Theater Essays and Term Papers

intriguing people of the Year in 1998 by People weekly magazine. He was also named Celebrity of the Year 2000 by US weekly magazine on its January 2001 issue. With his boyish good looks he had conquer Hollywood and several women hearts. You might…

can see your favorite two-dimensional stars from the Sunday paper, breathed into vibrant life. All your favorites: Linus and Lucy, Snoopy and Schroder, Charlie himself, and his little sister Sally, parade about the stage, reenacting the most popular…

no entertainment. It is a convention of drama that there must be conflict between characters in order for it to be entertaining, and thus be successful. We can consider a text to be successful if the playwright is able to convey a view of a theme or…

that Sophocles drew men "as they ought to be". But Oedipus, with heinous acts as he did, is this what he meant by what a man ought to be? Of course not, this isn't the way Aristotle meant us to interpret the statement in this way, and this will be…

in the world of drama. Neo-classicism sprung up from Greek and Roman models in Europe during the Enlightenment, Romanticism struck the Globe in the 1800's based on principles like emotion, intuition and seeking God. During and after the 1800's…

us that although there is nothing wrong with persuing the American dream, it should not be at the expense of ones heritage or culture. It also showed the difficulties in releasing the past and moving forward in one's life. It is centered…

Question: "The Club, a mixture of intrigue and comedy, adds up to a serious indictment of our life and times. Discuss." ------------------------------------------------------- On the outer surface, David Williamson's 'The Club' is an intriguing and…

reacting that is known as human nature. In everyday life many actions, however unintentional, give clues to our personal agendas. Insecurities, especially, have a way of showing their presence through gestures, eye contact (or lack thereof), and verbal…

to any play with romantic plot in which the author manipulates events to act on the emotions of the audience without regard for character development or logic. Melodrama had very 'stock' characters, in other words they were very stereotypical characters…

called Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. This is a play about a man who picks a poor person off the street who sells flowers named Eliza Doolittle. The man's name is Henry Higgins. Henry makes a bet with another man named Pickering. The bet…