The Play

It is often easy to watch a play and feel like you are in that time period, because of the costumes, set pieces, speech, etc. In my case, I was drawn into the 1930’s when I watched the play Of Mice and Men. I felt involved in the character’s lives and the setting of the story. In my mind, I was in California watching this all happen in front of me. There are many things that go into making the audience feel involved in the play/musical. The things that often make the audience feel involved are…

execution, our gathering has picked the play Biloxi Blues by the creator Neil Simon. Biloxi Blues was initially performed in theater in late 1984, and won various honor, some of which incorporate the Tony Award for Best Play and Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play. The play is intended to be a parody identifying with power, additionally has some dim subjects to it, for example, bigotry and homophobia which are approaching over the generally entertaining play. The play is set in Biloxi,…

against the assertion that play is crucial for children’s development Play is a child’s natural innate way of exploring the world around them through their senses; their desire to explore is guided through play and real life interaction. Many psychologists agree that play is crucial in childhood too gain higher levels of cognitive, emotional, social and academic development and without play development could be delayed. Research shows there is a strong link between play and developing socially,…

Playscotland.org (n.d.), “play is often called the ‘work’ of children”. There is a plethora of things that children learn from play. First, play provides growth in all developmental domains. This developmental growth includes cognitive, emotional, physical, and social domains (“The Importance of Play,” (n.d.). Cognitive development includes language skills and combining different ideas to create new ones (Sohn, 2015; “The Importance of Play,” n.d.). Emotionally, play can provide children…

Tartuffe French play that was originally directed by Moliere, done in the 17th century. Also was launched at pierce college cast pierce college student, and directed by my Professor Shaheen Vaaz. Within the play there have been many components that raised my awareness and created a position of questioning due to the usage of different elements, also the presence of improvisation that enhanced the play and created a sense of comedy related to the idea of the play, however; even though there were…

The play “Yellow Face” by David Henry Hwang, who is also a Tony Award-Winner of M Butterfly. The play is adapted and directed by Jiff Liu, production and theatrical designed by Francois-pierre couture, costumes are by Manee Leija. The play has feature cast with experience in to and film. It features total of nine actors, but the most main character in the play is Marcus. In the beginning of the play, I like how he give introduction of the characters because when watching the play, it is very…

The location of the play was at the University of North Texas in the Radio, Television and Film building. Inside of the building there was a black box, and a smaller room to the side, that had a set that perfectly portrayed the time period. The couches and chairs really seemed to fit with the era that the play was set in. Also, to the sides of the set there were large representations of windows that lights shown on throughout the play. Each set of lights depicted a different part of the day to…

Gonzalez-Mena (2008) discusses in chapter 6 about the difference perspectives on learning through play. Some cultures value play, and other are not. Adults might see play as an opportunity to interact his/her environment, and others believe that play provide opportunity to learn to get along with others. The importance of play and how to play is depending on each individual culture sees it. Some culture believes that play is not considered the main way to learn, but instead children should…

During inside play, Nicholas, Sullivan and Thomas are engaging with blocks. They are using imaginative language when pretending that the blocks are spaceships, however Nicholas and Sullivan in particular have background knowledge on this topic. This was seen when Sullivan stated “look through fis spaceship window”, make whooshing noises and when Nicholas and Sullivan are extending their arms about their heads and pretending the spaceships fly. Sullivan was also able to make connections between…

Many people nowadays have no clue how to play or how America’s pastime works. Football is arguably America’s favorite sport, and the lack of people who understand this game is surprising. There are many variations of this great sport with simple and specialized rules. The basic rules of the great sport can be very simple as long as you pay attention. While playing football you have a goal of taking the ball from one end of the field to the other without having to handover the ball to the other…