Review Of Miss Bennet : Christmas At Pemberly

This production was ripe with humour, witticisms and a valuable moral message, it entertained the audience and showed a different side of the elderly most would not perceive. Through brilliantly written extended dialogue, tension creating arguments and fleshed out and realistic relationships between characters portrayed the plays dramatic meaning clearly and effectively whilst keeping audiences young and old

The script shows ordinary people with everyday situations that many people would be able to relate to on one level or another. The experiences on display throughout the play can be understood by those who may live in small towns like the one in the script or those who reside in major urban areas.

This theme was conveyed by the play being both a comedy and a musical. These two forms of drama brought with it both wittiness and purity, both of which are a direct correlation youthfulness. And the character’s ability to sing with clarity helped boost such a message. The role such clarity played is relevant to American culture, today. In order for people to listen, in a society with so much information, a message must be clear and transparent. Although it is not necessary

In Spring Ford Community Theater’s production of A Christmas Carol, the rhetoric utilized by the director and actors in the creation of this play helps strengthen the argument that the tale is still relevant and connects to the modern era, which is proposed in Stephanie Allen’s Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” Told Uncomfortable Truths About Victorian Society, But Does it Have Anything to Teach Us Today?. Through the use of emotional appeals and the chronological progression of the play, this production makes the tale believable and reconnects it to common themes found in modern literature. The purpose of this production is to reinforce how these themes affect life and to display a positive outlook to the holiday season, which is done by the connection of this production with the viewer.

Does the christmas carol hold the same meaning in any version? Does the story even have meaning or is it just made for our entertainment? I believe the story does have meaning, but that the meaning lies deeper than what most believe. I believe the similarities and differences in the book and movie help illustrate the good it is to turn your life around, not for others, but for yourself.

The day my group and I received our assignment, we agreed to portray a play that seems easy to perform. The play in which my group and I had a strong connection with is Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. We performed the end of Act 1, Scene 1 for various reasons. The act contained various emotions, intriguing dialogue, various literary devices and a deep perception of social relationships.

The Christmas Carol was about a man named Ebeneezer Scrooge. Scrooge became a very mean man after his partner died on Christmas Eve and now hated Christmas. Scrooge used to be a joyful man and after his partner died he wouldn't supply for anyone that lived in the town. But, there are many similarities and differences in the story and the movie.

On November 10, 2016 I attended Elf the Broadway Musical written by David Berrenbaum and directed by Sam Scalamoni. Elf the Broadway Musical was produced by Texas A&M University and MSC OPAS. It was a comedic musical that appealed to a wide variety of audience members. Elf the Broadway Musical was a delightful surprise, since I had seen Elf (film) I expected the play to appeal more to a younger audience, but I was surprised when I found myself laughing alongside the two children sitting next to me. Before, I had seen this play I had been to a handful of other popular plays such as The Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, Beauty and the Beast, and Cinderella. For whatever reason I was not very excited to attend Elf the Broadway Musical, but the second the play began I knew that my opinion was about to change. As the play continued, I was in complete awe of this play from the plot, the acting, and the technical side of the production. Overall this play was an amazing way to put the entire audience into a holiday spirit and remind us what the holiday season is about.

Humor is used regularly in the original print version of A Christmas Carol, and the reader gets a sense of Dickens’ true personality and a peek behind his creative curtain through it. Even his observation in the opening chapter questioning the use of the term “dead as a door-nail” brings a lightness to the very heavy topic of Marley’s death (p. 1). When viewing the movie, the audience is not given the same chance to watch the scene with the author as their guide, nor the ability to hear his voice. They witness the proceedings first-hand, and are left to find humor and focus where they will. In effect, the movie lacks a certain lightness that the book provided, and seems to carry a deeper feeling of darkness and gloom.

The Fall One Acts Performance that I watched on Saturday, November 14th, 2015 at 7:30 PM was magnificently performed, and the actors’ and actresses’ hard work was definitely carried out in this production. The two act plays that moved me the most were Livestock by Catherine Trieschmann and Till Death by Claudia Barnett because Ruby and Josh in Livestock were very comical and made me laugh many times, while the sentimental and intimate bond between Julian and Felicity in Till Death appealed to my emotions.

This device changes the atmosphere in the audience. The audience realise that the play starts off with a jolly introduction, talking about a normal upper-class family who were just celebrating their daughter’s engagement, to a serious place. The audience’s body language changes from attracting to the play to retracting from the play.

A Christmas Carol is one of the most iconic play as it displays an abundance of successful components. From acting, to stage directing, scenery, costumes, and lighting, the production portrays all those significant aspects. Throughout the process of the play, the plot and acting was incredibly engaging and dramatic. As for the stage directing, all props and cues are organized and well constructed. As for the costumes, scenery, and lighting, all elements was focused on the theme of the play; this created a remarkable environment for the audience to settle on.

This past Saturday, I watched the production of Fools. While the general enactment of the play was astounding, there were a few moments that had not meshed with me. Following this introduction will be an expansion on what aspects of the production I liked or disliked.

Christmas yarn or cautionary tale? A Christmas Carol, written by Charles Dickens, is not your typical sugar-plum story. Ebenezer Scrooge’s encounter with the supernatural is a beloved children’s tale with an underlying message. The story opens with death. Dicken’s rambles on about death for the entire first page. The entire story centers around the loneliness of an old man. As he isolates himself, pushing away family and friends, he entraps himself with his ideals. Scrooge’s greed and solitude runs a similar parallel to his business partner, Jacob Marley, Scrooge’s first paranormal visitor. As the tale progresses, ghosts of Christmas past, present and yet to come take Scrooge on a journey to save him from the peril Marley faced in his death.

This production ticks every box; from staging to acting, the play is refined down to absolute fluidity. Immersing themselves in the roles completely, the actors in the Old Vic production embody Miller’s characters in ways unparalleled by other performances. Seeing the actors wholly capture the raw emotions of their complex characters brings the play to life, and with their efforts, the audience feels so deeply along with them.