Art Essay Examples

In The Call Of The Wild, Jack London, the author, focuses on the extreme changes that need to be made to survive in the wild. Buck, a St. Bernard and Scotch half-breed dog, is used to show the changes made and is removed from his home and placed in the wild. After living in the […]

Several forms of entertainment take place in a theatre, the art of theater is considered as one of the oldest type of entertainment. The art concerns with live performances of actors on a platform or stage done in front of an audience. Coined from the Greek theaomai, which means “to see”, a great deal of […]

The play “Sepang Loca” by Amelia Lapena-Bonifacio depicts the cruelty and damnation of a village’s fool by its self-righteous religious residents, which rises from the depths of a village well in Sepang Loca (Clarin, Samantha, 2009). As an English education major with exposure to various literary genres like poems, short stories, essays and drama, my […]

We had thoroughly studied Maria Marten in the preceding two terms, so we were well versed in the play. Our anticipation was for a typical Victorian melodrama replete with exaggerated cliches and stock characters such as the villain, hero, and heroine. We also expected some songs in the pantomime style to intersperse the scenes. Upon […]

Timberlake Wertenbaker was heavily influenced by Bertolt Brecht and ergo used a lot of his ideas in her work. For Example, when Brecht was writing a script, he meant it so that the audience could be immersed in the message and thoughts behind it rather than the emotions of it all. The case is exactly […]

The dramatic aim of our piece was to create a diverse and entertaining piece of theatre, which would not only inform the audience of the context, purpose and techniques of the performance, but also help them understand the political message behind it and make them leave in a thought provoking way, having learned something about […]

  There are no acts that separate the scenes from each other. The effect of this is that the play is continual, therefore the action will not stop until the end. This forces the audience to question what they see and not be given the chance to switch off until the play is over. The […]

Pulcinella was choreographed by Richard Alston in 1987. It was created for the sixteen dancers of Ballet Rambert, the year after he was appointed Artistic Director of the company. It previewed (shown for the first time) at the Leeds Grand Theatre on January 13th 1987. The original version of Pulcinella was created in 1920 by […]

As per my assessment, Filter Theatre’s rendition of Frank McGuinness’ Caucasian Chalk Circle at the National Theatre on March 20, 2007, was an exceedingly triumphant and impactful theatrical presentation. Highlighted for their entertaining performances and exceptional acting, Azdak and The Fat Prince were standout characters in the production. The use of special effects was also […]

We went to the Fortune Theatre in London on Tuesday 2nd March to watch “Women in Black”. The plot revolves around a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps seeking advice from an actor. He narrates his story about visiting Eelmarsh house to deal with some affairs, where he encounters the enigmatic Jenet Humphrey’s, the woman in black. […]

Despite being frightening, The Woman In Black provided overall enjoyment. The play’s second half was particularly shocking, compared to the first which lacked sudden actions and intense scenes. Although the actual woman was not frequently shown, it could have worked in the play’s favor as it would have made her appearance less realistic. Additionally, if […]

In an age of digital cinema, exquisite computer animation and giant talking robots, it is a small wonder that theatre has even survived this far. And yet it consistently receives high reviews, people still flock to the curtained stage in eager anticipation to see centuries-old stories performed before them. But is there a place in […]

Antonin Artaud was the creator of the ‘Theatre of Cruelty’; Artaud was attempting to change the view of the word and society as he now thought that the world of theatre had become nothing but an empty shell. Artaud believed that the Theatre should affect the audience as much as possible, therefore he used a […]

Antonin Artaud’s work never made the theatre till around 1920 and when he did many people disaproved with his work, and found it offensive in comparisson to what theatre had been like before his time. To back to the end of the 18th century would be a sensible place to start as that was a […]

‘The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it. ‘ German playwright, Bertolt Brechts object was to apply this to the theatre. Living through the social and economic turmoil in the 1920’s in Germany, Brecht helped develop a radical new theory of drama. He was one of […]

The Romans had theatres like the Greeks. However, different from the Greek theatres (in which only solemn religious played were performed), theatrical performances in Roman theatres became more secular. Theatrical performances were different from other kinds of Roman entertainment, like gladiatorial fights and chariot racing, they had nothing to do with cruelty or bloodshed. Roman […]

I think our group used the techniques well. However, tehre wasn’t taht much thought on how offensive ours could be especially if we actually performed infront of someone who was obese, it could portray its self to be very offensive. I do believe that our group hadd a personal engagement with the audience as we […]

J.B Priestley wrote ‘An Inspector Calls’ in 1945. The play is set in 1912, in an Edwardian dining room, before the World Wars, when social class was more important in England. We went to see a modern production at Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre. It is a morality play that focuses on how a person’s actions over […]

In the witches scene, I will compare the different elements needed to create a play between the Elizabethan and 20th Century eras. The areas of discussion include costume/makeup, scenery/setting/stage direction, personality, extras/walk-ons, special effects/lighting/sound effects, music, and casting/effects. Using these topics, I will structure my discussion into different sections to analyze the effects used in […]

Around 1595, William Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet, a great tragedy that was widely performed in theatres across the world for centuries. However, the last century has seen a steep decline in the popularity of theatre due to advances in technology that led to the success of cinema. With cinema came endless possibilities – no […]

The aim of this article is to assess two adaptations of Shakespearean plays: Twelfth Night (1996) directed by Trevor Nunn and The Merchant of Venice (2004) directed by Michael Radford. Both productions showcase renowned actors from the United Kingdom and the United States. In both plays, the common theme of girls dressing as boys is […]

His plays are now performed all over the world in hundred of languages, and he is known as one of the greatest writers of all time. The reason his work is so popular is, Shakespeare wrote about human nature and how people behave. Although his words can be hard to understand, his ideas are as […]