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- Similar to film and music reviews which analyze and critique the whole work, a review of a play or musical should also critique the production as a whole, in addition to its variety of elements. The purpose of a review is to provide a potential audience with an unbiased opinion of the production, supported by facts.This last written assignment requires you to attend the fall UT Department of Theatre and Film production -- ARCADIA. This assignment is to analyze and critique the production, using theatrical terminology, not merely “liking or disliking” the play (do not turn in a rewritten version of the plot summary)Like any written essay, a theatre review should contain an introduction, body and conclusion. Elements that could be discussed in this review (but are not limited by) include:
- introductory material (name of the play or production, playwright, performance location, date)
- the production’s themes and/or playwright’s voice (what he/she was trying to say)
- expected audience response
- visual elements (set design, costumes, lighting, sound and/or music) and how they support (or don’t support) the production
- artists’ performances (actors and their roles, director, designers), including their honesty/believability
- successful moments in the play vs. unclear ones
- conclusion or overall impression of the production
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OUTLINE
INTRODUCTION
BODY
CONCLUSION
REFERENCE
Running Head: ART & DESIGN
Play Analysis and Critique
Name
Instructor
Course Title
Date
ART & DESIGN
2
ARCADIA BY TOM STOPPARD
Introduction
Arcadia is a play acted in 1993 by Tom Stoppard; it was performed in Sidley park an
English state dynasty in Derbyshire. It reviews the association amongst the past and the current,
order, and disorder, and also it talks about certainty and uncertainty. Arcadia has been praised
by most people as among the top plays and even considered famous playwright in the language
of English. It was also rated to be one of the best science-related works to be ever written in the
year 2006. It was believed to have been acted earlier in the years 1809 and 1812 where the
original production took place in 1993.
The production’s theme
The first set of ideas which is evident is nature of evidence and truth.
This theme is seen in the context of current ideas about the past, mathematics, and physics. This
translates that explains how the ...
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