Theatre in the round

Aphra Behn Was the Aphra Bomb or (The Underrated Women from Theatre History) By the early 1900’s, women necessary to theatre. Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, this hasn’t always been the case. During the Elizabethan era, it was illegal for women to be performers. This was because acting troupes would travel around and would have to sleep in odd places. It was considered inappropriate for women to do this. Because women were banned, the roles of young women were played by prepubescent boys,…

Throughout time, there has been much debate about the authorship of William Shakespeare’s theatrical pieces. Many theories have been developed over time, all crediting various individuals with the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays, but none have been truly accepted as the outright truth as there are “more than 5,000 books on the Shakespeare authorship question with more than 50 possible candidates.” (PDF from oxford) To thoroughly formulate a coherent argument towards discrediting Shakespeare…

The World Goes Round at Theatre UCF was a spectacular conglomeration of musical performances that were brought to life through excellent acting and use of lighting. Throughout my years as a student I have seen a plethora of plays ranging from high school productions to off-off Broadway. Walking into this production I expected the same level of performance as in my local community college (with a slightly bigger budget). However, after the first song I knew that I was going to be proven wrong.…

the long-standing rituals of writings concerning the theatre. This is typically done in goals to connecting the grander motives of the theatre to the outside world to which we all struggle, creating a clever juxtaposition between the theatre itself and its symbolism. In fact, it would be interestingly clever if only it wasn’t used so much. This, of course, is why I use it. The theatre is old and tired, but yet offers us so many…

The 2010 Writers’ Theatre revival of A Streetcar Named Desire, presented in the Chicago suburb of Glencoe, arrived on the scene in the immediate afterglow of the critically acclaimed and soldout limited US run of the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of the play starring Cate Blanchett as Blanche DuBois. The Sydney production, directed by Liv Ullmann, was universally praised, and critics particularly singled out Blanchett’s performance as revelatory and nearly definitive. With Ullmann’s…

others. The other students that do not benefit from the highlighted activity that the school funds do not have the opportunity to grow in the area that they want and are limited harshly. Giving funding to multiple programs in your school area helps round out students and gives everyone as good of an opportunity to succeed as the other students. The state and federal government are pushing schools towards No Child Left Behind. In order to truly achieve this, the curriculum is not the only…

The Problems with Gun Control Before we begin on the topic of Gun Control, I would like to confess that I am completely against it. I feel that is unfair to the people who use these guns in their daily lives for hunting or fun. I personally use a gun for simple things such as shooting gophers or for target practice. Knowing that we have guns in our house makes me feel safe if there was ever a thief or killer in the area. In this day in age, you never know what people can and will do to another…

won’t be used with your TV such as a microphone or track changing buttons. 2. The lower sound quality when compared to other wireless-headphone technologies means if you want to purchase something for your home theatre, it’s worth spending the money for higher quality sound. Wireless home theatre headphones are reviewed in depth in another article. 3. Certain Bluetooth headphones may also suffer from a delay from the Bluetooth transmitter, which might not be noticeable on occasion, but may start…

The playwrights did an impressive job of uplifting people’s spirits by providing a pastime that so many people liked. “The Elizabethan plays and theatres were as popular as the movies and cinemas of the early 20th century” (Alchin 1). This quote means that people really liked these plays and watched them for a great amount of time. By making people happier, they were more willing to come to watch…

the multiple beaches of Normandy that day. During the invasion, miss landings on the beaches left Allie soldiers open to German machine guns and artillery which led to heavy casualties. The success of D-Day led to the conclusion of the European theatre. D-Day is considered the “Greatest amphibious assault in history”. There will never be a invasion of great scale like it ever again. The invasion involved around 160000 Allie troops. The allied troops landed on the heavily fortified…