Critique Of A Farce Play

Firstly let us consider conflict. In each act of the play, we see the overpowering desire to belong leading to a climax of conflict

In the comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the plethora of comedic styles used by Shakespeare illustrate his intention to poke fun at love throughout the play. The play is notorious for its intricate and irrational plotline, mainly due to the constantly shifting love triangles. Once the powerful fairies become involved with the fate of the naive lovers – Demetrius, Helena, Lysander and Hermia – matters are further complicated. The complication inflicted by the fairies is credited to the powerful love potion that Oberon, King of the Fairies, hands over to Puck, a mischievous fairy, to use on his wife Titania, with intentions to embarrass and distract her. This spiteful attitude is due to Oberon and Titania’s argument over the custody of an

During the play Cyrano de Bergerac there are often very deep and depressing moments and to pick the audience up Edmund Rostand used humor. This is seen in all of the acts throughout the play and is one of the main uses of humor in the play. This is not the only use of humor in this play it is also used by Cyrano to hide his insecurities. Throughout the play, Cyrano makes fun of his own nose to make it seem like he is comfortable with it and so others can not make fun of it. Humor definitely plays an important role in Cyrano de Bergerac and through this essay, I will be examining the role of Humor in the play in depth.

The play takes place in a basement that looks as if it were hit by an earthquake. Daneen, a teen black girl walks in yelling “hello?” with a white rag doll in her hand. While in the basement, Daneen begins to look for food when she was startled by Paul with a gun. From first sight, Daneen and Paul judged each other based on stereotypes. At this point of the play both characters are full of uncertain with each other full of biases toward each other that have been learned over their lives. The world is ending due to Earth moving too

7. One theme of the play is that "things are not as they seem". What action takes place that night that is also not as it seems?

Each of the characters of Pseudolus has comic potential. According to Bergson’s theory of laughter, ‘ The ingredients of comic character are rigidity, automatism, absentmindedness, and unsociability.’ ( 1956:156)

This week’s Lecture was focused on the third play in the four comedies book named “The Merchant of Venice”. This play was known for being controversial but also very interesting play that captured the attention of the viewers. Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” is set in Renaissance Venice, with a few scenes in a town called Belmont. The setting is important – Venice was one of the wealthiest towns in Europe, as it was right on the sea, with excellent shipping facilities for trading with the east. During this time, there was a large population of Jew’s in Europe, although 16th-century Venice was more tolerant of foreigners than Elizabethan England, Jews in Venice were confined to ghettos at the time Shakespeare wrote “The Merchant of Venice”. If a person compares “The Merchant of Venice”, to the other Shakespeare’s plays that have been covered in this class already and also to the ones that have not be covered yet, such as “As You Like It” or “Much Ado About Nothing”, some common features can be found throughout each of these plays. Some of the common features are: Multiple plots, Dual settings, Games/Trials/Practical Jokes/Music, Love Vs. Friendships/Multiple Marriages, Different types of relationships and a comic villain. Each of these features will be explained in greater details.

Because this is Restorative Comedy, the acting needs to be light-hearted but enjoyable, the actors should embrace the explicit nature of the play and express a comedic comfort on acting on such a subject. The cast not in this scene will sit around the edge of the round of light, creating a smaller stage; they will act as the audience mimicking the reactions and emotions that are expected in order to create a more understanding atmosphere within the audience. The male actors who are playing female roles, only Angelica in this scene, are wearing a garment of female clothing from the props cupboard, a feather boa or a hat or jewellery – lipstick? The female actors playing male roles (Antonio, Page and Pedro) will have their hair tired up in a bun, if possible and wear the beige shirts found in the store cupboard over their black trousers and tops as well as the suit jackets that we will supply. This scene occurs during a Masquerade Ball so each actor should either be wearing or holding a mask. In this scene, the stereotypes of gender are accentuated and emphasized. This will be done through the use of body language, hand gestures and the manipulation of voice. The female actors will stand with their legs apart and the hips thrust slightly forward, when possible they will use large hand gestures when they speak. The voice should be in a lower register to usual, if this is possible, and should be projected so that the audience feels an air of authority. The male actors should try to talk quieter and be less dominant on the stage, they should use simple modest hand gestures and at times, when the play allows, should become

Whether you drowned in the text in your final year of school, or saw it in that one ‘Simpsons’ episode in 2009, everyone at least, kind of knows the story of that curse’d Scottish Play. Yet, what you might not know is that the hardest part to nail about the play isn’t the language, but instead, the complex themes that run through the story. Throughout this tragic tale, countless characters succumb to the pressures of maintaining their macho-man status, while others use their new-found ‘manliness’ to accomplish unbelievable things. Masculine ambition is a theme that underpins the entire plot and is the unfortunate downfall of many great (and not so great) characters.

This weekend I decided to go to a play that I have hear people talking about as I walked the streets. Many people were discussing the drama that goes behind this play and as much as I wanted to join the conversation, I had to find out for myself since no one will talk to me. I have much to say about this play so let’s get started shall we.

"Nowadays the plays' meaning is usually blurred by the fact that the actor plays to the audiences hearts. The figures portrayed are foisted on the audience and are falsified in the process. Contrary to present custom they ought to be presented quite coldly, classically and objectively. For they are not matter for empathy; they are there to be understood and politely added

shall firstly do a summery of the play and give a basic image of what

Throughout the play, I enjoyed the role of music used to set a comic atmosphere and replace the dialogs during comic scenes (e.g. when they chase each other around). I also thought that they made a good use of light to indicate the moment of the day the scene was happening or to set the atmosphere of the scene (e.g. pink colour during the romantic moments). Lastly, I liked the way the play ended. Even though it was a little messy with everyone running after each other off and on stage, and this policeman coming out of nowhere, which really surprised me; I couldn’t think of a better way to end the play.

The rise of tension between characters is another characteristic of comedic plays. After Oberon sees the way that Helena has been treated by Demetrius, he orders Puck to apply the juice to the eyes of Demetrius. Puck accidentally applies the juice to Lysander’s eye, which causes him to fall in love with Helena. After the mistake had been caught, Oberon sends Puck to watch Helena and Oberon applies the juice to Demetrius’ eyes. This causes both men to fall for Helena and now the battle is for Helena and not Hermia. Helena is convinced that this is a joke or prank because neither of the two men loved her before. Now because of Puck’s mistakes the four decide to find a

A real event described at the beginning of the drama has exercised a profound influence upon the whole imagery of the play. What is later metaphor is here still reality. The picture of the leprous skin disease, which is here – in the first act –