INITIAL REACTION & GENERAL RESPONSE Choosing a play was definitely not easy, in fact, it was probably the hardest part of this project for me. I am usually not one to dig into and enjoy plays very much. I am more of a musical theater person, I love to sing and dance. However, when this project was assigned I chose to think open-mindedly and chose something a little bit out of my comfort zone. Instead of picking a musical I love like ‘Annie’, ‘Legally Blonde’, or ‘Hamilton.’ I chose a murder mystery play called ‘The Mousetrap.’ Going into the process I had a pretty good idea of what the play was about, because I had seen it when Oconomowoc High School did it for their senior directed play in 2015, and then I also saw it again in December of that year with my drama class when the Milwaukee Rep did it. When I first say the play I loved it! I was so intrigued from the very beginning and all the way to the last second. That very night that I saw the show I went home and looked it on youtube and started to watch it again, and to be honest I rewatched it several times since then. After seeing it I started promoting the show, and I went and told all of my friends that it was something they had to go see and that it was written so brilliantly! …show more content…
The show opened in London’s West End in 1952 and has been consecutively running since then. It is the longest running West End show, and has the longest initial running of any play in history, with its 250,000th show taking place on November 18th of 2012. Christie herself did not expect for the show to run that long. In her autobiography, she states in conversation she had with Peter Saunders. “Fourteen months going to give it,” Saunders says, then Christie replies “It won’t run that long. Eight months perhaps. Yes, I think eight
Richard Gremel’s original comedic play, The Mysterious Murder at Manchester Manor (TMMMM) premiered at the Vail Theater of the Arts. This show was directed by Richard Gremel himself, and the cast was Empire High School's Advanced Drama class. This play report will emphasize the performance of an individual actor, Emily Gates (portraying Nancy Waters), under a rubric of six traits: movement, believability, beats & intentions, subtext & inner monologue, physical score of action (PSA), and overall performance.
For our critiquing assignment in our Introduction to Stagecraft 1, I ventured to downtown Toronto, to a small indie theatre called, The Unit 102 Theatre. There I saw the production of MISS; written by Dora Award-nominated playwright Michael Ross Albert who wrote such works as Tough Jews, The Spadina Avenue Gang with the Storefront Theatre. The set takes place in the aftermath of a shocking accident in a boarding school classroom, the story explores the tenuous connection between a high school teacher, her fiance, and a troubled student whose lives have been irrevocably changed by tragedy caused by a miscarriage, an affair, and the fear of the consequences that are not yet revealed, and finally, murder. This is a one act showdown between three
Knowing we would only get about fifteen minutes with each set of characters kept me on the edge of my seat begging them to get their happy ending before time ran out. This unique dimension of the play was so different than anything I had ever experienced watching any other performance and the actors embraced it beautifully.
When you see the shows such as Homicide Hunter or Killer Instincts many times my mom and I try to figure out who is the murder. Most of the time my prediction is right because of the details my mom misses, and putting together all the clues. From then on I realised I had a gift, even if it was I was just watching television show. That is what sparked my interest the criminal justice area. I have contemplated the career choices that would best fit my interest leaving me with Homicide Detective and Criminologist. While both careers deal with criminal justice they differ greatly in the type of work environment, pay, skills/education.
I thought the play itself was very interesting because I was pretty confused about what was going on until the end of the play. When the union worker was sent to jail and went through his monologue, everything started to click and the story started to make sense to me. Also, I really enjoyed the union worker’s speech at the end as he represented the people and how they can’t be controlled by Mr. Mister. The music was also very cool, as the piano played throughout the whole play. Furthermore, the scenes were really cool, especially at the end when the projector showed clips of union workers rebelling, further proving that the people are in control.
Serial Killer: (n) A serial killer is a person who murders three or more people, usually in service of abnormal psychological gratification; ex. Charles Albright. His childhood was quite unusual, being that he started out life as an orphan and was adopted by foster parents Delle and Fred Albright. It is said that his mother was extremely strict and overprotective, which caused him to have little to no friends. Charles was never a very social child. He did exceptionally well in school and was even able to skip two grades. He got his first gun at thirteen and proceeded to kill small animals with it as a taxidermist, or in other words, he kept the hollow corpses of the animals he hunted and stuffed them to be lifelike memorabilia. There is no
I will be honest with you I had a lot of trouble enjoying the play, like I said the dialect gave me trouble, plus my seats were not that great. I did however like the movie quite a bit, but I realize I am a product of a different generation as well. I have been brought up around TV and movies rather than plays
The plays that I chose to see were Balm in Gilead and Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins. These two plays were very different, one play had many different people talking at the same time and the other play was a one woman show. There are many elements that make up each play, and there are also specific scenic elements that contribute to the tone.
On July 21, 1899, Clarence and Grace Hemingway welcome a baby boy named Ernest Miller Hemingway, in a suburb of Chicago, not knowing that their son’s writings would make literary history, even causing him win a Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize. The Hemingway family would often spend time in their cabin in northern Michigan, where the setting of the Nick Adams story The Big Two Hearted River would be set. In high school, Hemingway started writing for his school newspaper, Trapeze and Tabula, usually writing in the sports section. Writing in the sports section of his school newspaper is where he would discover his love for story telling and writing. After high school, Hemingway would continue his writing career, writing for the Kansas City Star.
For this reflection, the focus is to look closer at Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and how it works and what makes it successful.
The detective genre is recognizable by the mystery that it represents or establishes. Every word of a fiction novel is chosen with a purpose, and that purpose on a detective novel is to create suspense. The excerpts from The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler, Murder Is My Business by Lynette Prucha, and Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley, create an atmosphere of suspense and mystery. Even though they all fit into this category, there are some differences that make each novel unique. The imagery that the authors offer in the excerpts helps the reader to distinguish the similarities and the differences.
but it is connected to money. There is no victim in it but the villain
The result of research showed that the judge to commit the law towards the Premeditated murder is lack of effective. Judge consideration to verdict the punishment must be reflect in the sense of justice in this case for victims family although for the suspect. The application of criminal law for the Premeditated murder is not considered for using clause and sentenced of criminal law.
used to looking at a dead body. Then she saw it, clutched in her hand
Throughout the play, I enjoyed the role of music used to set a comic atmosphere and replace the dialogs during comic scenes (e.g. when they chase each other around). I also thought that they made a good use of light to indicate the moment of the day the scene was happening or to set the atmosphere of the scene (e.g. pink colour during the romantic moments). Lastly, I liked the way the play ended. Even though it was a little messy with everyone running after each other off and on stage, and this policeman coming out of nowhere, which really surprised me; I couldn’t think of a better way to end the play.