I have until november, to read 2 good plays classical (from the Greeks to Chekhov ), and
a contemporary (20th – 21st century). does anyone have any good suggestions on what i could read? pretty please help me!!!
2006-08-24 17:43:33 · 6 answers · asked by Que Pasa? 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
the seven year itch
2006-08-24 17:50:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all someone called the Lion in Winter a classic - it's contemporary. Greeks-Lysistrata, Medea (comedy and tragedy)also Electra (Sophocles) she is pissed. Shakespeare is great,more for men than women but, there is Juliet. Chekhov has some good parts for women Cherry Orchard, Three Sisters. If Shaw is considered classic he's worth looking into also. Sevral strong females. You Never Can Tell, Caesar and Cleopatra.
Sorry, got carried away and forgot contemporary.
Eugene O'Neill, not contemporary but modern Anna Christie
T. Williams almost contemporary The Glass Menagerie two interesting women
Harold Pinter : Betrayal, The Homecoming, The Birthday Party
Duerrenmatt: The Visit
Osborne: Look Back in Anger
Pirandello: Henry IV (Enrico IV) it has a tour de force role for a man but there are two interesting women also
Brecht: The Good Person of Sechuan
etc.
2006-08-26 21:41:45 · answer #2 · answered by Grody Jicama 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Knights
Aristophanes' play The Knights is an unbridled criticism of Cleon, one of the most powerful men in ancient Athens. Cleon had once brought Aristophanes up on charges of "embarrassing the city in front of foreigners" in response to one of his comedies being performed at the Dionysia festival at which foreigners were present. Aristophanes never forgave him, and wrote The Knights as a response to him.
The basic premise of the play is that there is a man named Demos (Greek for "The citizen-body") who is not very bright. His slaves, Nicias and Demosthenes (two of the most prominent Athenian generals in the Peloponnesian War), are displeased with the way Demos' steward, the Paphlogonian (aka Cleon) has been treating both Demos and the other slaves. They discover that the way to remove the Paphlogonian from power is for him to be replaced by a Sausage-Seller.
The two slaves find the Sausage-Seller, and explain their predicament to him. He is more than willing to help.
The play then degrades into the Sausage-Seller claiming he will do all the terrible things that the Paphlogonian did for Demos, and more. The two trade insults, and try to out-do one another in their absurdity and crudeness. In the end, Demos decides that he will take the Sausage-Seller as his new steward. The Sausage-Seller turns out not to be a cruel tyrant, and had only said such things so that he would be chosen.
This play is also notable for its unflattering view of the people as dumb, easily fooled, and fickle.
2006-08-25 00:54:13 · answer #3 · answered by mysticideas 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Look into yourself first.
What are your interests?
What are your concerns?
What do you love, fear, despise, adore?
Is money more important to you than integrity?
Is someone elses truth more valuable then your own?
Compare women in the plays to how you, yourself, have felt or how you have felt FOR them.
Try the queen from : The Lion in Winter (Classic)
or
The Woman in: Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf (Contemporary)
Then, EXPLORE! Try looking at this as a treasure hunt.....and the treasure you find....is YOU!
Take Care,
AwareAbleVision
2006-08-25 00:54:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anna C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
george bernard shaw, arthur miller
2006-09-01 02:08:10 · answer #5 · answered by spearchukka2003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't have a clue but good luck
2006-08-30 16:18:45 · answer #6 · answered by Megan A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋