The insurance money, a legacy from Big Walter, sets the plot in motion. How does Hansberry develop the thematic idea of leaving a legacy to one’s children?

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Discussion Board Question – Raisin

Read Raisin in the sun by Lorraine Hansberry (you could use the attached link https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/raisin/summary/ for reference) and need answers for the below two of the posted questions. Answers should be brief and precise. Usually, a few sentences are sufficient, but feel free to add more as needed.

1. The play is prefaced by a Langston Hughes poem. How does the play illustrate the theme of the poem?
2. The insurance money, a legacy from Big Walter, sets the plot in motion. How does Hansberry develop the thematic idea of leaving a legacy to one’s children?

Write a character comparison analysis of Rose Hovick to Amy Chua in Battle Hymn of a Tiger Mother.

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Mama Rose – The Tiger Mother of Musical Theatre

Write a character comparison analysis of Rose Hovick to Amy Chua in Battle Hymn of a Tiger Mother.

Can be more casually written than a formal paper as this is to be used as a blog post.

At the opening, we discover Jean and Kristine discussing Miss Julie’s recent behavior. What is revealed about Miss Julie’s social class and psychological state through the exposition Jean and Kristine provide?

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Discussion Board Question – Miss Julie

Read Miss Julie (see attached pdf document) and need answers for the below two of the posted questions. Answers should be brief and precise. Usually, a few sentences are sufficient, but feel free to add more as needed

1. At the opening, we discover Jean and Kristine discussing Miss Julie’s recent behavior. What is revealed about Miss Julie’s social class and psychological state through the exposition Jean and Kristine provide?

2. Strindberg also says that the play is about social climbing. What does the play have to say about the old nobility and the rising working class?

Why is this topic important to the study of Theatre Histories? What are the unique syntheses and context you can offer us?

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Impact of commedia dell’arte in theatrical history

PAPER MUST ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

Why is this topic important to the study of Theatre Histories?
What are the unique syntheses and context you can offer us?

Discuss the concept of predetermined destiny and how it relates to the play. Identify specific examples that show fate’s hand in the development of the story.

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Romeo and Juilet

Romeo and Juilet are referred to as “star-crossed lovers.” Discuss the concept of predetermined destiny and how it relates to the play. Identify specific examples that show fate’s hand in the development of the story.

Apply the concepts of theatrical design to conceive of sets, lighting, costumes and sound. What type of theater should it be in? Or is it site specific?

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Musical Clips/ Final

Details of the assignment below:

You will have already done much of the work on this over the past few weeks. Here are the guidelines.

1) Premise – what is the idea for your project? What is the genre? Where/ when is it set and who do you see in the cast of characters?

2) Production concept – apply the concepts of theatrical design to conceive of sets, lighting, costumes and sound. What type of theater should it be in? Or is it site specific?

3) Write a crucial scene – this should be a minimum of one page of dialog with your main character and should be at the heart of the plot (even if you haven’t figured out everything that’s going to happen in the play).

Apply the concepts of theatrical design to conceive of sets, lighting, costumes and sound. What type of theater should it be in? Or is it site specific?

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Musical Clips/ Final

Details of the assignment below:

You will have already done much of the work on this over the past few weeks. Here are the guidelines.

1) Premise – what is the idea for your project? What is the genre? Where/ when is it set and who do you see in the cast of characters?

2) Production concept – apply the concepts of theatrical design to conceive of sets, lighting, costumes and sound. What type of theater should it be in? Or is it site specific?

3) Write a crucial scene – this should be a minimum of one page of dialog with your main character and should be at the heart of the plot (even if you haven’t figured out everything that’s going to happen in the play).

Using the information from the text book and the script and from class notes as a guide, determine what factors that would affect makeup are given to you by the author and which you could interpolate.

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Character Makeup Analysis

Assignment:

1) Choose a character in a play or musical (not a film) as a subject for a Character Makeup Analysis.

The character must be from a historical period play (pre 21st century period). The play must be set within that period. In other words, you cannot study Mrs. Lovett from Sweeny Todd then place her in the 21st century. Analyze her makeup characteristics for her appropriate time and place. With plays that are not set in a definite period (such as many Shakespeare plays), you have much leeway. to make choices.

  • Read the play (again, if you have read it before)
  • Research the period and visual style which the character inhabits
  • Research the character whose makeup you will be designing and applying
  • Write the analysis of the character

Do not write an analysis on a character you have already played on stage.

Specifics:

Using the information from the text book and the script and from class notes as a guide, determine what factors that would affect makeup are given to you by the author and which you could interpolate. You should include:

  • character’s age
  • sex /gender status
  • temperament/personality
  • physical aspects/physiognomy
  • heredity/genetic heritage /race
  • socioeconomic status
  • health
  • disfigurements
  • environment /location
  • climate/weather effects
  • occupation
  • period style and fashion
  • other factors that could affect a person’s appearance

Do not be afraid to make bold choices for your character.

As in acting, decisive choices are more interesting than inconclusive ones. Pick an interesting major character from an interesting play. Do not pick a minor character as there may not be enough information within the play to write about.

***You will be designing and applying the make up for this character later in the term.

Parameters:

In addition to the above, the paper must include:

  • the name of the play
  • name of the author
  • place that the play occurs year of writing
  • year(s) that the play takes place in
  • social and/or artistic period it is set in (if appropriate)

 

Create a play with dialogue and add notes of the characters facial expressions, movements, and what they’re doing. The play should be able to be acted out by 3 members and last 10 minutes long.

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Ten Minute Stage Play

Create a play with dialogue and add notes of the characters facial expressions, movements, and what they’re doing. The play should be able to be acted out by 3 members and last 10 minutes long. The play is to be between 2 main characters and 1 character that comes in later within the play. This play is to take place within a single location.

For example, note that a couple is sitting in a cafe talking “how are you?” ( the man says with a sigh), “I am doing alright, thanks” (the women says with a nervous grin and places a strand of hair behind her ear), then a waitress walks over to the couples table to take their order “may I get you two started with any drinks?” (the waitress says with a smile while holding a note pad)

Using specific examples, discuss how theatre can bridge such different cultures. Discuss how the play OUR TOWN relates to your life, your growing up, family, etc.

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Our Town Writing Assignment

The play OUR TOWN is set in a fictional small New England town in the early years of the twentieth century, (1899-1911). The play depicts a cultural framework unique to that time and location. In the documentary OT: OUR TOWN, the play is produced by Dominguez High School in Compton, California, in 2002. Compton is a town of gangs, drugs, and gangsta rap. Somehow the students find a way that OUR TOWN can speak to them and inform them of their own culture and values. The two cultures are light years apart. Discuss the ways the students are able to relate to the play, the concerns they have, and the conflicts the play brings up for them. Underneath the historical, cultural milieu of OUR TOWN are deeper values about family, faith, love, marriage, and death that speak to all humans. But OUR TOWN is a piece of theatre, a work of art. Using specific examples, discuss how theatre can bridge such different cultures. Then discuss how the play OUR TOWN relates to your life, your growing up, family, etc.\