Critical Response Coursework (Coursework Sample)

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Critical response
Life and theater are two different entities. Each one takes it own set of characteristics and forms its own life within the field of theater and production. This is an important aspect for all persons that are involved in the creation of multimedia, videos and original arts in the theaters. Much of the occidental theater relies on language it is written in and therefore the scripts are at the center of every other performance. However, language has lost its form, emotions and the logical coherence it once had due to the fact that, it is now stuck in time and has distanced itself from life. Ideally most of the pieces that reign as the ones that ever existed are stuck in their time. This means that most of the pieces were written for a different era but are still taken to remain relevant in different time periods. Characters end up taking much of the highlights, rather than what their actions are on the stage and the relevance that to the currents time. Theaters are busy showing performances that have been surpassed by heir time, in an effort to preserve the relevance of the characters that appeared in rather old pieces.
“Let them burn down the library at Alexandria. There are powers above and beyond papyri. We may be temporarily deprived of the ability to rediscover these powers, but we will never eliminate their energy.” (Artaud, 5)
Although what the authors have put across is crucial to the development of the performances, directors should also have the ability to refocus their energies in creating new meaning to the pieces. This means that the director is not just tied to chores of translating the author, but they can also redefine the piece, its meaning and emotions it elicits in the audience. Much of the topics that are presented in the theaters involve emotional...