth Night” has…

Although technical theatre is not my cup of tea, I did enjoy learning about some of the things. That is why I am choosing to talk about my two favorite things we discussed this semester: scenic painting and drafting. The first, scenic painting is the one I had the most experience with coming into. To find employment opportunities dealing with scenic painting I went to google and typed in “jobs that require scenic painting.” Surprisingly, I found more than I would have thought. On indeed.com I…

The Black Fedora’s original production of The Kris Cross profoundly exceeded my expectations. I entered the space filled with anxiety over what to expect from the experience, this was my first non-traditional theatre experience. However, I thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of the production from the minimalist set design to the actors who seemed extremely comfortable and confident in their work. This was the most fun I have had in quite some time. As soon as I entered the Black Fedora I was…