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Plays
Plays are forms of literature written by playwrights for theatrical performances. These are written with dialogs between characters in a variety of genres – tragedy, historical, satire, comedy or farce. Among the famous plays is William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.”
2,548 Questions
What play is about a barber serial killer who uses a straight razor to cut his victim's throats?
sweeny todd: the demon barber of fleet street
How has Antony felt toward brutus throughout most of the play?
Anthony hates Brutus and views him as a traitor throughout the play. His funeral speech which Brutus believed would be vindication coming from a friend, instead praises Caesar and regards Brutus with a contempt that is readily seen by the Roman people.
What historian did Shakespeare use as a source for writing Julius Caesar?
It was probably based on the translation of the Ancient Greek historian, Plutarch, by Sir Thomas North.
Addition:
Shakespeare used Thomas North's English translation of Plutarch's The Life of Caesar and the Life of Brutus.
What are the differences between the DVD and play of merchant of Venice?
In order to answer this, one would have to know which DVD and whether you want to compare it to a particular performance (and if so, which one) or to a written copy of the script.
In the play The Merchant of Venice who lifts antonio's depression or what makes him happy?
he was sad
What is the poetic form of midsummer night dream?
A Midsummer Night's Dream is not a poem, it is a play. Some of the dialogue is in rhymed iambic pentameter couplets
Who wrote the play Dearly Beloved and why?
The show was written by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten.
How do you dress up as puck in the midsummers nights dream play?
As in all plays, you dress the way the director tells you to. If the director and the costume designer agree on a a costume that gives Puck a bowler hat and striped trousers, that's what you get. Interpretations of design for this play are immensely diverse, so Puck does not necessarily get a second-hand figure skating costume, with wings.
Who are Laura dido Cleopatra Helen and hero what does mercutio say about them?
Laura, Dido, Cleopatra, Helen, and Hero are mythical and historical women who inspired love poetry. Mercutio says that Laura was a kitchen slave, Dido was shabbily dresses, Cleopatra was gypsy girl, and Helen and Hero were sluts and harlots.
What explanation does Cheever give for Parris' mad look?
Cheever says that Parris has been arguing with the local farmers who are upset that the cows belonging to people in jail are wandering the area since there is no one to care for them.
What did Shakespeare's audience use to get the full effect of the play?
They used their imaginations.
What did Antony accuse Brutus of?
He did not accuse Brutus of anything directly, but made his action in assassinating Caesar look so bad, that he didn't need to accuse him of anything.
Did shakespeare like writing in Elizabethan times?
Curious question. Shakespeare lived in Elizabethan times, he had no choice. He certainly enjoyed writing and the whole theatrical business. He might have written differently if he had lived in different times.
What were Shakespeare's intentions for taming of the shrew?
Shakespeare intended that it should be performed as a play, what else? We don't know anything about how it was performed.
The flowers of violets look a little like little faces, and grow on relatively thin stems, so when the wind blows they sway with the wind and look like nodding faces.
What wood did William shakespeare steal deer from?
Nowadays few people still believe the old legend that Shakespeare was a poacher.
What is the situation at the beginning of the play of Julius Caesar?
The people of Rome are celebrating Caesar's victory over the sons of Pompey, thus making him the sole ruler of Rome. Earlier, Caesar, Pompey and Crassus had shared power in what was called the First Triumvirate, but Crassus was killed fighting the Parthians and Caesar turned on Pompey and defeated him and his sons.
Who was buried on either side of Shakespeare?
Albert Connerly he was a good man he was my friend his family paid money for him to be buried there
Midsummer nights dream questions Who is the queen of the Amazons?
In A Midsummer Nights Dream Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons, has been defeated by Theseus, the king of Athens.
Theseus has fallen in love with Hippolyta, and plans to marry her. The main action of the play takes place during the preparation for this wedding.
