Play Essays

The central theme of this play of whether Hamlet should take revenge on his Uncle for his Father’s death or not is reflected in both soliloquies (Act 2 Scene 2). Hamlet almost discusses with the audience what his course of action should be, making both soliloquies very powerful and effective, …

The opening scenes of a play are always vitally important. They must grasp the attention of the reader, arouse interest and expectation. In Hamlet, the play’s beginning is extremely effective, as there is a dramatic purpose to the first and second scene, and this will help us to explore how …

In Fat Fryers I play a supermarket helper and a woman who has joined a Fat Fighters group. I went to see the play Treasure Island at derby Playhouse on the 17th November 2007 on a school trip. Fat Fryers contains lots of information about health issues, as this is …

This database is created for Varndean e-Learning so that John Burton can save his customers information on his computer system. Using this database he should be able to get a lot of information about any customer, including address, telephone number and name. User Requirements John Burton wants the system to …

Our class where asked to do a play called the mummers play, we was given a script and we was told to learn all the lines and then later we would act it out. At first I thought it would be quite easy because I thought that we wouldn’t have …

Just the opening bleak image of Sam Irvine’s interpretation of Jerry from Road, by Jim Cartwright, sets a fitting theme for the rest of the performance. Wearing a saggy bow tie and pale, faded coloured clothing, it seems appropriate for the character of Jerry, an old man who just can’t …

Blue Remembered Hills was initially broadcast on BBC as a TV production in 1979 by Dennis Potter. The basic story line is about a group of seven seven-year-old children (who are played by adults) playing in the West Country woods in the summer of 1943. The play shows how they …

In this essay I will be studying, to what extent is the audience prepared for the way in which lord Capulet reacts to Juliet’s refusal to marry Paris? Paris, Lord Capulet and Juliet being characters in the play ‘Romeo and Juliet’. Shakespeare wrote this romance in the 15th century Verona. …

The play, “a night out”, written by Pinter, and designed for television, is the story of a single night in the life of a 28 year old man, named Albert Stokes. The night starts out with him at home, getting ready for a party for someone he works with, and …

Introduction The play was about a family of three, mother, father and daughter, all-living in a house, and is quite wealthy, and they have their own chauffeur. When we arrived, there was conflict between the daughter and the parents, because of her new boyfriend, who is taking the girl out …