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Importance Of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde
772 wordsIn todays world we are all exposed to comedy. We see comedy in a variety of ways. These ways include: movies, plays, situational comedies on television, and stand up comedians. However, there is something very different about the typical comedy today compared to the play The Importance of Being Earnest written by Oscar Wilde. The modern comedy usually uses characters that are funny or actors that are known to be great comedians. What I mean by this is that the characters are not usually serious ...
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Set Design In Modern Theatre
1,182 wordsThe Importance of Set Design in Shaping and Effecting Realism and Modern Drama Throughout history there has been a call for entertainment. This entertainment has seen many changes from jesters to hangings to orgies to finally the combination of all of these into a stage performance known to the masses as theatre or performance art. The theatre has seen many changes itself from the tragedies and comedies of old to theatre of the current day. Two of the major movements within contemporary theatre ...
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Greek Drama Modern Drama
346 wordsEvolution of Drama In contrast to modern drama, Greek drama is quite simple by structure. It consists of prologue (usually spoken by the actors before the chorus appears), paradox (chorus singing), first episode and first station (a choral ode). There may be several episodes and stations. The final scene is called exodus, where the chorus sings a processional song. Modern drama can have either simple or compound structure. Greek drama was usually performed in outdoor theatres, whereas Shakespear...
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Historical Figures Modern Drama
1,995 wordsAmadeus-Accuracy of the Film The film Amadeus that was based on the play of the same name by Peter Shaffer has some wonderful moments unmatched anywhere else on film. However, there are some things to keep in mind while you are watching this film. First, while the characters are two actual musical figures-Mozart and Salieri-Amadeus is a work of fiction. In spite of its title, the film is more about Antonio Salieri-and really more still about the elusive gift of creativity, a gift that seems to c...
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Performing Arts Film Festival
1,157 wordsChina, Korea, and Japan have been historically close for centuries, thus accounting for their numerous common artistic traditions. From pre-Christian times until the 8 th and 9 th century AD, the great trade routes crossed from the Middle East through Central Asia into China. Hinduism, Buddhism, some knowledge of ancient Greek, and much knowledge of Indian arts entered into China, and thence in time into Korea and Japan. Perhaps before Christ, the Central Asian art of manipulating hand puppets w...
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15 Th Century 16 Th Century
1,495 wordsMedieval Morality Plays Throughout time, there have been many books, plays, songs, pamphlets, sermons, lectures, etc. written. These writings were all written with some kind of purpose to either inform, persuade, entertain, or teach their audience. One such form of literature not too widely known about is that of the medieval morality plays. These plays were not aimed to entertain, but to teach morals and religion to the uneducated lower classes of people in medieval Europe. The morality plays w...
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African American Women Waiting For Godot
1,548 wordsWestern drama has evolved much since its development and introduction into Greek society. In it? s earliest form drama was a free and artistic endeavor. Writers wrote for their love of the art and to express their own personal beliefs. However, as drama proliferated across the western world, and over the centuries, it became a way for those who were financially affluent to show off their wealth. In the renaissance drama returned to its roots, and again writers wrote for their love of the art and...
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