Essays on Theatre

A theatre director is described as an instructor who orchestrates and oversees the theatre production. The director’s function is to unify various aspects of production and ensure completeness and quality of output. The term director came into use in the 19th century. The modern theatre director originated after the staging...

The Plot The plot is the first element of drama, and it represents the events of the drama. The plot reveals the journey, quest and the desires of the characters and keeps the audience engaged in the entire play. The plot helps to build the relationships and develop trust with the...

While globalization and changes in social standpoints While globalization and changes in social standpoints have greatly influence theatre, it is agreed that the two aspects are linked to diversity and multiculturalism. Performance of theatre is a universal cultural phenomenon experienced in every society around the world. The fact that human beings...

Theater reflects and influences the society in various ways. One significant way, through which theater reflects the community, is by showing the challenges facing a changing society. Changes can be inevitable from time to time. A society like Reading, where most of the people have been depending on their work...

Satire is a genre that can be found in literature, theater, and even graphic arts. The art or performance exemplifies community abuses, vices, and flaws and is held up to ridicule (Morreall 1). Satire's goal is to shame the government, corporations, individuals, or society as a whole into correcting and...

Absurdism has been extensively used in representing Estragon in Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot." This type can be used by an actor to recognize the character's role. This paper investigates how an actor should use absurdist methods and norms in representing Estragon as seen in Waiting for Godot. The use...

The play "Cyrano de Bergerac" was written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand, a French writer. The play is based on the real-life story of the narrator, Cyrano de Bergerac. It is one of the most famous pieces of French literature. This play is a wonderful story of love, loyalty, and...

Othello's Dying Words "Loved not wisely, but too well" reflect the fated General's demise in the Venetian military (Shakespeare 148). Othello's Weak Judgment of Character From the start of the play, Shakespeare portrays Othello as a weak judge of character. The tragic hero is unable to distinguish between fact and fantasy, which heightens...

Othello, Moor of Venice, by William Shakespeare, and Oedipus King, by Sophocles, share some parallels in that they all feature characters who are befallen by tragedies outside their grasp. The misfortune of King Oedipus was caused by the gods' job. This was due to the gods' prophecy that the king...

Original Text: Eric Bentley notes that a theater refers to a show performed for another human. The neolithic cave paintings are seen to be shifted when light reaches the cave in the film Cave of Lost Dreams. The classical chorus provided time for changes to both the actors and scene breaks....

Theatre and theatre making has allowed humans to fly beyond space. Photography strengthened the moon trip, according to Benjamin Grant. Further, like never before, the camera helped people tour the world. The camera also allowed astronauts to view the earth from within and thus to discover occult mysteries. Astronauts have...

Movie is the most renowned medium of art in the present time and is more popular than industry in terms of prizes, contes and stars. Yet the British economy worth 4.8 billion pounds a year and in 2009 amassed over GBP 800 million of world trade surplus. Nevertheless, the cultural...