Repertory

The central subject of The Piano Lesson by August Wilson is the conflict between Bernice and Boy Willie over the family piano. There are three major parts to the play that enhance the importance of the central subject. The first major part that the stage-play creates is Sutter’s ghost, which is present throughout the play. The second major part that the stage-play creates is the focus on the flashback of their African American History. The third major part is how Sutter’s ghost prevents Boy…

Symptom Picture Hannah is a 25 year old female who has struggled socially, psychologically, and physically in many areas of her life. I have known Hannah since I was in fifth grade. Growing up Hannah was a happy and social girl with multiple friends. It wasn’t until her until her high school years that she started having problems socially. After she graduated high school she began participating in risky behaviors. Once she reached her 20’s she progressive was worse. It wasn’t until after she…

“Shakespeare must be a black girl,” voiced Maya Angelou as she spoke to a crowd of students and professors during a 2013 visit to Randolph College in Lynchburg, Virginia (Curtis). As a child growing up in rural Arkansas, Angelou became a victim of racism, rape, and abuse at a young age. One of the few places she found solace from these traumas was at her local public library, a safe haven where she read every piece of literature that she could get her hands on. This is how she first discovered…

Hobart Repertory Theatre’s theatrical production of The Elephant Man (by playwright Bernard Pomerance) was a dramatic play shown at the Playhouse Theatre on a traditional proscenium stage. Petr Divis revived the true story of Joseph Merrick, (referred to as John Merrick and played by Jon Lenthall) and joined hands with his performers to display a stellar feat of acting to the public. The idiom “Don’t judge a book by its cover “could hardly be more strikingly epitomised than in the revelation of…

continued to be played after it first came out in 1959. This play came to be known as an American classic in a very short amount of time. Different productions of the play received different admirations. According to Margaret Wilkerson, “The St. Louis Repertory Company’s production attracted unprecedented sell-out crowds in 1984, while a 1986 production at the Roundabout Theatre drew the admiration of off-Broadway audiences” (1986). It is clear as the years progress the praise of Hansberry’s…

more precise requirements of late romantic composers led to a desire for an instrument that could descend an octave below the lowest note of the cello, not only for new effects, but to satisfy the literal outline in the many passages in the concert repertory which go below C in the cellos.” The C-extension came into use in the late 19th century when it was believed that if the cello went down to the C so should the bass. The apparatus was created to extend the range of the E string down to a C…

In the future what climate will the earth have? Will it be too hot, were we will all have to live underground to stay alive and cool. Will we be in the next ice age, struggling to survive in the cold. Will glaciers cover the earth’s surface to the point where no plants can grow? Will we have destroyed the crops where we can no longer feed ourselves? Will it be the same as it is now, proving that climate change is just a political game? No matter what is in store for us in the future, Climate…

Despite all of his achievements, Vivaldi is best known for four concertos collectively known as The Four Seasons (Le Quattro Stagiorni). Paul Everett says the following: “For many people, the very name ‘Vivaldi’ is synonymous with The Four Seasons, to the exclusion of all else.” (Everett, xi). Being perhaps the most popular and frequently performed works of Vivaldi, The Four Seasons are a highlight in the history of program music. (Everett, xi) This work, taken from Op. 8, a collection of…

Tchaikovsky Hamad Alrashed Fall 2016Tchaikovsky Hamad Alrashed introduction Tchaikovsky an always associated composer with the Moscow school according to his teaching position , as well as using Russian harmonies , and melodies as much as the mighty five do. The turning point of view between Tchaikovsky and the five by his philosophical point of that he is akin more to western ideas. Tchaikovsky bridges the gap between the two schools, for example tonality in his thematic presentation…

Tale-danda Godugunuri Prasad When Girish Karnad wrote the historical play Tughlaq, it created uproar in the Kannada theatre, the thrill of which no one has been able to forget. Then he wrote Tale-danda and became the centre of a controversy once again. Soon after the publication of Tale-danda, a play reading by the dramatist was organised at the Natya Shodh Sansthan, Kolkata. The spell of the drama was…