A play’s cultural context informs and influences the story that’s told and how it’s received. Choose a work of
theatre you’ve seen and explain how this context had an effect on the play or the production
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER:The
play appealed to popular culture or more elitist tastes
The performance embraced a particular political ideology.
The play told a traditional beginning, middle, and end narrative, such as a play by Arthur
Miller, or had a more abstract form, such as Waiting for Godot
The piece used heightened language or the characters' diction was closer to everyday
speech.
Characters violated or reinforced established societal conventions such as gender roles
The design was stylized/exaggerated or the production elements looked and sounded
more like real life.
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