The play starts on opening night for Max Bialystock’s latest play‚ and latest flop‚ Funny Boy. Max is devastated as he recounts his previous failures and vows to return as “The King of Broadway”. The next morning‚ his accountant‚ Leo Bloom‚ arrives at Max’s office to audit his books. Just as Leo’s dream of being a producer slips out‚ one of Max’s “Investors” arrives and Leo is forced into a bathroom. They play one of their sex games and Max persuades a check from her‚ before finally‚ she leaves.
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Athol Fugard’s drama‚ "Master Harold" . . . and the Boys‚ was written during a time of great conflict in South Africa‚ where he was raised. Fugard was torn between his mother‚ who was "Afrikaner‚" and his father‚ who was "of English decent". These differing influences caused Fugard to use the discussions between Sam and Hally to demonstrate the religious‚ racial‚ and political tensions of his lifetime in South Africa. The discussion between Sam and Hally about who was "a man of magnitude" represents
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opening scene. Note: you will want to write notes on this as you watch for the first time. Why do you think the director‚ Hal Ashby‚ made these choices? Defend your answer. The mise-en-scene of the opening scene is a boy dressed in brown tones with neutral and similar tones around the boy. The song is actually the opposite though because it is saying words like keep your head up high and the song has a “bouncy” beat to it and the song is not slow but actually has a medium pace to it. The reason I feel
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Play boy Of the Western World Plot summary The play is set in County Mayo in a country shebeen or pub. Pegeen Mike is engaged to Shawn Keogh a rich farmer‚ but she is not in love with him. Pegeen’s father Michael James owns the pub‚ and spends his time going to wakes and getting drunk. A young man arrives one evening as Michael James and his two pals Jimmy Farrell and Philly Cullen are about to go off to a wake. This young man calls himself Christy Mahon and claims that he has killed
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City of Ember (2008) Plot Summary Showing all 3 plot summaries When mankind is about to come to an end‚ a group of scientists decide to create and populate a city deep underground. The city of Ember is to last for 200 years after which its inhabitants are to retrieve from a strong box instructions to return to the surface. Over time however‚ the message is lost and life in Ember is rapidly deteriorating. Their power supply is failing and food is being rationed. It’s left to two young adults to
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Bones casting crew analysis Bones is an American crime comedy-drama television series that premiered on the Fox network in the United States on September 13‚ 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology‚ with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) to the forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel). The rest of the main cast includes
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Harold Shipman was born on January 14‚ 1946 in Nottingham‚ England. As a child and caring for his mother while she was going through terminal lung cancer‚ he wanted to become a doctor. Shipman attended Leeds School of Medicine in England and began working as a physician in 1970 (Biography‚ 2017). After graduating from Leeds School of Medicine‚ Shipman who had started a family began his career as a physician in Todmorden‚ Yorkshire. By 1975 he was forging prescriptions to himself for pain medicine
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Sir Harold MacMichael During his early days‚ Sir Harold MacMichael was graduated with a first from Magdalene College‚ Cambridge.He entered the service of the British Empire in the Anglo-Egyyptian Sudan after passing his civil service exam. He then served in the Blue Nile province until 1915 which was when he became a senior inspector of Khartoum province‚ rising to the position of the civil secretary in 1926.In 1933‚ he became the Governor of Tanganyika until 1937. The following year‚ he became
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Ivie Efferson 1st block Composition Two: Career Choice Research Paper My Notes Source one: "Harold Shipman." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation‚ 09 July 2013. Web. 17 Sept. 2013. Notes from source one: Shipman’s trial‚ presided over by Mr Justice Forbes‚ began on 5 October 1999. Shipman was charged with the murders of Marie West‚ Irene Turner‚ Lizzie Adams‚ Jean Lilley‚ Ivy Lomas‚ Muriel Grimshaw‚ Marie Quinn‚ Kathleen Wagstaff‚ Bianka Pomfret‚ Norah Nuttall‚ Pamela Hillier‚ Maureen Ward‚ Winifred
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Harold Hardrada Harold son of King Sigurd and half brother to king Olaf II‚ was severely wounded at Stiklarsladir fighting at the age of 15 against the largest army ever assembled in Norway. Leaving his dead half brother‚ he took refuge in a lonely farmhouse. His health recovered‚ he crossed into Sweden. From there he went to Novgorod‚ where he was well received by Prince Yaroslav and in 1032 assisted him in a Polish campaign. Accompanied by a personal following of 500 warriors‚ Harold followed
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