Bruce Dow who portrayed the character of Malvolio in Theater Calgary’s Twelfth Night added a comedic and over the top portrayal of his character. This was shown in his presentation of language, and movement. Dow made two very distinct choices for when he was seen with Olivia compared to when he “thought” he was by himself. When Presented with Olivia, Dow used all of his language with over exaggerated diction, punctuation and tied it all together with upper class finesse. The Actor presented himself with pristine posture, which included a straight spine, and a lifted nose at all times. Doing these choices distinctly made the character seem very pleased of himself. Malvolio believed he was above everyone else in society. This was proved through Dow’s representation of precise language choices alongside his movement development for the character. Though when Dow presented the character alone, all of the characteristics were foundationally the same, but presented with three times more energy. The reading of the language became even more comedic and slightly hysterical by tripping over words. The character movement was also more amplified through feminine postures. The portal of the character became gitty; taking tiny quicker steps, more movement from the hips when walking, fanning the face from exhaustion/hysteria. By creating these two …show more content…
The added puppet work furthered whimsy and character into a great classic. Shown in giant puppets like the moving ocean, or man held just the simple tiny arms hanging out of sail boats. The puppet work really showcased the actors well, and also fitted perfectly with the over the top comedic take of the production. The scenes flowed together effortlessly and had a creative presence due to the bight colors and costuming. The set truly took a character of its
Imagine a day where everything changes to something new. The daily routine is unrecognizable and suddenly everything becomes a blur. Remembering last Christmas or even the day before seems impossible and all the information disappears. This represents the daily life of people with Alzheimer's disease. In the book, Last Night in the OR by Bud Shaw, the final chapter of the book is “Good Days and Bad.”
Over the weekend, IRSC put on an amazing version of Victor Glalanella’s Frankenstein. The production was a wonderful work of acting, costume, and set design. Director David Moberg did an amazing job putting this play together. The acting was very strong and clear to understand despite the rare slip on lines. The costumes matched very well with the show and time period, especially the women’s dresses.
These changes, amongst other key points, could be analyzed through the comparison of the use of “fear” by different characters, reflecting how the characters perceive and respond to fear. The use of “fear” by any male
The detail is terrific, with New York tenements’ arched doorways, brickwork, iron stairs and balconies. The cast is equally terrific, from the leads to the smaller roles but the standouts for me were Elizabeth Ann Berg who played the role of Kate Monster and Lucy and Ben Durocher who played the role of Princeton and Rod. The rest of the cast included Kerri Brackin (Mrs T., Bear & others; u/s Kate, Lucy), Grace Choi (Christmas Eve), Jason Jacoby (Nicky, Trekkie Monster, Bear & others), Nick Kohn (Brian), Danielle K. Thomas (Gary Coleman), Katie Boren (Ensemble; u/s Mrs. T, Bear; u/s Kate Monster, Lucy; u/s Christmas Eve), Imari Hardon (Swing), Michael Liscio, Jr. (Swing; u/s Princeton, Rod; u/s Brian; u/s Nicky, Trekkie, Bear; Assistant Stage Manager), and Jed Resnick (Ensemble; u/s Princeton, Rod; u/s Nicky, Trekkie, Bear; u/s Brian). The puppeteers who provide the voices and motion of the puppet characters are invisible to the other characters, but their facial expressions wonderfully accentuate the actions of their felt
The Last Night of Ballyhoo is a play that was written by Alfred Uhry and premiered in 1996 in Atlanta. The play takes place in Atlanta, Georgia in December of 1939. The upper-class Jewish family consists of Adolph the brother and head of household, his sister Boo alongside her daughter Lala, and sister-in-law Reba with her daughter Sunny. Through the play the family 's relationship with each other, the community, and their religion is examined. The theme of the play was social standing.
Imagine a day where everything changes to something new. The daily routine is unrecognizable and suddenly everything becomes a blur. Remembering last christmas or even the day before seems impossible and all the information disappears. This represents the daily life of people with Alzheimer's disease. In the book, Last Night in the OR by Bud Shaw, the final chapter of the book is “Good Days and Bad.”
I liked that Paula Vogel did not hold back and let all of the emotions of the play loose. I am anticipating that I will enjoy the play. I personally think I would like it more if the characters were portrayed by only people rather that people holding puppets, but they have too much symbolic meaning to be left out. I think the puppets are meant to resemble the fact that we really have no control over our own lives as children. The release of the real people from the puppets into adults symbolizes the freedom from their
A form of egotism is present within Malvolio, Orsino, and Olivia throughout the book, their egotism affects their actions, motivations, and relationships. Malvolio is very self absorbed in imagining what he could have. Malvolio is strongly in love with Olivia but he is her butler so he cannot act on his feelings. He daydreams about what his life could be like with Olivia. But he found a letter supposedly from Olivia and it had M.O.A.I written on the letter and with his self absorbed ego, he assumed it was directed at him, ““M.O.A.I” This simulation is not as the former, and yet to crush this a little, it would bow to me, for every one of these letters are in my name.
O’ Brother, Where Art Thou? Critical Analysis In “O’ Brother Where Art Thou”, the protagonist of the movie was Ulysses Everett McGill, an escapee from prison who takes his partners, Delmar and Pete, with him on his adventure to find his wife, Penny. The group of inmates follow a false promise of fortune from Everett. Several events in the plot relate to Homer’s epic, The Odyssey, such as the sirens attracting the boys into the water, Big Dan, a bible salesman, as the Cyclops, Big Dan killing a toad thought to be Pete, just as the Cyclops killed Odysseus’ crew, and the group dressing as KKK members to disguise themselves from Big Dan similarly to Odysseus and his crew disguising themselves as sheep to escape the cave of Polyphemus.
Irving Berlin’s White Christmas is a joyful, holiday, thrilling production created in order to help people not only get in the Christmas spirit, but to realize what makes Christmas special is who you spend it with. The musical opens up with an army scene on Christmas Eve. All of the soldiers are attempting to get in the holiday spirit, but especially Bob Wallace and Phil Davis. These guys are the life of the party. They performed for all of the other soldiers by singing different holiday songs as they wore their Santa hats, and bells around their neck.
Julie Taymor’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream film adaptation creates a fantastical spin on the well-known Shakespeare play. The director is able to create an effective dream-like setting with the use of projections, lighting, and puppetry. From the beginning, there is a sense of wonder created, as without word or introduction, Puck, played by Kathryn Hunter, glides onto stage and lays down on a mattress supported by branches. Puck is then lifted into the air and a large white sheet consumes the stage. Even for those familiar with the play, such as myself, it immediately commands your mind to travel to the dream world Taymor has created.
Props, costumes, actors, sets, and camera angles all contributed to the film. Without these, the movie wouldn’t have happened. Props, camera-angles, and costumes all contributed to the image the filmmakers were trying to convey by showing the time period of the movie and giving the feel of how the character was being seen in a particular scene without it being physically said. Actors contributed to the story because without them, there wouldn’t be one. The sets contributed to the mood of the film because they would show it by making it bright outside when there was something to be happy about or eerie when something bad was going to happen.
They used “virtuosity” to really help connect with the audience in a surreal way. The actors not only were playing a role but it really felt that the original actors were genuinely there. They took the role they were given and really made it their own. They did this by changing their voice tone by pitch and also by using body gestures. By them doing this it gave the audience an awesome experience to connect with the actors.
Shakespeare’s renowned play Twelfth Night centers around love, both in platonic and romantic instances. Characters display elements of self, brotherly, amorous, and friendly love towards one another; however, of the relationships portrayed, the strongest ones are those between men. In contrast, relationships between men and women lack depth and sincerity due to the lapse of communication between the opposing genders. Men are able to express their feelings to one another more freely, which gives their bonds strength that heterosexual relationships fail to display.
In this essay the following characters and features will be compared and contrasted: Mercutio and Benvolio, their differences and similarities, how they effected the play, how they participate in the feud. I choose these features because even though they are not “main characters” they still greatly influence the play. I will explain how they effected the play, how their personalities make them foils and how this in turn effects them as characters and everyone around them.