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Elizabethan Era

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Elizabethan Era  the Elizabethan period has provided history with a rich and colourful culture, a culture that includes unique clothing,the origins of theatre and the expansion of the English Renaissance movement and exploring the new world (sailers ). status levels                                                 The poor Life for ordinary people was often hard and the number of poor people increased when Queen Elizabeth was in power. Unlike now, there was no welfare system or support for anyone.Poverty was mostly considered to be your own fault in Elizabethan times. Reasons why there was increase in poverty. Rising population -  The population rose by a million during the Elizabethan period. Because there was more people, there was more demand for goods, and so prices rose. Inflation -  Prices for goods rose, but wages fell as ther...

Greek theatre Era

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social - Girls had to do exactly as their father told them and this included marrying the man their father chose for them.Even when married, a women was not free. She had to do as her husband wished. She was not allowed out on her own and was not often seen by people other than her own family. Schools Greek schools were small. They had only one teacher and about ten or twenty boys. The schools were not free and so only the rich could really afford to send their children to school. The children did not need much school equipment as they had to learn everything off by heart. When they needed to, they wrote on wooden boards covered with layers of wax. They used a wooden pen called a stylus with a sharp end for writing and a flat end for 'rubbing out'. The wax was melted and reapplied from time to time. Boys and Girls Education was also different for boys and girls. Boys were educated to become good citizens and take part in the public life of the city state. ...

Audition pieces - Monologues

My contemporary monologue is - Muhammad Ali and me by Mojisola Adebayo. The reason i picked this monologue is because i find the story very interesting and its a story i have sympathy for from just reading the monologue and not the whole story, the one thing i like about this monologue is that it is a serious monologue and i am good with serious work. i identified with the piece because of the characters age and ethnicity and also because it is a challenging monologue. i think this monologue showcases my versatility as an actor through portraying emotions and also keeping the pace at a steady level, also embodying the character to its truthful self and telling a story though your body language and facial expression. i think this monologue is suitable for me because the character is age sixteen and she is from nigeria and i am seventeen and nigerian also because its a story i care about. My classical speech is - The Tempest by William shakespeare part of Miranda. The reason i p...