One-act play

Metamorphoses appealed to me as I have always been drawn to plays compiled of vignettes as an audience member. The similarly styled production Almost Maine, by John Cariani, is my personal favorite due to its vignette nature. As a director, I saw the potential with the range of characters. Once I put down the play after first reading it, I had a lot of ideas running amuck. To help identify what my vision was in simpler terms and start to filter my ideas, I began by defining a shape, color, and…

Act V Scene i- Writing for Yourself: I was wrong in thinking that Egeus would be mad about Hermia and Lysander, because everyone seems to be happy and content. I was correct in predicting that the audience would not like the play the craftsmen put on because, they did not. The duke gave the men the benefit of the doubt but everyone else made fun of them. Bottom continued mixing up words in this act, and substituted devoured with deflower. The ending was unexpected when Robin says to treat the…

beginning of the play to Act three, Hastings has the freedom to side with whomever he wants making him a wild card for kings Henry, Richard, and Richmond. Richard executes Hastings because Hastings has the potential to betray him. Hastings is easy to exterminate because he is a lose end for both side diving for control of England. Besides that, Hastings unknowingly submits himself to Richard by taking a Mistress. Professor Ann Kaegi hints at this in her literary criticism of the play, ‘What say…

similarities between the play and the story. Some of the differences would be the setting of the play because it differs from the story. Also it is different because of the visualization is different in the book than in the play because you can actually imagine what the author is trying to tell us. Finally, there is some similarities such as entertainment, and entertainment helps to understand more and have fun with it. There are a lot of differences in the book than in the play, such as the…

Ms.Gagnon 04/24/2016 “Not to be married,Not to knit my soul to an approved wanton”(Act IV.Scene i.Line 41-43). This falling out was caused by the deception of Don Jon.In Shakespeare’s play “Much ado about nothing” treachery and trickery make up the plot. Trickery and Deception are used to make the plot exciting and interesting.For example, if it wasn’t for Don Jon tricking Claudio there would be no play to read. In a special way, Shakespeare makes deception into both a good thing and a…

well plan One-Act Production. These one-acts were student written and directed. They were put on in the auditorium of the school and hosted by Kevin VanMeter. Each play showed different plots, and emotions. Not only did the students direct these one-acts with skill. The actors were entirely different from one another and took the lines into different interpretation than the generic form. As for the technical aspect they used the lighting, and prop with purpose and reason. The first play present…

Choreographer, Stage manager, Head Seamstress, Head Administrator, Composers, Actors, Musicians, Makeup Artist and many more jobs all contribute to the Broadways performances today. While the audiences that does and sees these plays they have amazing etiquette during the acts and respect for all the time and effort put into the performance this was not always the same. Valuing the stage did not always exist and in the 1500 when Shakespeare lived, people treated acting in a way different manner.…

Gender is a huge theme in Shakespeare’s play Much Ado about Nothing and the idea of gender roles is essential to the framework for the plot, the characters and even the language of the play. Much Ado is largely influenced by the inequality of the sexes within Elizabethan Era society. This inequality is frequent in the treatment of women throughout the play, the personalities of each individual character and the language Beatrice uses. The play’s plot consists of two contrasting couples:…

In William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, questions arise as whether or not Hamlet truly loves Ophelia. Although, little evidence can argue that Hamlet’s love for Ophelia is unreal and that he is using her, the ending of the play located at the graveyard takes us right back to Hamlet’s sincere feelings for Ophelia. The play reveals more than one fact written that Hamlet’s feelings and emotions for Ophelia are believable. By going into detail of specific scenes of the play, it is best understood…

important this test will be in determining their future. The question that haunts many students entering the final years of their high school career is, “Will this score keep me from or help me get into the college I want?” Many say that the SAT and ACT scores are still a major deciding factor for getting accepted into college, but others say that this isn’t the case.…