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“I’ve only ever written to escape from hell-and it’s never worked-but at the other end of it when you sit there and watch something and think that’s the most perfect expression of the hell that I felt then maybe it was worth it. (Sarah Kane, Royal Holloway College, London, 3 November 1998).” (Saunders. 2002: 1). Both representative and reflected in this statement made by the British playwright Sarah Kane (1971-1999) (Sierz. 2001: 90-91) is the state of being human. In its literal sense the state

her final dilemma of duty versus tradition at the play’s end as he asks his mother to assist with his suicide. A modern contrast to Ibsen’s portrayal of gender is Martin Crimp’s masterpiece, Attempts on Her Life. First staged in 1997 at The Royal Court Theatre, the play gathered critic’s attention for Crimp's unique and original script satirising modern society and the media. The play has since become an international success translated into over 20 languages. The post-dramatic play includes seventeen

and why your work may have differed from, or mirrored, Katie Mitchell’s production and any considerations/adjustments you may have made to your performance after viewing 'Cleansed ' is a play written by Sarah Kane and was performed at the Royal Court Theatre Downstairs on 30th April 1998. It centres on a seemingly psychotic character named Tinker and the experiments he carries out on the other characters; throughout the play he repeatedly tests them on their love for each other. Kane uses this to

. Chapter – 1 Introduction Literature has thousands threads which can weave the beautiful piece of art each time thread has its own importance in the creative work. In the same way, there are different narratives techniques for the narration in literature. Among those narrative techniques, Realism in literature, is an approach that attempts to describe life without Idealization or Romantic

political issues. In order to highlight culture issues, the experimental theatre has tried to use a different language and this was perceived as dangerous. The most famous writers in that time were Zola, Ibsen, Strindberg, Brecht, Ionesco and Artaud . d-The Naturalistic Theatre has begun in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and it was believed preferable to absurd theatre. Realism has appeared in the naturalistic theatre. The working classes issues started to be tackled through the plays.

On the 31st of July, the Brisbane Bayside State College Drama students viewed the production ‘Slammed’ by crosstown artists at the Brisbane Powerhouse. The production was performed by the Brisbane based production company, Crosstown Artists. Crosstown Artists strive to produce and promote a range of quality artistic works with fiscal sustainability. From graffiti to hip hop to burlesque to poetry, Crosstown Artists passionately provide extraordinary opportunities for performers through their outstanding

The song Clean, written by Taylor Swift and produced by Imogen Heap is a pop song that actually has a deep meaning. The secret meaning of this song is “She lost him, but she found herself and somehow that was everything.” This secret meaning gives me a hint of what type of song Clean is. This song is about going through something hard in life, it could be a bad relationship or the loss of someone loved, it could be addiction or even depression, and finally getting through it. Clean is a song anyone

were mainly associated with the religion. The plays were very traditional and the dialogues were nobleness. Few themes were tackled at that time. There was stereotyping regarding the characters and the language (Nicoll 15-16). Moreover, the Absurd Theatre was distinguished by different characteristics. The plots were not traditional at that time. The writers used comedy in their plays to reflect the absurd nature of human existence such as, Beckett's Waiting for Godot, (1953) (Drabble3). Beckett has

Beth Wade Discussion Paper T338 2/14/15 School for Scandal Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s play School for Scandal was an interesting play. The play was very easy to follow and read, and the characters, though mostly stock, were likeable for me. I found a copy of the show on IUcat, and that performance really stuck out to me because it modernized the characters from their original rendering. I liked reading this play, but actually seeing it performed helped me understand some of the intent behind the

John Caird’s vision for his production of Hamlet was to give it a “suffocatingly religious” atmosphere where “the set was part cathedral, part castle, part graveyard, part attic” (Bate 202). Together with set designer Tim Hatley, he succeeded. Amy Gamerman of the Wall Street Journal characterized the set as “dismal” and “vacant-looking.” The set was comprised of luggage, suitcases and old trunks that were stacked, torn down and restacked again in different ways to make different scenes. Presumably