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A Doll's House - Language

5 star(s)

This is a review of the use of language as a form of naturalistic representation of human life in Henrik Ibsen's controversially realistic 'A Doll's House'. The candidate shows an…
- Essay length: 1498 words
- Submitted: 29/07/2008
- Reviewed by: sydneyhopcroft 23/03/2012
As an actor using Stanislavski's system, how would you use his ideas on 'imagination', 'units and objectives' and 'emotion mem

5 star(s)

This is a very focused answer on the required three aspects of Stanislavskian theatre and the candidate's focus is unbroken throughout their answer. The response is a little systematic, and…
- Essay length: 744 words
- Submitted: 24/04/2006
- Reviewed by: sydneyhopcroft 31/03/2012
a dolls house report

4 star(s)

This is an excellent review of the candidate's own work. There is evidence of an appreciation that there is always room for improvement, full of intelligent suggestions to do so,…
- Essay length: 485 words
- Submitted: 20/05/2009
- Reviewed by: sydneyhopcroft 29/07/2012
Applying Artauad's theory of theTheatre of Cruelty to our staging of Kafka's "The Trial"

3 star(s)

This essay starts very confidently and shows an explicit knowledge about the work, life and times of Antonin Artaud. There is a sound appreciation of his dramatic intentions and how…
- Essay length: 709 words
- Submitted: 25/04/2012
- Reviewed by: sydneyhopcroft 13/07/2012
A doll's House, casting decisions for Nora and Kristine Lynde

3 star(s)

This answer starts off with a pretty wayward introduction that seems to be there for the sake of being there, whilst recycling the same first sentence over and over again.…
- Essay length: 554 words
- Submitted: 11/05/2010
- Reviewed by: 13/07/2012
Indicate how the influences and ideas of other playwrights and/or directors, designers and performers (i.e. practitioners) have been used.

3 star(s)

This answer is in response to a question that asks about how the works and influences of other theatre practitioners have been used in theatre overall. There is a very…
- Essay length: 869 words
- Submitted: 04/03/2008
- Reviewed by: sydneyhopcroft 31/03/2012
Greek Theatre Research and our Masked Perfomance
- Essay length: 1991 words
- Submitted: 25/04/2012
Community Performance. The main aims of our piece was to educate the audience about the occupation and what everyday life was like for families, also to make our musical entertaining for all age groups in the general public,
- Essay length: 1322 words
- Submitted: 03/04/2012
Samuel Becketts Endgame has several connections with Brechts meaning of alienation. Brecht alienation idea uses the audience to be a knowingly critical observer
- Essay length: 1506 words
- Submitted: 21/03/2012
Antigone. How would you want your audience to respond to the role of the messenger? Explain how you would perform the role in order to achieve your aims.
- Essay length: 656 words
- Submitted: 11/03/2012

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"Lea Anderson draws her influences from many sources to create work which challenges stereotypes." To what extent is this seen in the work you have studied?

"Lea, in conclusion bases the majority of her work on stereotypes, she concentrates on forming strong and striking visual images on stage and film. She constantly outlines the fact that men and women are equals and tries to defy the various things that define the genders e.g. clothing and stereotypical gestures. This is outlined in her work we have studied which contains strong examples of where things stereotypical to a specific gender have been applied to both or reversed."

Assess the extent to which features of the Balinese Theatre have become an integral part of current Western theatrical practice

"To conclude, there are many features from Balinese and oriental theatre which are currently used such as the use of music to create tension - which nearly all plays use, but nearly all plays do not go to the same extent that the Balinese Theatre went to and not include words. So most plays use some aspect of Balinese but very few follow the exact same features religiously."

Discuss how historical stereotypes of Australian masculinity are confirmed or challenged in the film Two Hands and Strictly Ballroom.

"Conclusion Both films Two Hands and Strictly Ballroom stereotype masculinity. Two Hands, based on the rough living at Kings Cross with a gangster plot stereotype the typical masculinity - criminal culture, swearing, rough, tough, ruthless gangsters, fighting and boxing, drinking beer, exercising, masculine attire, mateship, larrikinism, meeting at pub, robbing the bank, and willingness to die. Strictly Ballroom, with a ballroom and romance plot is more difficult to project the male stereotype. However even in this difficulty area, it manages to still capture the following masculine traits - mateship, trivialised larrikinism, physical apperarance, durnkenness, determination to win the ballroom dancing championship using new steps -the macho Spanish pasodoble."

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AS and A Level: Theatre Studies

397 AS and A Level Theatre Studies essays

A Doll's House - Language

As an actor using Stanislavski's system, how would you use his ideas on 'imagination', 'units and objectives' and 'emotion mem

a dolls house report

Applying Artauad's theory of theTheatre of Cruelty to our staging of Kafka's "The Trial"

A doll's House, casting decisions for Nora and Kristine Lynde

Indicate how the influences and ideas of other playwrights and/or directors, designers and performers (i.e. practitioners) have been used.

Greek Theatre Research and our Masked Perfomance

Community Performance. The main aims of our piece was to educate the audience about the occupation and what everyday life was like for families, also to make our musical entertaining for all age groups in the general public,

Samuel Becketts Endgame has several connections with Brechts meaning of alienation. Brecht alienation idea uses the audience to be a knowingly critical observer

Antigone. How would you want your audience to respond to the role of the messenger? Explain how you would perform the role in order to achieve your aims.

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