Theater Order Variety Fortunate Today. Because Shakespeare Essay

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It was quite an experience to watch Shakespeare's Globe Theater Production of Othello in 2007. There are quite a few elements of Shakespeare, and of dramatic works in general, that take on different connotations when they are acted out and presented to the public vs. simply being read. These connotations had both positive and negative effects for both of the media in which a play may be absorbed, either by watching it in person or by reading it. As such, they certainly contributed to a unique viewing of Othello.

One of the several aspects of a dramatic work that is enhanced by watching a play is humor. The laughter of the audience, indeed, the audience's very participation in the Globe Theater's 2007 production of Othello, helped to heighten the viewing experience. Whereas in reading a play one merely laughs at the humor in the monologues and dialogues presented within the work, in proper theater there is situation comedy in which there are no words spoken and plenty of opportunities for the audience to laugh.

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In such a manner was the audience in the Globe Theater's production of Othello an active participant in the play, as it helped to clue me in as a viewer as to when parts were funny or serious.

One of the drawbacks of watching this play -- in which the military leader Othello's happiness, in the form of his wife Desdemona and his coveted position as general in the Venetian army, is destroyed -- was the actual language, the old/middle English Shakespearean prose/poetry that makes for compelling reading, but which is not easily understood when it's rapidly spoken. In many parts, it was hard to understand what certain members of the cast were saying, particularly during parts of heightened emotion when the characters would yell at each other. The fact that they were shouting (and also….....

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