Essays on Drama

Australian Gothic is a vehicle for social change and explores the spectre of our history. Children of the Black Skirt, written by Angela Betzien and directed by Leticia Caceres is a compelling story, exploring incredibly dark aspects of Australia’s past. Betzien’s aim in using Gothic techniques is, by stimulating a need for comprehension. Real TV...

‘The Birds’, a thriller drama by the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock is a classic in the history of world cinema. A wealthy San Francisco socialite, Melanie Daniels chases a potential boyfriend Mitchell Brenner, to Bodega Bay that slowly takes a turn for a bizarre series of events when, over a course of few days,...

Breaking Bad is a popular black comedy-drama television series produced by Sony Pictures television company in the US. There are five seasons and one movie released so far; the first season was released on January 20th 2008. This television is starring by Bryan Cranston as Walter White, Anna Gunn as Skyler White, and Aaron Paul...

The classic drama, Casablanca, has been a favorite love story for decades by many. Casablanca was produced in 1942 and since then, the film has grown tremendously due to the classic storytelling and iconic acting, gaining numerous awards and nominations throughout the ages. The films popularity was due to the political climate during the time...

As Maurie Scott reports in Human Drama, ‘there is, in fact, a well-established reciprocal relationship between drama (as communication, as craft, as art and as a contributor to the processes of human development) and certain of the activities of psychology, sociology, education and, of course, the ethical, moral and conceptual considerations of philosophy.’ (Scott 1979.)...

Before this module, I had little understanding of what popular culture is and will define it as “Culture based on the taste of the masses”. Now, as I have a better understanding, I would like to redefine it as “Contemporary lifestyle and items that are well-known and generally accepted, cultural patterns that are widespread within...

Francis Ford Coppola’s film ‘The Godfather’ is an epic movie based on Mario Puzo’s novel ‘The Godfather’. It is considered a masterpiece of art and has been used as a template for developing other ‘gangster’ movies. This one film series set the pattern for later mob movies like Goodfellas and TV series like The Sopranos....

Abstract Badal Sircar is a unique figure as a dramatist. He never compromised with the existing theatre models. He tried genuinely to create of his own model called ‘Third Theatre’. Dissatisfied with the proscenium style, because of its high paraphernalia and commercialisation, he crafted Third Theatre model to perform his plays. This model is absolutely...

The root of English dramatization appears dubious. There’s no certain prove demonstrating its root. It can be followed back from century of succeeding Norman Victory to Britain. Many students of history accept that dramatization came to Britain alongside them. Dramatization is the shape of structure plan for execution within the theater, where the performing artists...