Playwright

entertainment industry. With the post-war economic spike after World War I, many Americans had extra money to spend, and they turned to entertainers to spend that money. During this time broadway had reached an all-time high in the 1920’s with playwrights like Gershwin, Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein making a ton of great showcases like "An American in Paris" and "Show Boat”. The radio airwaves saw a big increase in popularity as well. By the end of the decade, nearly half of all homes…

I enjoyed reading The Tragedy of Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare written in 1599. This reading was particularly enjoyable because William Shakespeare is a very talented playwright who has stayed relevant for centuries. Shakespeare’s work has many underlying meanings that require the reader's mind to discover and distinguish its significance which is something I enjoy. I typically enjoy his work especially because of the diction he utilizes in the text, his diction is relatively easy…

America is an evolving place as ever but this casting against that author's intention or if you change the authors casting choice can lead to the authenticity and themes of the play to be ineffective or completely changed beyond their original intent. Some suggest a perfect way to open further roles for actors and people of color is: What I am probing is the possibility of detaching role-characteristics from actor-characteristics. I am not arguing that Juliet’s gender or age or Othello’s color,…

through their lines and it has a beginning, middle, and end. As time went on, theatre more dealt with legends or history but there was still a religious or moral message. Soon after that was when the dithyramb was improved and developed by Greek playwright, Thespis. Thespis was a singer for the Dithyrambic (Stephenson 2). He was the first actor to step forward form the chorus and to portray a single character (Stephenson…

Good morning today I will be talking about Shakespeare: the great English playwright and how even today people can relate to the characters and themes he explored. The characters explored in Taming of the Shrew and 10 Things I Hate About You, are similar. The main characters have similar or the same names, for example Katerina becomes Katherine, Bianca’s name stays the same, and Petruccio who is Patrick. One similar theme explored in both of the plays is disguise. Although Taming of the Shrew…

literature-to-movie adaptation theories; unfaithful adaptation, on the other side, only get inspired by it and make a movie only based on the original source. ‘The Glass Menagerie’ is a memory play by the American playwright Tennessee Williams. He is considered as one the prominent playwright of 20th Century along with Eugene O’Neill and Arthur Miller. ‘Akale’, a 2004 Malayalam film directed by Shyamaprasad is the first Indian adaptation of the play.’Akale’ is one of the finest films ever made…

The Crucible is a famous playwright written in 1953 by author Arthur Miller. The playwright begins with the plot of a man, John Proctor, cheating on his alluring wife, Elizabeth Proctor, with their 16 year old housekeeper, Abigail Williams. Abigail Williams is an egotistical colleen who will do anything to get what she wants. John Proctor discerned that his affair with the colleen was wrong and removed himself of the situation. He stopped all connections with Abigail and himself, but Abigail was…

“Macbeth”, a famous play written by one of the greatest playwrights in the world; William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare’s not only a playwright, but also an English poet and actor. His pieces are timeless, some of the most well known ones such as the love tragedy “Romeo and Juliet” and “Midsummer Night’s Dream”. “Macbeth” is one of the plays known as “The Four Great Tragedies of William Shakespeare”, along with the three other plays “Hamlet”, “Othello” and “King Lear”. This essay will…

In 1604, English playwright and poet William Shakespeare (1564-1616) debuted Othello, a tragedy following the marriage between a Moorish black general, Othello, and an aristocratic Venetian woman, Desdemona. Their matrimony is threatened by Othello’s trusted ensign, Iago, who harbors a resentment towards the Moor and plants suspicion in Othello’s mind that his wife is unfaithful. Like other playwrights of his time, Shakespeare structured his work after ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle’s…

is a rock musical that is based on a group of distressed artists having a hard time striving in the days of Alphabet City with HIV/AIDS constraining their lives. The original playwright, Billy Aronson, came up with the musical as a renewal of the opera La Bohemia of 1988. Aronson collaborated with Jonathan Larson, a playwright and composer, and created one of the most popular Broadway musicals to date. I watched and experienced a production of this musical at California State University Long…