Need help with the playwright our town?
We learn everything about Joe Crowell, Jr. in one moment of time, through the narrator/stage manager. What happens to Joe and when reading it, how did you feel about that? How did the playwright want you to feel? Death is a discordant beat among the celebration of beginnings of new life, in the beginning of this first act. Why does the playwright include it? Do you think no scenery and pantomimed actions�the paperboy throwing imaginary newspapers, an imaginary horse delivering imaginary milk bottles, the children pretending to eat breakfast, act, or distract, from the play? Why was the play written this way? Why is there no inter-personal conflict in this story? (Hint: Wilder is not interested in directing us to observe in-depth personal stories.) What is he directing us to observe?
The play "Our Town" questions please?
I don't fully understand your first question, do you mean what is it that 'living' people don't understand? ~Well they don't understand that you shouldn't take things for granted. Or, some people go through life not believing in God, and they don't understand they should. It doesn't really relate to the play, but I don't know how else to answer. Second question ~ I'm, again not totally sure on this answer but it may have to do with how simple their life was? I'm not sure. third ~It depends, is that what YOU think? I can't give you my opinion. Look it up in the Bible if you need to. Google it to find out exactly what verse. I know this didn't help mucho, but I hope it gave you a sense of what you are wanting to put down. :))
It never really says, but I always imagined 3–4 years. I do remember that Wally dies on a Boy Scout Trip, so he would likely be around 12–14 when he dies.
Theatre: What are some good plays for a book club (of eight women) to read out-loud?
Any play in the book club members’ native language. Who cares about gender or age when you're performing only for each other? If the play doesn't have enough roles, recast for each act. Do a play with mostly male roles (which is most of them) because when else do women get to play Pizarro or Atahualpa in Royal Hunt of the Sun?Choose a musical and then read/perform the play it was based on. Pygmalion, The Four-Poster, The Matchmaker, Green Grow the Lilacs, The Rainmaker, The Romantics.Or just bite the bullet and do something magnificent like A Man for All Seasons, The Lion in Winter, Becket, Waiting For Godot, Inherit the Wind, Our Town, or if your ladies are untroubled by bitter and harsh language, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?The whole range of dramatic literature is open to you, as long as your ladies don't mind playing men. This is by far the best way to “read” drama, because the words must come out of someone's mouth to be real.But warn them not to rehearse, except to read through and make sure they know how to pronounce the words they'll be saying. When untrained actors rehearse too much alone, they start to overact. Feel free to pause the performance in order to discuss something that comes up. Keep it loose and free, but also lickety split. Don't let anyone read with ponderous slowness. Just say the words.Absolute best playwright to begin with? Neil Simon. Special favorite: the third one act play in Plaza Suite. Maybe the funniest short play ever written. Or The Odd Couple, which IS the funniest full length play. Though Barefoot in the Park is also great for a cold reading.
Our Town by Thornton Wilder?
First off...finish the play. Read it aloud to yourself. It is a GREAT play. Personally one of my favourites. I saw a TV dramatic presentation done with Glynnis O'Connor and Robbie Benson. It's just such a great play. Give it another chance. I would choose A first or C second. There is a great mood in this play and AFTER you've read it, you'll see what I mean. You kind of have to visualize a different time... Good luck!
How can find local screenwriters to collaborate with in my home town?
I found a local screenwriting group in my filmmaking-non-centric town, and I'm looking forward to our next meeting tomorrow!Some came and went, but I think it's solidifying. The key is to find people who have their own writing and want your feedback enough to actually read through your own stuff with a critical eye. And you certainly have to do the same. Can you read someone else's 120 page screenplay?Where can you find such kindred spirits to begin with? I find people who like writing feature films are usually not driven to produce them. Short film writers can be either. If a filmmaker writes their own feature length screenplay, it's going to be much fewer and farther between. They probably don't even have time to think about their own script much, let alone yours.However, you can get referred to the people who do writing. People know people! Maybe try local film festivals as well, and network by offering to be a PA in their crew!Online is a great place to search too, especially for writers, with such websites as:Find your people - MeetupStage 32 | The Premier Social Network for Film, Television and Theatre CreativesThere are also countless general writer websites/interest groups, and I'm sure a novelist would have fun commenting on a screenplay, appreciating your feedback on their stuff in turn.My advice is not to get too caught up in face to face collaboration. Spam your Facebook friends with a link to your screenplay and get them to comment on it. That's what I've been doing. I got good feedback from http://simplyscripts.net as well. Don't be afraid of your script being stolen. If they magically make millions off your story, you have a nice chunk of change to sue them for :D
What are well-known musicals based on plays?
Kiss Me, Kate was based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Kismet (the musical) was based on Kismet (the play).Peter Pan was based on the play Peter and Wendy by J.M. Barrie.My Fair Lady was based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion.The Most Happy Fella was based on They Knew What They Wanted. New Girl in Town was based on Anna Christie by Eugene O'Neill.Take Me Along was based on Ah, Wilderness! by Eugene O'Neill.A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum was based on the comedies of the Roman playwright Plautus. Hello, Dolly! was based on The Matchmaker by Thorton Wilder (of Our Town fame). She Loves Me was based on the Hungarian playwright Miklós László's play, Parfumerie.It was also used as the storyline for three movies, The Shop Around the Corner, In the Good Old Summertime, and, most recently, You've Got Mail. Cabaret was based on I Am a Camera.Two Gentlemen of Verona was based on Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Raisin was based on A Raisin in the Sun. Spring Awakening was based on the 1906 German play Spring Awakening.I don't know if you will count this one, but the 1998 Broadway musical High Society is based on the 1956 movie High Society, which was in turn based on the 1939 play The Philadelphia Story which starred Katharine Hepburn. (She also later also appeared in the 1940 movie version.I am sure there are many more, but this is all I had the time to research.
Our town? by thornton wilder.?
Death is a discordant beat among the celebration of beginnings of new life, in the beginning of this first act. Why does the playwright include it? okay... don't give me the answerr... please just help me to understand this question. ask it in like first grade terms! ha =] thank you soo much. ten points!
Our Town by: Thornton Wilder?
1) Live people are troubled with the art of living. Work and petty thoughts get in the way of enjoying the life that God gave us. 2) I always thought that the death in Our Town was a sort of purgatory, a place to work off the sins of life before entering Heaven. That is a Catholic theology (among Christians). To ask a general question about how Christians think is a bit broad. The many Christian sects interpret the Bible differently about what goes on in the afterlife. Some say that we go to Heaven directly as long as we have professed our faith in Christ. Others say that we go to a paradise or a prison depending on how we lived, and then we go to a judgment after that. You will need to narrow down your question to get a more precise answer. How a Baptist sees the afterlife can be very different than how a Catholic, a Mormon, an Episcopalian, or a born again Christian views the afterlife.