1.Summary Our country’s good is a play about convicts and royal marines send to Australia in the late 1780’s as part of the first penal colony there. The play sees Second Lieutenant Ralph Clark’s attempt to put on a production of ‘The Recruiting officer’ with the convicts. The play shows the class system and shows themes such as sexuality‚ social class and punishment. 2. When was our country’s good written? 1998 3. When did Weternbaker write this play? 1998 4. What did she want to achieve
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Australian playwrights use a variety of styles‚ techniques and conventions to present images on the stage that provoke and challenge their audiences. Discuss with reference to your study and experience of the plays you have studied. The Australian playwrights studied this year have used a variety of styles‚ techniques and conventions‚ presenting images which provoke and challenge audiences. The Removalists by David Williamson and No Sugar by Jack Davis‚ despite the different contexts‚ are concerned
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the inspiration for Trifles from her real life visit to the kitchen of Margaret Hossack whose trial for the murder of her husband formed the basis for the plot. Trifles is a murder mystery‚ the play takes place in the kitchen instead of at the crime scene of the bedroom. Within the opening section of the play‚ the main conflict appears to revolve around a search for the murderer‚ whether such a person who is John Wright’s wife or some other individual. The scene consists of male figures that treat
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Matt Cameron’s play Ruby Moon addresses Australian cultural issues‚ as well as the characters’ personal issues and concerns. How are these issues and concerns made engaging and challenging for an audience? Refer to study and workshop Matt Cameron’s play Ruby Moon is an engaging and episodic play that employs Australian cultural issues as well as character issues and concerns. These techniques are used effectively through the freedom of practitioners in staging and characterisation
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individual’s religious practices. This amendment is where the popular interpretation “Separation of church and state” comes from. There is a constant battle of government made laws versus divine laws‚ which can be seen throughout history‚ even in Sophocles’ play‚ Antigone‚ the character Antigone says “… I will bury him myself./ And even if I die in the act‚ that death will be glory./ I will lie with the one I love and loved by him—/ an outrage sacred to the gods! I have longer/ to please the dead than please
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addition‚ Neil LaBute’s The Shape of things is not overtly comic but rather the idea of an art major shaping a person as an object is an absurd one‚ confronting the audience through the humiliation and subsequent suffering of the protagonist. The plays studied deal with a paradox; how can the subject of death‚ violence to humans or animals‚ sexual perversion‚ social dysfunction and sexual dysfunction possibly be comic? Black Comedy deals with “what is often uncomfortable or supressed‚” and the subsequent
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Living with family is similar to living to living in the royal palace. There is always going to be guards watching over you’re every move‚ and certain standards you need to live up to. You will enjoy the luxury of an elegant house‚ clean laundry and slightly bigger budget‚ but it will slightly defer from the king and queen realm. It will affect every detail of your life‚ right down to the way you talk‚ the food you eat‚ how often your friends can visit and how much freedom you have. You will quickly
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ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE DRAMA The dramatic activity in England took its rise‚ as did the drama of the Greeks‚ from religion; it was in origin distinctly a creation of the church. The church was everything for the Middle Ages:- rest for the weary‚ solace for the afflicted‚ bread for the hungry and succour for the helpless.The church was indeed the schoolz the meeting .place‚ the centre of art and above all of amusement and entertainment. It was ready and eager to provide for the people delight
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response and/or plot development. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary (n.pag.)‚ drama can be defined as‚ “a composition in verse or prose intended to portray life or character or to tell a story usually involving conflicts and emotions through action and dialogue and typically designed for theatrical performance.” In the two plays that I have selected‚ drama is definitely a depiction of life. The Ritual by Zeno Obi Constance and Your Handsome Captain by Simone Schwarz-Bart
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As the curtain opens‚ the music will reflect the depression of Mrs Popov and that we are in Russia (perhaps using some famous Russian folk tune integrated into the overture). Mrs. Popov is standing looking out of her window (right stage). We see the interior of a victorian country home. Up center is a large painting covered with a black drape so you don’t see the whole image of the man. Mrs. Popov is a beautiful woman in her thirties‚ fighting back tears. In comes her fuddy duddy servant named Babalu
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