The Staging Techniques and Design Aspects of Silas Marner
A production of George Eliot's novel Silas Marner was held at the
"clwyd theatr cyrmru". The Theatre itself is only small but this was
used to the best advantage. The novel attempts to prove that love of
others is more fulfilling than love of money. The play is set on what
appears to be a simple thrust stage, with a simple sky cyclorama. The
cyclorama although with a simple design over powered the stage, as the
characters shadows where projected on the cyclorama and changed size
depending on there positioning on the stage. Often Silas Marner is
criticized for being such a simple, unrealistic story. It does seem
odd that after fifteen years of almost solitary confinement, Silas can
trade his love of gold for his love of a daughter overnight. This
point about silas's love for gold is a powerful theme in the play, and
needs to be to create the narrative. Heavy representation is used in
making one see that Silas has a love for gold, at the same time one
needs to know that he is a lonely weaver. This is a difficult
situation that the director had to face, but worked perfectly. The
Arena stage was revolving and as the theatre was small all the cast
stayed round the stage even if they weren't performing. This is an
unusual technique as usually too many people on the stage at once may
create a clutter. At the edge of the stage benches were placed evenly
where the cast sat when they weren't performing. This must have been
difficult for the actual actors, as they would have to be performing
at all times, even when they are of the stage. The benches in a way
turned the actors in the audience. This made it feel that the cast
where still; in character and watching over the action. Silas Marner
is set in a small village and villages have a representation for
knowing all the gossip about everyone in the town. This technique of
the cast watching over the performance increased the awareness that
the play is set in a village.
The cast had another role to play once of the actual stage as they
played the instruments that where clearly on show to the whole
audience. The musical instruments where rather old fashioned rather
than modern electrical instruments. I think that this audio was used
to create the setting of the play as electrical instruments would
bring it too much into the future. The atmosphere of the cast being on
the stage playing the instruments again gave the stereotypical village
Analysis of The Crucible by Arthur Miller ‘You have made your magic now, for now I do think I see some shred of goodness in John Proctor.’ Assess the developments in John Proctor’s character that validate this statement. How does Miller create a sense of tension and suspense in the build up to this climatic moment in Act 4? In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible he has used many dramatic devices in order to create tension and build up to the climaxes of the story.
“You’ve got to be right with yourself before you can be right with anyone else.” This is a quote that August Wilson knows all too well. In America’s beginning, there has been somewhat of a lack of a voice for the world that African-Americans live in. Whether it is in literature or in media, there is usually misrepresentation or some type of stereotype being shown to the public’s eyes about their culture. To rectify this situation, a numerous amount of African-American authors, poets, and playwrights write about their experiences throughout America’s inception. In his time period, Wilson was one of these voices who wrote out how he felt on the issues. His Pulitzer Prize winning play, The Piano Lesson, is an example of the literary depth he wanted to accomplish. However, with many things in the world changing how well does this man’s word resonate with today’s audience? How powerful are Wilson’s works and how do they teach his audience and be criticized by others?
Thou sable, luminous, hair which falls right below the arches in her broad shoulders. The shoulders toned by hard work to hold the town together. The deep black circles that cast deathly shadows under her eyes from lack of rest. The woman who turns all the heads of the people in this small town of Salem Massachusetts. I must come to encounter this woman who cast the beat to my heart.
In fact, Dunstan is the main reason why greed is an issue. He steals Silas’s life earnings from weaving so that he can run away. “Do we not wile away moments of inanity or fatigued waiting by repeating some trivial movement or sound, until the repetition has bred a want, which is incipient habit? That will help us to understand how the love of accumulating money grows an absorbing passion in men whose imaginations, even in the very beginning of their hoard, showed them no purpose beyond it” (Eliot 24). This quote explains that one’s desire for money is not obtained from the want to pursue a rich life, rather from obtaining wealth and wanting more. This fits Dunstan because he comes from an upper class family, but he finds the greed in his heart to want more. Molly is another character that is filled with this sin. She makes efforts to put herself and her baby in danger just so that she can confront Godfrey in order to obtain money. Similarly, both of these characters end up dying which is a consequence for their greed. Another very prominent deadly sin in this novel is envy which is portrayed by Godfrey and Nancy. They both are in despair that Silas is raising Eppie after all of these years of Godfrey knowing she is his child. At this point, they make an attempt to reconcile with Silas in order to take Eppie back. They become envious of the parenting Silas got to do and wish to have her back as their
A Comparison of Scenes From West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet Cinematography The scene before the meeting scene in West Side Story Maria spins. around in her dress the camera then carries on spinning which creates a colourful blur effect on the screen. The effect makes her look like she is almost spinning into the next scene. When Tony and Maria met, all the other characters that were dancing.
but it is often beneath, behind or to the side of the stage so it is
The Adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet for a Cinema Audience There are many difference between showing a play in a theatre and showing it on film. The theatre is more of a writers medium and more emphasis is shown on language, you could say theatre acting is more dramatic. Film actors don't need to be quite so dramatic as the point the actor is trying to make can be conveyed in other ways on screen (such as through use of varied backgrounds). Also on stage the scenes need to be longer, this is to avoid changing the stage regularly. If a film had long scenes set in one place only, the audience would probably become quite restless and wonder what the point of such a long scene would be.
The light and dark imagery that Shakespeare uses in this passage describes Juliet as a young and eager lover. Romeo associates Juliet with light meaning goodness. Then Romeo says that Juliet looks like the excellent night. The night that Romeo speaks of represents Rosaline. Romeo basically says through with light and dark imagery, that Juliet is as good as Rosaline to love. Romeo then compares Juliet to a "winged messenger of heaven" who filled with lightness and goodness. He says that all humans look upon this kindness as the messenger "bestrides the lazy puffing clouds" while doing his errands. Romeo explains using this imagery that everyone looks at Juliet because she gives off a stunning and intricate outlook.
In Act One, Scene One when Rita is first introduced, she’s a hairdresser and part of the working class. Russell introduced Rita as an audacious, ambitious but egoistic character. She isn’t scared to express her opinion, which generally amuses the audience, such as when she describes her opinion on the painting in Frank’s office she interprets it differently to what majority of the population would. The reason for her different interpretation is that she’s not educated to the degree that she would be familiar with that style of painting, this also becomes obvious when Frank and Rita discuss challenging death and disease: Rita refers to a poem that people in her class are more likely to read (later she describes this kind of poetry as ‘the sort of poetry you can understand’ and assumes that Frank won‘t like it as it’s simple and doesn’t have any hidden meanings) when Frank thought she was referring to a more sophisticated poem by Dylan Thomas. Throughout the scene we learn that Rita wants to understand ‘everything’ so she can enjoy things like ballet or opera, and that’s the reason why she enrolled on the course in the first place. She explains that she didn’t believe the University would accept her and the audience can see that she’s scared of what it might mean.
The theme of the play has to do with the way that life is an endless cycle. You're born, you have some happy times, you have some bad times, and then you die. As the years pass by, everything seems to change. But all in all there is little change. The sun always rises in the early morning, and sets in the evening. The seasons always rotate like they always have. The birds are always chirping. And there is always somebody that has life a little bit worse than your own.
The city of Stratford-on-Avon was founded in 1832. The settlement was named after the birthplace of English playwright, William Shakespeare (Stratford-upon-Avon, England), by Thomas Mercer Jones. The population of the city consisted of English, German, Irish and Scottish settlers (cite). Located in Perth County, Southwestern Ontario on the banks of the Avon River (formerly known as Little Thames River a tributary of the Thames River), Stratford is north of London and east of Toronto. Before the 1950s, Stratford, Ontario was an industrial city. The city was a hub for furniture making and the railway industry. The Grand Trunk known widely as Canadian National Railway (CNR) set up steam shops and a large steam engine repair building. Before
going to happen, it does not seem to ruin the rest of the play. Rather
Elizabethan Theatre was so popular that everyone enjoyed it; even Queen Elizabeth. She influenced some of the plays performed in that time and people were honored to perform plays for her. Plays were very important back then and were a part of life. Theatre in the Elizabethan Era was very prominent, including Coriolanus, a tragedy by William Shakespeare, and could be attended by anybody.
The evolution of theatre conventions began with highly presentational Greek productions and changed through the Medieval and Elizabethan ages to the current conventions. Greek conventions included performances done on a mostly bare stage, the use of internal stage directions to indicate location, episodic play structure, and a chorus that served multiple functions including setting the overall mood, commenting on or explaining the action, and creating reflection intervals. Other conventions included an all-male cast, the “Three Actor Rule,” the presence of a tragic hero, and the plays typically served the purpose of teaching the public or making a political statement. Many of these conventions evolved to adapt to the time period of the performances.
Open, crowded, lots of natural light, no props. If asked to describe the Elizabethan Theatre houses some of those words and phrases could be used. In the Elizabethan Era, theater was a very large part of life. Everyone in Europe, who could afford to go to the theater, went. Whether one was a simple commoner or if one was Queen Elizabeth herself, they would have enjoyed going to the Globe to watch all the exciting and dramatic plays. Queen Elizabeth, who rose to the throne in England in 1558, loved watching all the plays that were performed all around England (Somerset Fry 164). The Theatre in the Elizabethan Era was greatly impacted on the different historical events that were in the Era and they were mirrored in many plays, specifically Shakespeare’s play, The Tempest.