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    opera Jesus Christ Superstar was written by Tim Rice, then 25-year-old lyricist and Andrew Lloyd-Webber, then 21-year-old composer. The rock opera portrays the last seven days of the life of Jesus as it was seen through the Judas’ eyes. This piece of art is considered as a fairly radical rock hybrid concerning the final days of the life of Jesus. This was the third musical that had been written by Webber and Rice. His long fascination with Judas Iscariot made him perceive Judas as a dear friend of

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    Some people would say that it is wrong to not feel sympathy for someone. Everyone’s life is hard in different ways, but some people just don’t deserve it. In the novel, The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, this happens to be the case. A deformed human, who lives in the Opera House, has done many bad things and doesn’t deserve to have anyone’s pity. The real definition of sympathy is: “feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else’s misfortune” (123). This does not apply to the Phantom because

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    “Caprice No. 24” By Niccolo Paganini Nicoló Paganini was a famous Italian violinist born in the midst of The Enlightenment. He wrote a set of 24 Capriccis for the violin in the early 1800s, the most famous of which is the final caprice, simply referred to as “Caprice No. 24”. The final caprice exemplifies Paganini’s bold style and technique, which was a natural byproduct of the musical liberation that took place during the Enlightenment. His work would inspire musicians for centuries to come. I chose

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    Tomie Depaola Biography

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    Tomie dePaola was born on September 15,1934, in Meriden, Connecticut.He is one of the important people in the children’s book stories. He’s is very famous from writing and illustrating children’s books. Tomie grew up with his family, Joseph(father) and Florence(Downey)DePaola, and his brother and sisters Joseph Jr.,Judie, and Maureen. Tomie developed love for books because his mother loved books and read to all of his siblings and also him too.At the age four he told everybody that he wanted to

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    Joseph pierce is an inventor who created the indoor snow machine. No mess just touchable white snow that leaves no water. Really it is an amazing piece of work. There is only one problem, well for now. That is that Joseph is only 9 years old. Joseph is walking to school with his two friends Emily and Alex in the land of Pictopia. Pictopia is a hidden underwater continent humans made after the icebergs melted and the ozone was destroyed. Joseph is an A student who is known by everyone in the school

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    Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat is a play about the biblical story of Joseph and his coat of many colours. It is told by a narrator, and the show starts with Joseph and his eleven brothers on the farm with their father, Jacob. Joseph is Jacob’s favourite son, he gives Joseph a colourful coat as a gift, which makes the brothers jealous. Joseph also discusses the dream he has, about him being the ruler of his brothers. This leads to the brothers decision of killing Joseph, but before

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    Life In Isolation

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    I engulf the feeble victim in seemingly unescapable loneliness, overtaking the joys of their heart and ensnaring them in a pit of desolate solitude. The sense of bleakness will overcome the senses and suck out all the bliss they hold close. Because it appears most of humanity rely on one another for comfort and joy, the unavoidable reality of being unaccompanied is enough to drive a man mad. I describe the sense of separation that strikes a soul, sucking out every ounce of remembrance and comfort

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    Doctor Who Research Paper

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    The head of drama, Canadian Sydney Newman, was mainly responsible for developing the programme, with the first format document for the series being written by Newman along with the head of the script department Donald Wilson and staff writer C. E. Webber. Writer Anthony Coburn, story editor David Whitaker and initial producer Verity Lambert also heavily contributed to the development of the series. The programme was originally intended to appeal to a family audience, as an educational programme using

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    The dance piece “ Jellicle cats”is an adaptation of the full dance price from the musical Cats, which focuses on Jazz and acrobatic skills and techniques. The intention of the dance “ jellicle cats” was easily interpreted by the audience. The dance intention of the choreography is for the dancer to symbolise sly cats. Each dancer is unique as they represent different types of cats, such as grumpy cat, sassy cat and sad cat. The objects on the stage, such as the chairs and table create an atmosphere

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    Rodgers and Hammerstein: The Unstoppable Musical Theatre Duo When most people think of people that have had the most impact on musical theater a few names come to mind like Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jerome Kern, and of course, Rodgers and Hammerstein. This duo put on some of the greatest and most memorable musical theater pieces of all time. Their techniques and composition skills are still taken seriously to this day and used on a regular basis by composers. When Mark Lubbock speaks of Rodgers and

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