… years after the end of World War One. R. C. Sherriff was born in 1896. In the outbreak of the First World War, he joined the army, and served as a captain in the East Surrey Regiment. He had an interest in amateur theatricals, which eventually led…

… in this extract by, firstly, casting two people who have an ability to make people laugh by doing hardly anything. There are people who can send an audience into fits of laughter by simply pulling a face or walking. A naturally funny person would make…

… March '01. Looking at Martyn Jaques and Ewan Hunter. "Shockheaded Peter" is an adaptation of the German folk tales "Struwwlpeter", a collection of short rhymes and poems created during Hitler's regime to scare the child readers into behaving better.…

… a play called Black Milk, originally written in the Russian language by Vassili Sigarev, the play was translated into English by Sasha Dugdale and directed by Lupa Lopatina. It is based on contemporary Russia and focuses on the cruelty of life…

… Glass Menagerie" supplies an example of a complex individual whose communication and actions convey a slightly irritating and lonesome mother. Scene IV of "The Glass Menagerie," demonstrates these unique characteristics of Amanda. The scene takes place…

… models & additional information ·Probably written in 1597-8 ·Shakespeare wrote The merry Wives, because the Queen wanted to see Falstaff in love (Falstaff, which she knew from an earlier work of Shakespeare, Henry IV) ·Merry Wives is Shakespeare's…

… 1926, in the charity ward of the Los Angeles General Hospital to Gladys Baker. Due to the identity of her father being undetermined, she was later baptized Norma Jeane Baker. Most of the childhood of Norma Jeane was spent in foster homes and orphanages…

… for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (BTVS) is unique in both film and television: the lead character is a female world-saver who belongs to no government organization, who seldom relies on men for help, who is not an androgyne and who has a curfew. The series…

… A Doll's House and The Cherry Orchard respectively, were akin in many ways. The two characters lacked in their personal lives and were not in charge of their households. On the other hand, there were also differences between them. Nora was not as…

… many interesting features. I have found the 'nightmare' quality of the piece to be the most striking of these features and I feel that as a director this nightmarish aspect is key to the success of the piece. I would want the chorus of nine people waitin…