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    Butterfly's arms." (Hwang 3.3.1-4) With these words of David Henry Hwang's play M Butterfly, we realize that we have just been staring directly into the memories of Rene Gallimard. The fact that Rene Gallimard serves as the narrator of his memories in the play M Butterfly delivers an impression of the character behind Gallimard than could ever be achieved by the viewing of the screenplay. The existence of Marc in the play as seen from Gallimard's perspective, the fact that Gallimard serves

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    form of entertainment. It included plays by many famous playwrights and readings by many

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    Caceres, the play follows two children, Kyle and Jessie who are played by Christopher Sommers and Jodie Le Vesconte. The play is performed in the dramatic form of an epic theatre style to effectively inform the audience about the social issues of domestic violence. The setting of the play is a car park as the children wait for their mother in the car. However, as the time passes, the mother does not come back and the two actors play multiple roles constantly as they switch from the two children to

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    dogfight all game lone. In the first half I had Madison unofficially having the ball six times, running 34 plays and gaining 65-yards. For the Pirates they had the ball five times, running 27 plays, gaining 25 yards, including 13 passes. Neither team could get any momentum going and a lo t of that was because of penalties. In the second have unofficially I had Madison running 28 plays, gaining 12 yards,

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    The play that we read for this unit is Too Much Punch For Judy, by Mark Wheeller. It is a form of Verbatim Theatre, which means the play is based on the spoken words of real people. This play is about the story of a young woman who kills her sister in an alcohol related accident. When I first read the play I couldn’t empathize with the story as I have never encountered such a shocking event in my life. In this essay I will describe, analyse and evaluate both my work and the work of other actors in

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    The relationship between a father and son is supposed to be a bond that is unbreakable. However, in some circumstances that is sadly not always the case. A father should be a man who wants their child to succeed regardless of the costs. In the play Fences, by August Wilson, uses hubris and the metaphor “Fence” to reflect the negative, jealousy and prideful relationship between Troy as a father and his son, Cory who was a go-getter. From the beginning of the paper, it is evident that Troy is a prideful

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    The plays that I chose to see were Balm in Gilead and Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins. These two plays were very different, one play had many different people talking at the same time and the other play was a one woman show. There are many elements that make up each play, and there are also specific scenic elements that contribute to the tone. The first play I saw was Balm in Gilead. The set of this play had five different levels; it had the ground level (outside), the diner level

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    Bruce Norris’ 2012 play Clybourne Park takes place in two different time periods. The first act takes place in 1959 and is about Bev and Russ who are moving out of their house to escape the memory of their son, who hanged himself upstairs. The second act remains in the same house but in 2009. Lindsey and Steve now own the house and wish to renovate but Lena and Kevin fear it will change the character of the neighborhood. Amy Herzog’s 2012 play 4000 Miles is about a boy and his grandmother. Leo arrives

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    Role of Play on Early Childhood Education Bharati Saha Early Childhood Education Department, University of Oklahoma This paper is submitted for the EDEC 5970 – Social & Emotion in Early Childhood as part of the course requirement. Abstract Early childhood development occurs in six domains. This paper discusses the role of play and its effects on these domains in children learning. Different types play and play centers were discussed to show connectivity of the play type and domain

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    The play “The Importance of Being Earnest”, by Oscar Wilde, has the two main characters, Jack and Algernon, lie about their true identity. Besides creating comedic shenanigans for everyone involved, this lie communicates to us as the audience core concepts that can still be applied today. One concept is that love can be vain. A second concept is that lying will catch up to you. Finally, the third concept is that everything works out in the end if you tell the truth. The first concept, love can be

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