Play Critique
Each critique must be at minimum of four paragraphs single-spaced.
Font- Times Roman Numeral or Calibri 11
Play title is italicized throughout the critique.
Do not describe the play’s plot, though you will need to use some descriptions of plot, theme, character, etc.
You will need the play program to use specific names of actors, characters, directors, designers, etc
You must answer three questions
1-What is being attempted?
2- was the attempt successful?
3-What component of theatre was responsible for the success?
I have included a photo that lists the name of the actors and an idea about what was the play about.
The character Kurdavva an old lady who made the play funny with her comedy with her son.
Man – the first character started the play in a confusing way however it then was explained very well
Rani – was married to a man who treated her badly and would leave her in the house all by her self all the time. Her husband only comes back during lunch time to eat and then leave again. At one night a Cobra that can shape shift, came to Rani looking like here husband and they spent the nights together. However, she didn’t know that it was a Cobra and then she was pregnant with the Cobra’s baby. People thought that it was a miracle and her husband started to treat her better after the incident.
please focus on answering the 3 questions and state an opinion about the play.
It is not a movie/film. It is a play that I attended.
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The play Naga Mandala can be described as a folktale play as it incorporates a lot of Indian cultural elements in its execution. In understanding the intent of the Play Naga Mandala, we can begin with the need of the play to enlighten us on the practice of nagamandala which is the worship of snakes which is a traditional Indian practice. This play also hopes to describe the issues that affect marriage through the marriage of Rani and Andalla which is seen as the major base of this play. Apart from the woes of marriage, the play seeks to explain the role of women in marriage as well as the issues that they faced.
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