Essays About Director
Describing avant-garde theatre to uninitiated readers is a daunting task. Providing plot summary and character description is often of little use since so much experimental work lacks not only a linear narrative spine, but also psychologically coherent and analyzable characters. Even more daunting than reporting on a finished performance is the attempt to document its…
I have been looking at act 3, scene 5 ‘The turning point’ in different filmed versions of the play Romeo and Juliet. I looked at three different versions, these are the Dicaprio version, Zeffirelli version and the Shakespeare shorts version. The purpose of me writing this essay is to discuss how and why different directors…
I am writing to you to aid your research, rehearsal and performance of this fabulous play in which you have the very important role of playing Juliet. Shakespeare wrote the majority of his masterpieces in Stratford-on-Avon but he set the stories in foreign countries, in this case Verona, but based them upon the customs of…
As part of my GCSE Coursework, I have watched two films, from two different eras. Zefferelli an older, more traditional film made in the 1970’s. And I compared this to Baz Luhrman, a more modern version created in the 90’s. Zefferelli’s version is more appealing to an older generation, or a person studying at a…
If I were to give myself a mark out of ten for my participation, I would give myself an eight. This because I participate in class, I’m always on time, and I think I have a pretty good attitude. Throughout my three years as a drama student, I learned that participation is very crucial when…
l, Set, Sound, And CI chose Arthur Miller’s The Crucible because of the plot’s dark history and suspense. Also because of the play’s reflection of McCarthyism. The so called “witch-hunts” for communist brought on by Senator Joseph. The play is set in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692, where suspicions of witchcraft were floating around the town air….
