On October 30th, I went to see The Real Inspector Hound written by Tom Stoppard and directed by Luke Hoover. The play begins with the two critics Moon and Birdboot entering the stage and taking their seats for the play. They discuss work and their personal life before the first police report. These police reports are an example of foreshadowing to the appearance of the Inspector Hound. The rising action would be the internal struggles that Moon and Birdboot are having. Moon wants to increase his ranks as a critic and become as well-known as his boss Higgs. Birdboot on the other hand is higher in the ranks, but is having some self-issues as rumors of multiple relationships with young actresses surface. Another part of the rising action it the …show more content…
There is dialogue between several characters, but are they actually holding a conversation? When Moon and Birdboot are sitting next to each other supposedly holding a conversation, their dialogue seems to be almost a solo. They are expressing their own fears and jealousies, but they seem not to notice the other sitting there very often. They rarely are communicating to one another and are truly having a conversation. The characters seem to have a difficult time expressing their emotions to one another through words. Another example is Cynthia and Simon, they have a difficult time expressing how they feel through words instead they kiss and hold each other through out parts of the …show more content…
With all the back and forth of a play within a play I seemed to had gotten lost and confused. Though I did learn that things are not always as they seem and people will do harsh things to improve their ranks in the world and in our society today that seems very prevalent. This play did have a life lesson woven into it and was not solely for the purpose of entertainment. I would recommend this play to others with the condition of them doing some research on the play before they attend such as the story line so the climax is not given away. This will help them to understand the back and forth transitions of the play within a play and allow them to focus solely on the performance and less on trying to figure out what is going on and why it is happening. This will allow for better experience than the one I had of trying to figure out the transitions throughout the whole
Deputy Wells and I responded to a home where a 16 year old girl allegedly cut herself. When we arrived to the scene Deputy Wells’ zone partner was already on location. We entered the home together and came into contact with the kid’s mother who stated that she saw the cuts on her daughter’s wrist and determined that she had been cutting herself with a razor. When we enter the girls’ room, she was being comforted by another teenage girl, who we found out was her close friend. The victim was crying and appeared to be extremely emotional. Deputy Wells made several attempts to find out why she had cut herself. Finally, the girl admitted to cutting herself and stated “I don’t know why I cut myself.” The other teenage girl got up from the bed and
Sadly when I arrived at the theater I was not even sure I would be able to focus on the show, for my mother who was meant to see this production with me yet was unable to. Due to unforeseeable circumstances that neither one of us could for see and so with all of this hanging over head I was really hoping to get a laugh from this play, which it did. This was not the first time that I had come to see a play at Boise Little Theater, but definitely this was the first time that I had done it on my own. Which was a tad
I felt like this was a good break from the sadness taken on by the audience from the depth of the sister. The play then goes on to show us that this guy is the leader of a game called Dungeons and Dragons played by the dead sister. To try and understand more about her sister the cheerleader plays the game. At first she thinks it is dumb, but then the audience is shown a first person view of the game through the eyes of the cheerleader as she lives through her character. The audience is then introduced to the friends of the dead sister, but not as real people. Rather, they are introduced through the characters in the game. As the story progresses we find out that the game is based on the geek's diary. This turns out to be important because it reveals important information to the cheerleader about her sister. One of these important details is the fact that her sister might have actually been homosexual. Information like this really gets the audience thinking about how time has changed
The play is a symbolic interpretation between good and evil, a battle between the devil and virtues for the innocent soul. The play uses sixteen virtues in order to fight off satan and guide the soul into a righteous path into heaven.
The playwright was trying to get quite a few messages when he created this play. First of all, I believe he was trying to show social change and the power and potential that an individual has inside of them, despite their circumstances. I think that this play/movie reveals the true messiness of life and how with the right mindset, you can make it through anything you
Overall it held my attention. The comedy injected into this play allowed for the more poignant messages to be driven home. I could relate to the respective arguments of the two men. It makes you
Once I started to read the play and get more further in, i’m glad I didn’t stop. It stayed on topic, and got very descriptive about the things they seen, where they were and how nervous and frightened the students were. For example Kathy gets scared and says “ I don’t want to go “ because the tour
If students read this play, they could learn different lessons on how to approach certain situations throughout their lives. The play Wicked displayed several conflicts, stereotypes, and shows how one can overcome an obstacle in their lifetime, which are lessons students could learn by reading this play.
To begin with, in this play the author unfolds family conflicts that involve its characters into a series of events that affected their lives and pushed them to unexpected ways.
to accept it, this is my eternity, i'd stay here forever and ever. I guess this is it, my whole life and it's all wasted. I wonder if I could have done anything different, maybe be kinder, give to the poor, I don't know. I'll never get married or have children.
I gathered my experiences as my compass of what to expect when I come to the theatre. I did some google search before hand to get a glimpse of what to look out for but that was it. Upon entering the theatre, we got some flyers. As always, I looked for a quote or something that hints at the overall meaning or plot of the play. The paper said that the play is about despair hope of outcast people, people who are not 'normal ' in the general sense.
Evidence in the above passage that suggests that Caitlin Moran is an enthusiastic fan of the Sherlock series is that the article she wrote about “the Sherlock series” is called “My Love Affair with Sherlock” which she published in “The Times”. The language she used in the title suggests that Caitlin Moran is an enthusiastic fan of “the Sherlock series” because she describes her love of Sherlock as a “Love Affair”. Another evidence in the above passage that Caitlin Moran is an enthusiastic fan of the Sherlock series is that she was at the “series two premiere at the British Film Institute” where only the “dedicated Sherlock fans have been camping in the bitter cold, since 5.30am”. The way she describes the series two premiere of Sherlock at
They followed the steps on how to get an audience attention when telling a story or doing a presentation. First, they told us what they are going to do which was to kill the king, and how they are going to do it, and lastly why they did it. One thing I found really successful was even though the play was really comical the actors were able to keep the storyline in a way that I could understand. The show kept me on edge, it kept me wondering what craziness is going to happen next. Although the show was really comical it also had a lot of life lessons that I learned. Firstly, one thing I learned from watching the performance is that” Once a traitor always a traitor.” In the show, there was a guy that plotted a coup with a soldier so they could overthrow the king so that soldier “ “captain Bondure” could take over. In the end, the traitor ended up betraying the soldier and stole the crown. The second thing I learned from this performance is never let anything bring you down no matter what the circumstances are. In the case of Ubu Roi, the princess lost her dad. Then her mom died right in her hands while they were on the run hiding in a cage. She never gave up on her idea to revenge her families’ death.
The main theme of the play is to not fall prey to emotions and hasty suspicions. They are a bad combination and will ruin your life. If you ever get one of these you should try not to get the other or you are in trouble. So if you are ever having doubts about someone ask them, don’t listen to your friends. They might not know the truth or the whole
That is another reason for the lasting effect of the dramas. A reader would be able to take the play and use its lesson in his or her own life.