Essay – Play Analysis Required Resources 1, Play from the Internet, YouTube, DVD, iTunes, Amazon, Netflix, etc. 2, primary source (written version of selected play) Instructions Plays are meant to be performed, rather than read. The purpose of
Write an analysis of the play that you viewed. Include at least one quote from the play in your essay. In your essay, address the following:
1, Identify the performance that you have selected.
2, Describe the staging, lighting, costumes, and characters of the performance. How do this match or revise the written version of the play? You do not need to read the entire play, but you should skim the text.
3, What type of mood and tone does the performance create? How?
4, What parts of the play are easier to understand through performance? What are some details that stood out through performance?
5, What are your feelings about this performance? What did you take away from viewing it?