Becoming a Playwright

Becoming a Playwright

by Lauren Conroy

Becoming a Playwright

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Abstract

1) This Capstone is culmination of all that I have learned about theater in London and at WPI. I plan to do research on how to write a satirical play, to analyze 2 satires,and to find out what makes satirical plays such a success. Then I will create my own satirical play, a short one act play, with the theme of tourism in London. ts a fun way to tie together theater and my adventures in London with some comic relief. 2) At WPI I took two theater classes in my A and B term with Professor Susan Vick and Professor Barbara McCarthy. In my Introduction to Drama class, I preformed several lines from Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing as well as wrote a 5 minuet monologue which was preformed by another student for the class. In my American Drama class, several classmates and I preformed the chaotic dinner scene from August: Osage County for the class. In all, I have very limited experience preforming in and writing play scripts.

3) your major takeaways from the experience. This can and should be very similar to the paragraph you use to summarize this milestone on your Profile Page. It should contain your main Objective, so be sure to clearly state a one-sentence statement that summarizes your main objective for this milestone such as "a comparison of the text of Medieval English choral music to that of the Baroque" or it may be a question such as "to what extent did religion influence Christopher Wren's sense of design?"

Introduction

What makes a play funny? Well this differs from country to country, but overall something that

Section 1: Background

Satire

"Satire" is derived from the Latin word satura meaning "full" which then came to mean "a mixture full of different things" The word satura, which Quintillian strictly used and denotes only Roman verse satire, states that the satire must use hexameter form. This form consists of metric line containing six feet, most often consisting of an accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables, which is called dactyl.

Categories of Satire

Juvenalian

Juvenal

Menippean

Menippus was a Cynic satirist who satirized other philosophers, who was called σπουδογέλοιος or "the man who jokes about serious things." Very little is know about his life and works because all of it was lost. Sources say that he was a slave who somehow won his freedom and lived in Thebes, Greece.

Satire 1 Analysis

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Section 2: Deliverable

The Types of Tourists Found in London as told by a "Stupid" American Tourist

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By looking into satirical plays, I thought what could be better then writing my own satirical one act play. Initially, I was unsure of what topic my play would be on, but then I looked at myself and then looked at London. My play will explore the effects of tourism on the local peoples and surrounding area of London and how even though tourism effects the economy in a positive way, the tourist themselves can reek havoc on the place they are exploring.
Honestly some stories in the news about tourist who hurt wildlife and break priceless just to get photographs are heartbreaking. By creating a play about the what damage "bad" tourists can do, I hope will shed some light on their harm to the nation they are visiting.

Conclusion

In this section, provide a summary or recap of your work, as well as potential areas of further inquiry (for yourself, future students, or other researchers).

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