Summer Of The Seventeenth Doll Play Analysis

The technical aspects of the production such as scenery, properties and costumes also played a keynote in the productions success. The scenery was fabulous it truly made the play. It was very realistic and extremely vibrant. Almost the entire play was performed in one setting, except for the railcar and dance scenes. The house, the main setting, was magnificent with painstakingly placed detail in every corner. All elements in the house matched wonderfully, for example the furniture, the photos on the wall, the telephone and even the trash can. Little bits of detail were everywhere adding to the beautification of the set, for example the lace decorations on the chairs, the etched glass above the front door and even the Christmas tree.

The play was performed on a proscenium stage, but the stage was not raised. The audience had raked seating so there was no problem watching the actors on stage. The scenes were very basic. The play began with a large wooden cart in the middle of the stage and throughout the play it transformed into a bedroom and smaller stage. Two females were responsible for making adjustments to the stage in-between scenes. If the entire wooden centerpiece had to be moved all of the actors rotated it together. The production used a gobo which created a sky background for the scenes that took place outside. The scenic changes helped the flow of the production because it marked the different settings, days, and inciting incidents. The set served the action

Watching the play to kill a Mockingbird was a wonderful production that captures the audience attention. A playwright is a person who writes plays for that stage and also they create scripts that tell stories through the words and action of characters. Most of the playwright’s people work alone and some of the time they share the work of creating script with the actors and directors.

The cowhide seating and beige covering are made for resting and comfort. The comfortable triviality was both risible and consoling for the audience putting them at ease. The large sofa in the middle of the stage presents a centre focus for the piece where the most action and dialogue take place. The use of this prop alludes to the idea of the family and the bond that these brothers share with each other and their father. A scene that readily gives context and some history to the sofa was best seen at dinner time. All four of the family members squeezed onto the couch as they had done every Christmas time. By doing this, the family atmosphere was more firmly created, as well as endorsing different conversational tones and directing each actor’s words more inwards towards the other family

The design elements of the play allowed for more depth in the telling of the story, blocky levels helping as a visual indicator of the social structure of the time period or even emotions being played. The foreground and living room allowed for the retro furniture to set the period whilst also allowing it to be bare enough to evoke a feeling of hollowness. When either Noah or his father separated to either sides of the home, to the office and his bedroom it created a nice parallel and

Our society’s gender roles are constantly evolving and changing, all in the name of “progressive thinking”, though not all for the good. With a new “social norm” appearing every few years or so, it comes as a surprise that it

In the play “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen, Nora goes through a transformation of self-realization. Nora lives a doll-like existence. she responds lovingly to her husband’s pet names such as “my little lark” or “my little squirrel” (Ibsen, 793). She does not mind playing a role for her husband. As the play progresses, Nora show that she is not a little girl. She understands how business work by taking out a loan behind her husband’s back to save his life. When she is blackmail by Krogstad, her eyes open to her unfulfilled and underappreciated life. she realizes that she been putting on a show for her husband. Nora has pretended to be someone else in order to fulfilled a role for not only her husband but also her father

By making the sleeping area the main focal point of the set Heffner implied that it would be the most important part of the play. The large stereo, tv, and gaming system in the bedroom also show off the families money. Heffner was able to capture the families money just as Spencer was able to do with the costumes. The lighting, also done by Heffner, captures the time of day perfectly. The room is lit by lamps and “ceiling” lights implying night while the window above the table changes between several shades of blue to imply the setting of the sun. Heffner does and amazing job of capturing the viewers attention by dimming the lights in the apartment and drawing the gaze of the audience out into the hall when the characters are outside the

This year marks the 60th anniversary since the premier show of “summer of the 17th Doll”, and the State theatre company’s immersive and compelling illustration of typical suburban dystopia does not disappoint. The exciting saga of the touch and go relationships between two working-class barmaids and their cane-cutting lovers, who have come down south for the off-season, is met by an equally charismatic cast that allows the director (Geordie Brookman) to fully explore the notion of 1950s stereotypes and the chaos that ensues when they are broken.

The enforcement of specific gender roles by societal standards in 19th century married life proved to be suffocating. Women were objects to perform those duties for which their gender was thought to have been created: to remain complacent, readily accept any chore and complete it “gracefully” (Ibsen 213). Contrarily, men were the absolute monarchs over their respective homes and all that dwelled within. In Henrik Ibsen’s play, A Doll’s House, Nora is subjected to moral degradation through her familial role, the consistent patronization of her husband and her own assumed subordinance. Ibsen belittles the role of the housewife through means of stage direction, diminutive pet names and through Nora’s interaction with her morally ultimate

In the play “A Doll’s House” Henrik Ibsen introduces us to Nora Helmer and shows us how spontanesly her design of the ideal life can change when a secret of her is revealed. Nora’s husbands promotion to Manager of the town Bank, leaves her convince she will be living a wonderful life; stress and worry free. However, Nora’s idea of a wonderful life is completely changed when her long-kept secret is revealed.

This act is set in the Antrobus home after deadly war, so I found it rather refreshing that all the set pieces were in different places than in act one, potentially due to the house being looted. I was therefore able to focus more on each individual piece of furniture. The main couch, for example, has history and pattern sewn into its seams and uniquely parallels the unique members of the Antrobus family. Additional interaction with the set, when Mrs. A tells Sabrina to fix the house. stood out. Great teamwork across the cast and crew was seemed to support the play’s ability to grasp the attention of its viewers, for all of the kinks with the set (e.g. the door being left over) were solved by the director for opening night.

On the 28th April 2011, I went to see a professional production of To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee at the 'Blackpool Grand Theatre'. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird is set in 1935 in Alabama, a story about innocence, knowledge, prejudice and courage. In the beginning the main character, Scout, starts out to be a very immature child not knowing the prejudice times around her, as the story goes on she gains knowledge of these times by fellow kids around her accusing her dad of being a "nigger lover" which then was an insult. Her father was being courageous of a black man being falsely accused of raping a white girl. Her father, Atticus, is a criminal defence attorney only

The Little Shop of Horrors play was a great experience. The set was seemed professional and could fall for a Broadway set. The props, such as the plant, was very intriguing to watch. Also, the storyline was interesting. The turn of events kept the audience’s attention and gave an overall lesson in life.

Write a paper that explains how history is portrayed in a particular play emphasizing what a certain historical event, personage, or situation enables the playwright to communicate. Discuss what effect the playwright's transformation of historical reality has on an audience.