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Medieval morality plays typically feature several personifications of virtues and sins, as well as an everyman character struggling between the right choices and the wrong ones. Totally Teen Mom territory.
Medieval morality plays typically feature several personifications of virtues and sins, as well as an everyman character struggling between the right choices and the wrong ones. Totally Teen Mom territory.
Playwright Anton Chekhov, known for works such as The Seagull, wrote naturalistic dramas depicting real people in real situations, which was pretty big news in the 19th century. Notably, his plays often feel like tragedies, yet he himself called them comedies. Real Housewives, much?
What happens when you jam a bunch of snooty, upper-class people in a drawing room and lock them in? Big Brother Noel Coward-style,of course! Though these guys would probably feature wittier banter than the average Big Brother cast...
For this performance of Real World: French Classicism by 17th century French dramatist Jean Racine, Pam will be played by Dominic Cooper and Phèdre-- I mean, Judd-- will be played by Helen Mirren.
Dating in the Dark is a fairly obscure dating show that involves its contestants never meeting face to face until the menfolk make their choices (and let's not even get started on that...). As you may have guessed, all the "dates" take place in a pitch-black room. Awkward? You'd better believe it. So what better style in which to play this game than in the style of playwright Samuel Beckett, who is famous for his lengthy pauses and characters saying they should go and then not moving?
Restoration comedy was sort of the precursor to SNL: It spoofed and commented on society with its larger-than-life characters, who were frequently named for their defining traits (e.g., a character known as Lord Foppington was the biggest fop in the neighborhood). Start calling Paris Hilton "Lady Famington of Famewhore" and you're well on your way.
Ah! Such poetry!
The highly stylized form of Japanese theatre known as kabuki features plenty of smizing. Or maybe it just does in Tyra's world.
So, Oedipus, remember that whole thing where you thought you killed your dad and slept with your mom? YOU'VE BEEN PUNK'D! Guess we should've told you that before you plucked out your own eyes...
