Important Hats of the 20th Century Alyssa Ciurlik Unfortunately, I did not rise to the challenge placed in the director’s note. Years from now I might attend another Jones play and realize, like Briggs, I had underappreciated the “demented genius” of his shows. While both mid-twenties Briggs and myself hold the same mild distaste for Jones’s shows, I think my opinion is founded on what the play lacked rather than the potpourri of outlandish elements that left young Briggs quite chagrined. That being said, I will concede my youth and inexperience are unavoidable biases that may be the culprits of my dissatisfaction. The plot, character development, and inconsistency of style were the three main issues I had with this show. In terms of plot, the ending was a deus ex machina, where instead of gods saving the day, the universe with its big red fiery death balls returned balance to the world. This choice to have the universe as the distributor of “justice” undermined the themes of the play. Without these fiery balls it is possible Paul Roms, the symbol of greed, could continue his conquest of the fashion empire. While I’ll concede it is true that the consequences of a story do not always mirror the themes, the inclusion of the supernatural unjustifiably warped the trajectory of the story. The universe determined what was fit to be considered …show more content…
The play was merely pleasant. Perhaps the play was just not my cup of tea. However, now, only a day after seeing the performance, I am having trouble recollecting exactly what the playwright was trying to say, or the moments that stood out. While I recognize that Jones was trying to feed the audience hearty ideas wrapped in some witty mind candy, because he did not go further with his bold choices, all that was served was a bland porridge with a bit of sweetly clever lines sprinkled
...od out because he used charm and just the book to advance in the company. I think young adults and adults who are into economics, how companies work or even realistic plays would like the production that was put. It was simple and gave across a clear point. I think that people who grew up in the sixties and worked during the time period would enjoy the play. I feel that they would have a different understanding of it because they grew up in the time period and lived through what was going. Over all the play head a straight forward point that in my opinion put J. Pierrepont Finch as the protagonist because everything revolved around him, he had a simple objective and every set or choice he made effect something or someone. Whereas the antagonist was reaching high positions in the company because that was the main thing that was in Finch is way at achieving his goal.
audience in his play. I will be analysing act one of the play to try
In conclusion I think that the stage directions and dramatic irony are significant to the play, and without them there would be no need for a lot of the events that happen in the play.
On April 12, 2014 at 7:30 pm, I gratefully attended the musical Guys and Dolls at Ouachita Baptist University's auditorium. Directed by Daniel Inouye, this wonderful play is based on the story and characters of Damon Runyan. These stories which were written in the 1920s and 1930s, involved gangsters, gamblers, and other characters from the New York underworld. The premiere of Guys and Dolls on Broadway was in 1950 where it ran 1200 performances and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical had many Broadway revivals and was even turned into a film in 1955.
Tennessee Williams's plays have been praised and criticized by literary scholars. Most applaud his prose and mastery in developing characters, yet they are sometimes offended by his subject matter. Mark Royden Winchell wrote a compelling article analyzing Williams's play "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof." In his essay, Winchell states that the play "is a powerful work of art", yet he exclaims that it is perverse and "scandalous." (Winche...
When deciding what element a play should contain, one must look at a large variety of options. These options can alter how the audience depicts the play and change their overall opinions. Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” is a play set around 1895 where the protagonist, Jack Worthing, takes on two identities in order to avoid social obligations. This play’s era affects how the characters are dressed and how their households appear.
Overall, I enjoyed this play. Even with the dull ending, I found it to be entertaining and a good use of my time. The cast was great and they made good use of a decent
This passage tears at my very soul!!! This play was to me a biting farce written to satisfy a bloody crowd.
Throughout A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, there are multiple analyses that one can follow in order to reach a conclusion about the overall meaning of the play. These conclusions are reached through analyzing the play’s setting, characterization, and tone. However, when one watches the production A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by Michael Hoffman, a completely different approach is taken on these aspects, leading to a vastly different analysis of the work. Though there are many similarities between the original written play A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare and the on-screen production of the aforementioned play which was directed by Michael Hoffman, there are differences in setting and
Since this is a review and its based on my opinion, I would have to say this was one of the worst plays I've ever seen in my life. I wasn't entertained by the play at all. The only good parts were the good-looking girls in the play. I like the main character Marisol based only on her looks. She played on ok job of acting. I realize she had a lot of lines to memorize which she had down, but she just didn't get to me. I think the costumes were ok. They had nothing special, or out of the ordinary except for the angel's wings, which were pretty nice. I didn't like the lighting or the scenery. I didn't know where the scene was supposed to be at some points.
Starting with the title itself, there’s quite a bit of wordplay in this play. List as many examples as you can find. How does this use of language contribute to the tone and spirit of the play?
The play begins with a brief introduction to the student-tutor relationship between the gifted young lady Thomasina and her genius teacher Septimus. Stoppard begins by setting the tension with Thomasina's statement of curiosity, "tell me more about sexual congress." Septimus quickly attempts to turn Thomasina’s attention elsewhere towards Fermat's theorem. Opposites like sexual curiosity and aspiring intellect happen numerously throughout the course of the play as Stoppard also contrasts things like, female intuition with male arrogance, free will and ...
The Significance of Act 1 Scene 1 in A Taste of Honey in Establishing the Relationship Between the Main Characters and the Social Context of the Play
...itude to take towards life. We are not sent into the world to air our moral prejudices. I never take any notice of what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do." Wilde's recurring themes on the importance of "imagination, self-development, and individualism" are apparent in this play. The characters portray people who are very serious and common at the same time. How fanciful and carefree is life? Well, no one knows until they sincerely become completely unrestrained and untainted. Quite plainly the play reminds us to live for ourselves (as Lord Darlington would) and for the moment because otherwise one lives for something or someone else. After all, good and bad are relative terms, mere labels. They are not absolute terms, thus, everything is nothing until it is compared to something else. This is the heart of the aesthetic thinker.
Metman, Eva. Reflections on Samuel Beckett's Plays. Samuel Beckett: A Collection of Critical Essays. Ed. Martin Esslin. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1965.