Theater Essays and Term Papers

claims, "The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind." Blanche Dubois the protagonist in A Streetcar Named Desire is a perfect example of this quotation. Her life was full of tragedy and hardship. She dealt…

is a drama exploring the anxieties of modern life. By personalizing aspects of the epic Albee has inverted many of its features to create satire. This internalization pits individuals against each other and themselves. M. H. Abrams's definition…

at my clock and read the time. 4:00 AM. I wasn't sure if this was reality or not so I ran my palm over my scalp. No bump. A sigh of relief came over me. 'Phew,' I said, 'it was only a dream.'         This is a dream I have had often throughou…

at night, when the moon is down and the sky is starless. As we've come to know, night is the hour of the evil. So the atmosphere at the very beginning is the foreboding of the events to unfold. In the first scene, Banquo and Fleance are talking casually…

about Macbeth killing Duncan in order to become the King. He is aware that the witches had prophesized that his sons would become Kings. But he doesn't let this thought obsess him. He is capable of controlling his thoughts and checking his ambitions…

his meeting with the three weird sisters and their predictions. One of the witches had prophesized that Macbeth would become the king. Lady Macbeth is pleased but she knows that Macbeth may be ambitious but he couldn't possibly carry out the murder…

was essentially the first improvisational drama. The Commedia dell'Arte was popular in 16th and 17th century Italy, in a period when theatre plays were classic and cold, and amateur actors recited their memorized lines onstage with no apparent…

it hard to imagine how daring it seemed at the time it was written one hundred years ago. Its theme, the emancipation of a woman, makes it seem almost contemporary.         In Act I, there are many clues that hint at the kind of marriage Nora…

Theatre Company Private lives is a play that is set in France, 1930's which explores the absurdities of human emotions. The story is based around two recently married couples who are on the there honeymoon. I will reflect on my understanding of how…

technology capable of managing actors on stage and enabling them to produce interesting and entertaining narratives without relying on a script (Fulleylove, 1984). Throughout its history in the arts, improv has been highly valued for its ability…