Lord Of The Flies Review

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Drama coursework - Mr Asquith

Review of 'Lord of the flies'

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On Wednesday 4th March, I went and saw 'Lord of the Flies' at the Unicorn Theatre. Lord of the Flies was performed by the Pilot Theatre and the director was Marcus Romer. This play was also adapted for the stage by Nigel Williams.

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The reason for this piece of writing is that it is part of my year 10 coursework and this will give me a taste of how to review more pieces of stage performances and it will also see how good I am at reviewing performances now so that I can later improve on it.

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My general opinion of the play is that it is a must see for young teenagers between the ages 13 to 17. I liked the way that they used the lights to show lots of different emotions and objects. They used the lights in lots of ways; one of the ways that they used the lights is the plane crash where the lights bounce around the stage to create a falling image. Another way that they used lights is at the very end when the helicopter drops down they used the lights to make it look light a helicopter descending. Music was a very big part of the play because it shows you what is going on in the scene for example at the plane crash scene they used really loud music to show a panicky mood. The sound effects made the play sound more realistic, for example when they used the spears to hit the plane they used sound effects to make the sound of the metal clanking together. Costume during the play changed slightly, as at the beginning of the play everyone has perfect uniform and as the play continues their uniforms begin to rip and get dirtier this shows that they were they on the island for a long time. The projections are another great feature that makes this play very good, the projections made the scene a lot more interesting and believable for example, when they were chasing after the pig the projections show a pig like figure running through the trees.
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I believe that the costume is actually one of the most important aspects of the entire play because it not only tells you what kind of people they are it also tells you how long they have been on the island. For example, when Ralph arrives on the island he immediately begins removing his uniform showing that he is a very chilled out character. Another example is when Jack leads the rest of the students on to the stage they are all in perfect uniform, later in the play their uniform have all been ripped ...

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