On Sunday, at the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards, the Australian-American actress and film producer, Nicole Kidman, won the best actress award for her role as a DNA researcher in Anna Ziegler's award-winning play, "Photograph 51." The 48 year old Nicole Kidman, performing on the London stage for the first time since 1998, has taken over rave reviews for her portrayal of Rosalind Franklin, whose use of X-ray diffraction images aided the cause to the discovery of DNA's double helix structure
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Starting from October 15th, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and the Illinois Theater hosted the Department of Theater’s production of “1984” by George Orwell. Directed by Tom Mitchell, the successful performance attracted audiences from various background. The following paragraphs will discuss the technicality, the plot, and my own opinion about the play. The production was extremely representational as it did not interact with the audience at all. The audience acted only as observers and
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first produced in 1973, a time when religion was no longer a given in a population, and people were getting used to having different views from their neighbours. In it’s original 1974 production it won the Tony Award, the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, the Drama Desk Award and the New York Outer Critics Award for Best Play. Peter Shaffer uses contrast between images and aspects of characters to examine worship, and what effects it can have on a person. In spite of his crimes Alan is a normal
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Robert M. 5th Hour Arthur Miller Comparison Assessment In Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, Arthur Miller is saying that all men care about their family. Through the actions of Willy Loman and John Proctor, Miller shows us that men will give up their lives to see their families strive. In both stories, the tragic heroes had affairs. Willy Loman had an affair with “The Woman” and John Proctor has an affair with Abigail Williams. They had both felt extremely guilty about the affair. Willy even
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Whenever I think of the events that have occurred in the past, I always seem to remember more tragic events than the blissful moments. Even in literature, the tragedies are more remembered than other stories. For example, the story of Romeo and Juliet is one of the most notorious plays, despite its appalling ending. Authors have made it a point to sell tragedy in order to make money. However, my perspective on that opinion has been changed. I read The Great Gatsby during my sophomore year in high
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I attended the play, “The Sweetest Swing in Baseball”. This is the story about Dana, a struggling artist who tries to commit suicide, and her experience in a psychiatric hospital as she tries to fake a multiple personality disorder. The auditorium the play was performed in was small and their sets were minimal, so the characters’ costumes really stood out to me. While the props and set designs appeared well thought out and detailed, the costumes really made the play come alive. I thought the
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I recently went and saw the play Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson written by Michael Friedman. I must say that this play was the funniest, and most entertaining play I have ever seen. The plot of this play is to take a rockstar, modern twist on the original story of President Andrew Jackson’s life. The play begins with Andrew Jackson’s parents dying of cholera, a deadly disease that killed many people in the late 1800s. After this life changing event, a young Andrew Jackson, a rock star cowboy
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and in the media it is not surprising that this thirst for debauchery is nothing new. I think the oedipus the king would be well received, and maybe even acclaimed with the way the story transitions smoothly, while it ties together the never ending drama that is presented throughout the play. The entire concept of Lysistrata can only be described as an old comedy. A old comedy by greek definition generally was political in nature, the statement being the need for an end to the war. Aristophanes
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from all their struggles and tragedies, Willy commits suicide. The play is a unique blend of realism and expressionism, a signature aspect of Miller’s writing style. Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman is the recipient of the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as the Tony Award for Best Play, and has become one of the most studied pieces of theatre from the contemporary
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The Death of a Salesman is quite the melancholy tale. It is to be expected that a reader's initial reaction to the character Willy Loman would be to label him as a tragic hero. As much as he may appear to be a tragic hero, he is not, at least not in accordance to Aristotle's requirements for a tragic hero. Several of the requirements that Aristotle laid out are not met by Mr. Willy Loman. Two clear requirements Willy Loman does not fulfill is the requirement of learning from his mistakes due to his
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