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    Section 3 (l.462-650) Everyman is left alone and asks O‚ to whom shall I make me moan For to go with me in that heavy journey? He recaps how he has been deserted‚ one after the other‚ by Fellowship‚ his kinsmen‚ and his Goods (whom‚ he says‚ he “loved best”). He feels ashamed that he did not realize that Goods brought people towards hell – and says that he himself is “worthy to be blamed”. He decides to turn to Good Deeds but worries that she is so weak that “she can neither go nor speak”.

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    An Enemy of the People: Stagecraft An Enemy of the People‚ authored by Hendrik Ibsen and adapted by Arthur Miller performed by the Playmaker’s Repertory Company‚ was a tremendous spectacle of production. To enhance the audience’s overall experience‚ key production elements included superior scenery‚ costumes‚ lighting‚ and sound. Each of these elements was required to support the script in a creative and engaging manner. Every decision made by the designers is entirely relevant. The collective

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    In “Postcards from Chinatown”‚ the poet examines how‚ in a place that had been renovated as a tourist attraction‚ the past lurks in the shadows of the present‚ which is unauthentic and seemingly all just a performance for entertainment. “An Empty Cinema”‚ on the other hand‚ laments the vanishing of Singapore’s past and heritage‚ likening the past to no more than just a cinematic film‚ where it is just a hologram projected onto a screen. In “Postcards from Chinatown”‚ the poet calls our daily

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    The earliest of the modern theatre movement was naturalism. Russia lagged behind the rest of Europe‚ as far as theatre was concerned. That point was proven when the Meiningen Players performed in Russia. The Meiningen Players created not only a set‚ but also an environment in which they are a part of (Gascoigne 265). Russian producers saw‚ first hand‚ how far behind they were. The Imperial Theatre system spent most of its resources on opera and ballet while neglecting legitimate theatre. Most

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    violence and conflict to start. After the prologue‚ there are several types of conflict throughout the play‚ such as the conflict between the Capulets and Montegues and between Paris and Romeo. Throughout this essay I will analyse characterisation‚ stagecraft‚ language and context when exploring the themes of the play and when considering what the audience learns as a result. The use of language portrays the conflict between the two houses very well. For example‚ in act 1 scene 1‚ Sampson bites his

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    THE SHAVIAN THEATRE OF IDEAS (MODERN DRAMA) The predominating influence in determining Shaw to turn to the drama was the example of Ibsen and equally prominent was his love of debating‚ in which he had shown how irresistible it was for him to counter his arguments himself if no one else would. These influential strains compelled him to choose the kind of play in which the characters undertake this dual task of proposer and opposer.  In 1892‚ he made it into Widower’s Houses‚ and thereafter‚ for

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    Shakespeare and Today Essay The Shakespearean tragedy Macbeth‚ though written over 400 years ago‚ still has relevance to today’s modern society. These are connected through the issues in the text such as the idea of revenge and the theme of appearance vs reality‚ the conventions of tragedy seen through Macbeth‚ context‚ language techniques‚ dramatic techniques and characterisation. Revenge‚ a theme which occurs frequently throughout Macbeth‚ creates a connection between Shakespeare’s era several

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    revolutionary new social order through violence and hence the title ‘ Inquilab.’ Asif Currimbhoy‚ an Indian playwright writing in English‚ had exposure in experimental American theatre. He brought some of their techniques like management of light in his stagecraft. It gives more depth to the mood of the episodes in the individual scenes. Moreover‚ Asif Currimbhoy produced plays on contemporary themes. For example ‘Inquilab’‚ written in 1971‚ is based on the Naxalbari uprising in 1967. In this play‚ Asif Currimbhoy

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    to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture‚ speech‚ song‚ music or dance. Elements of design and stagecraft are used to enhance the physicality‚ presence and immediacy of the experience. The specific place of the performance is also named by the word "theatre" as derived from the Ancient Greek‚ théatron‚ “a place for viewing” and theáomai‚ “to see"‚ "to

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    Context; Kinder transport is the name given to the rescue mission that took place nine months prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. The mission was to send of children‚ most of them Jewish‚ from Germany to Britain. The United Kingdom took in nearly 10‚000 predominantly Jewish children from Nazi Germany‚ Austria and Poland. When the Jews lost their parents in the war they didn’t know where they were going and what was going to happen to their parents. Britain was the country to give free

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