Essays about Culture Page 231

In 1641 Japan, the Daiymo, lieutenant to the Shogun, ordered Dutch traders to be quarantined on an artificial island off the coast of Nagasaki. The Daiymo called his island Deshima. In 1990, the Mickery Theatre of the Netherlands commissioned Ping Chong to create a theatre piece commemorating the centennial of the death of Vincent van…

Juliet is an interesting character due to her changing character during the course of the play. At the beginning of the play, Shakespeare tries to portray Juliet as an innocent young girl, who is obedient and respectful to her parents. As she falls in love with Romeo and becomes more disobedient, she fakes her own…

Using Shakespeares’ Romeo and Juliet and Baz Lurhmanns’ film version (1997) comment on how Lurhmann offers his audience a very contemporary interpretation of a 16th century play. Use acts one scene one and act three scene one to discuss the dramatic devices used in both versions and how they impact on their audience. How does…

For Perloff and ACT, it was out of the ethnic frying pan and into the theological fire You couldn’t imagine a pair of less conspicuous protesters. Stationed at the narrow entryway of the Marine’s Memorial Theatre in San Francisco, the two middle-aged men in suits and ties politely, almost shyly, handed out pamphlets to patrons…

The story of Romeo and Juliet is of two people who fall in love only to be torn apart by their feuding families; this was to be the death of them. Act 1 scene 5 focuses on when the two first meet. A party at the Capulets (Juliet’s family) is being held and a crush…

During the key scenes in particular and the play in general the reactions of the younger and older members of the Birling family differ dramatically from one another to the ‘investigation’ of Inspector Goole. Priestly wanted a very specific set to be seen by the audience so that a particular impression is seen. They are…

There’s only Spam with lima beans for dinner, and the little house in one of the crummier Miami suburbs is bare; but Olga and her daughter Barbara are fondling pearls, rubies and diamonds all that’s left of their former lives. “Castro may have taken away our business, our home, our church, our nuns and our…

‘Two star-cross’d lovers’, secretly married and so tragically separated in a vile forfeit of their young lives. The ill fated plot of Romeo and Juliet in which act 3 scene 1 plays an essential role in the structure of the play. Shakespeare’s decision to kill off Mercutio, a prominent character, not only gives Romeo the…

I will first introduce the two different films: 1. Baz Luhrman version – this version is set in modern times, in a large city, Verona. The language is Shakespearian but everything else has been converted to modern style. 2. Franco Zefferreli – This is set in medieval times. Most things are as the original text….

It began casually enough. Guthrie Theater artistic director Garland Wright asked company member Isabell Monk a question he poses each year to his actors: What roles would you like to play in the coming season? Monk, who has spent eight of the past 12 seasons at the Guthrie, had an immediate answer: Clytemnestra in Sophocles’…