Play Essays

Setting is used as an immediate representation of the social conventions imposed on the central female characters. In A Doll’s House, Ibsen presents the appearance of cosy bourgeois family life through the ‘comfortably and tastefully, but not expensively furnished’ setting. This is further exemplified through the Christmas tree; a festive …

David Hares aim to paint a portrait on some of the chronic wrongs within the dysfunctional, corrupt Justice system has definitely shown. As throughout this play we start to come to realise critical issues, and situations that often occur in real life such a prejudice, racism, sexism and stereotypes. However …

“A Dolls House” was first published in Copenhagen, Denmark in December 1879. The first edition of the play flew of the shelves with 8000 copies sold within the first month. The play was then staged at Copenhagen’s Royal Theatre on the 21st of December of the same year. This allowed …

The poem “Disabled” and the song, “The Band Played Waltzing Matilda” both show the horrors of the war from a soldier’s perspective, describing from the day they joined the war and how this affected their lives after the war. The soldier in “Disabled” lived a joyous life in his youth. …

In the opening of the play ‘Doctor Faustus’ Marlowe uses a range of techniques to introduce his protagonist character, Faustus. Marlowe’s primary technique is the prologue of the play which through performance by the chorus gives the audience a foresight into Faustus’ traits and glooming downfall. Throughout the initial scenes …

A tragic hero is similar to an idol (someone we look up to) because there is something about them that distinguishes them from ordinary people. They may have a flaw which inevitably leads to their downfall. Because of their elevated status their fall is great. They fall from greatness is …

In her article “Representing Ophelia: Women, Madness and the Responsibilities of Feminist Criticism”, Elaine Showalter states that Ophelia’s tragedy “is subordinated in the play”. Hamlet is an Elizabethan play written by William Shakespeare – named after the protagonist. Hamlet, feels responsible to take revenge on his father’s murderer, Claudius, and …

We are currently working on the play ‘Bazaar and Rummage’ by Sue Townsend. It is set in a church hall, in the early 1980s, and is about a group of agoraphobic women who are persuaded to venture from their homes to run a jumble sale. It can be described ‘A …

Two star struck lovers come together in dignity where two families are at feud with each other, left for destiny. Many have tried to interpret their own version of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet based on the renaissance period. The function of the film making is to draw the audience in …

Form: * The play is performed as a piece of Total Theatre. * This is to stimulate all the senses, as they are all engaged in real life. * Every part of the actors’ bodies, every facial expression, and all the vocal ranges of the actors’ voices are used and …