Proscenium

(Dhawan and Pant 35). It is interesting to note the comments of John McRae on Mahesh Dattani who remarks that, “Mahesh Dattani is always adventurous in his ways of using the theatrical space at his disposal: multiple levels, breaking the bounds of the proscenium, wondrously inventive use of lighting to give height, breadth and depth” (CP 45). The stage-settings of Dattani are very complex.With the use of multi-level sets the whole interior of the house is visible to the audience. Dattani is even…

The space is needed for the audience to be seated or stand throughout the play. The type of theatre space is an important aspect of a production for a performance to have the full effect wanted by the directors or playwright. For example Proscenium and the Thrust stage would be the best options to stage a production of Medea because it gives the audience enough intimacy with the characters but offers the director and designers the opportunity for scene design like the palace (Wilson). The…

that you NEVER,NEVER,NEVER break character, even if you forget your lines. I learned that the Beckville theatre has a ghost. Her name is Emily and she haunts everyone that enters the auditorium. I learned different types of stages. They are: a Proscenium stage, a theatre in the round, and many more. I have learned a lot over my first year of theatre. I have also seen many cool plays and helped with our play preparation. When watching different play I have learned that you have to have a real…

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…

The four go to rural Vermont where they run into Bob and Phil’s former commander in WWII, General Waverly, who owns an inn but is struggling financially. The four aim to help the General. The show was at the Empire Arts Center in Grand Forks, a Proscenium theatre. The stagecraft of the play was like most plays I’ve attended. The play had several components of stagecraft, such as costumes, sound, props, and lighting. For the entire play the background was a snowy forest, which most likely…

Photography is the key element of mise en scene that determines how an audience will interpret the visual information in film. Orson Welles used the photography of his 1941 film Citizen Kane to emphasize aspects of the film he wanted viewers to focus on, and to remove non-essential information from the frame. This was accomplished through various camera tequniques including manipulation of angles and proxemity. Approaching the end of the film there is a scene just after Susan (played by Dorothy…

teenage girl Emily stayed in Burns’ house to spend the weekend while her parents were out of town, and Gracie tried her best to entertain her. The show began with Burns standing, leaning against the wall, holding a cigarette in hand, before the proscenium surrounding their living room set. There he presented “a brief monologue, then offered the audience a few comments regarding the situation they were…

The play, Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, was performed on a Proscenium stage. However, it was shown in Cinemark 14 in Denton. Hamlet is a story of a man forced to avenge his father’s death while still combating his dilemmas, which threatens both his sanity and his country. This version of Hamlet took place sometime between the early 1940s into the 1950s. The three problems of Hamlet are his father’s death, his own sanity, and the state of his country. The story begins with the main character,…

The Event This play is called The Crucible and is a drama that takes place in the 17th century during the Salem Witch Trials. It all started when reverend Samuel Parris caught his niece Abigail and some young local girls dancing in the woods casting spells with his slave Tituba. Parris does not want the gossip of witchcraft in his house hold so he does not admit to the town that he saw the girls casting spells. The town is formed at reverend Parris’s house because his daughter Betty is sick and…

(Stevens, 1) (Stevens, 2) “Belonging” , Dance Performance Critiqued The Collin County Ensemble’s Spring Dance Concert, Dance Fusion , of November 08- 09, 2013, was a brilliant collaboration of post-modern dances performed by the following professional dance groups : Collin Dance Ensemble; Big Rig Dance Collective,; Perpetual Motion Dance; and Karen Stokes Dance. For my Dance Appreciation course, I attended the matinee showing of this event…