making the grade is a 1984 american teen comedy film .

it was directed by dorian walker and written by charles gale and gene quintano .

it was filmed at rhodes college in memphis , tennessee .

making the grade ( film )

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i don ' t think it ' s a coincidence that hoover prep school ' s colors are pink and green ! my favorite scene in making the grade was judd nelson ' s transformation from badass to prep . i was already a huge fan of judd nelson from his roles in the breakfast club and st . elmo ' s fire so that probably made me like the movie even more . have you seen making the grade ?
your first year will introduce you to some of the key technologies , core production processes and major ideas and theories that drive film - and programme - making .
i ' m always amazed when i find people who think caddyshack is hilarious but have never even heard of making the grade . making the grade is still the funniest golf / class struggle / gettin lucky / uptight white people movie to date . there ' s even breakdancing . for anyone who hasn ' t seen this film and likes goofy 80s fare , run to your video store . for anyone who has seen it and doesn ' t like it , i must quote coach ,
attention ! attention ! you guys suck !
another guilty pleasure review ( on an old favorite of mine ) 1984’s “ making the grade ” starring a much younger judd nelson ( prior to his cult classic role in “the breakfast club” ) that further secured his spot into the brat pack of teen actors of his era .
highest ranked vocationally - orientated film and tv course in the uk , 9th in the 2018 guardian university league table for film production and photography .
by studying film and television production at york you will have the chance to follow in the footsteps of graduates who are already making a name for themselves , as cinematographers and writers , as film and studio directors , as editors and vision mixers , as production managers , production designers and researchers .
the film ' s songwriters , tom and larry weir , will be present at this special screening . the film is a supernatural comedy about a teenager who realizes . . .
) and pam grier . the film is being executive produced by management consultant philip lam .
if any of you remember john bender from the breakfast club , then eddie keaton of making the grade will seem familiar . they are similar , except that john bender has more depth . making the grade is a silly , sometimes funny , parody of the
preppy
lifestyle . it makes fun of everything from wearing no socks , to the bright , peppy colors . it ' s an all around funny movie . this is judd ' s first movie , and i recommend it to all of you who enjoy his work . for those of you who don ' t , i suggest you watch it anyway , and make an opinion for yourself . . . ! * + * anna * + *
based on the new york times bestseller , wonder tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of august pullman , a boy with facial differences who enters 5th grade , attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time .
i love 80 ' s comedies . there is just nothing special about this film
you will be based in the department of theatre , film and television , on campus east .
identify how historical issues influence present working practices in the film and television industries by drawing upon a rich knowledge and understanding of both the chronological developments in and geographical diversity of film and television output .
i am struggling to write synopsis and treatment for my feature film… . am so stressed
the film is being produced by brad zions , a film producer and entrepreneur . zions is the founder of breakout pictures , a production company focusing on emerging talent , and previously worked with westfeldt as one of the producers of
making the grade is not only an ok comedy , it gives a name to a person who once was a sylvester stallone look alike from brooklyn . this man is andrew clay , who gets a role in this movie named dice , who would later take dice and make it his nick name . but enough about him , this film is also a good teen comedy ( not the best by far ) and i liked judd nelson as the lead ( still a bad - ass ) . a -
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constructively contribute to a range of activities related to the film and television industries , gaining an advanced understanding of the role , function and use of digital technologies in contemporary film and television production , distribution and exhibition .
the film went on to gross $ 218 , 791 , 314 at the box office , not bad at all . but here ' s the rub . despite the initial ask for restraint , the head of physical production at the corporation / studio , who shall remain nameless , had a
principle” , and that “principle” was that the dp should not receive any payment for the di grade . this argument i lost .
the majority of our graduates move into staff or freelance roles in the film , television and video industries . recent roles include :
introduction : in this lesson learners will revise some film review vocabulary through pair - work discussions . they they will write their own film review after analysing a model . then they will read each other’s reviews and have a class vote about which film looks most interesting . topic : films aims :
broderick has been very supportive of the film , and the script has several challenging , meaty roles for actors looking play multifaceted characters .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
jersey films and 3 arts entertainment are producing the film . matthew broderick is attached as one of two male leads .
david o . selznick was a hollywood film producer who made a huge string of hits in the 1930s through the 1950s , including ' gone with the wind . '
caleo recently completed the directors lab at ifp / west and is currently writing a film for columbia pictures and producer cathy konrad .
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the film is being produced by eric kim and catherine park . a former agent , kim formed ek management in 1999 and recently produced the indie feature
time . the film is in an active stage of preproduction , and the essentials of production must come together quickly if all is to go smoothly .
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in the majority of cases you will assessed individually . the collaborative nature of the film and tv industries however means that some of your modules will involve group work . in these you will be assessed on the actual film or television programme you have produced as a team , as well as on your individual contribution to the project .
most of your contact hours will be in theatre , film and television , with some additional teaching on campus east .
in & apos ; tourista . & apos ; but the poor box office killed the sequel and the closest we’ve come to & apos ; tourista & apos ; is the 2008 backpacker horror film & apos ;
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he moved to film , penning scripts for jay roach at warner brothers and chris rock at miramax . in 2002 he directed
says macaulay ,
a decade ago there were few open directing assignments for indie - oriented directors . thats changed in the past few years as many of todays independent directors dont always write their own material . of course , these directors also look for projects already set up with financing , but here westfeldt and zions track record at making a commercially successful film and raising private capital should speak for the projects viability .
george lucas is a writer , producer and director known for his creation of the enormously successful ' star wars ' and ' indiana jones ' film franchises .
i am getting mentally exhausted from watching so many generic movies .
making the grade
looks as if it was churned out of the same factory as a hundred other ' 80s movies . a spoiled high school kid doesn ' t want to spend his senior year going to a private school . he hires a trouble maker ( judd nelson ) to pretend to be him and attend the school in his place . end of story . there is no chemistry whatsoever between nelson and his female costar ( jonna lee ) . what about comedy ? i literally laughed one time during the 100 minutes of this film . it is dull and predictable . you would be infinitely better off watching judd nelson for the millionth time in
the breakfast club
rather than watch this piece of drivel . 1 / 10
were in the development / packaging stage ,
zions says ,
where were attaching directors , key cast and financing , trying to get the elements we need to get the film made .
this lesson is for teenagers or young adults with a language level of a2 - b2 and focuses on discussing and writing film reviews .
you will graduate with the practical , technical and creative skills and the experience needed to enter a variety of media industries or to begin a career in independent film and tv production .
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so simple . i had to write a 300 word synopsis for a silent film – not an easy task – this helped me understand exactly what needed to be said , which i found difficult given that my film has no character names or any written / spoken language .
i practiced query letters and blurbs in a fiction class , but the synopsis is new , and i’m writing one this week for a contest entry . mine’s for middle grade fiction , and it’s supposed to be on the short side ( under 250 words ) so i will need to be extra ruthless in my edits : ) thanks again !
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all the money in the world ,
lee jokes .
were in preproduction now , so its really nuts and bolts . we need a lot of physical production things . were still working on vendor deals . on the creative side we have all the special effects and digital services donated to the project , but theres a lot of hard costs in terms of going from film to digital and then back to film . its locations , its money , its time .
kim said theyll worry about distribution after the film has been made and then look to hire a producers rep and a publicist .
i love this movie man , judd nelson who never really took off after m , aking this film , is great in this as the street smart kid shaking up the establishment in old fashioned college . the coach of the team is also very funny , and some of the lines are greatest that i have ever heard . watching this film takes me back to the 80 ' s , its what teen comedies were all about , the absolutely awful 80 ' s fashion , the hairstyles , the synth score that just is washed all over the film , i just love this stuff . if you want to get back to your missed youth , and reminisce about the old days , get this , this essential 80 ' s viewing that should be on the shelf with the breakfast club and all the rest , man i love this film . if you guys haven ' t seen , find it and slot it into your dvd player and , sit back and enjoy .
director george lucas was born on may 14 , 1944 , in modesto , california . he grew up in the suburbs , which inspired his 1973 film american graffiti . he studied cinematography at the university of southern california and caught the eye of francis ford coppola , who helped him enter the film business . lucas is best known for writing and directing star wars and creating the indiana jones series , as well as founding the industrial light & magic special effects company .
filmmaker magazine and the ifp los angeles film festival have selected three filmmakers for the fast track program , debuting at the festival in june . filmmaker and the ifp / la will mentor the filmmakers as they gather the resources necessary to begin production . here , tamara krinsky introduces the projects whose successes  and possible failures  well be tracking over the next few issues .
thank you for this information . even the movie you used as your example reiterated why i must write and produce my first , full - length , feature film . thanks for the inspiration . god bless you !
george clooney received the american film institute lifetime achievement award . a roster of famous faces toasted the actor , including barack obama , miley cyrus and bill murray , remembering his ‘er’ days all the way up to his upcoming “catch - 22” adaptation .
you will study the history of film , from hitchcock to tarantino and beyond , and the history of television , from coronation street to game of thrones , and you will learn to analyse both media on the way towards developing your own ideas .
omg thank you . i can see the light at the end of the tunnel .
lucas helped create the stories and worked as a producer on the two sequels that followed . ford starred with kate capshaw ( spielberg & apos ; s future wife ) in indiana jones and the temple of doom ( 1984 ) , and in indiana jones and the last crusade ( 1989 ) , audiences got to meet the hero & apos ; s father , played by sean connery . after the third indiana jones film , however , lucas prepared to return to the film franchise that made him world famous — star wars .
70 per cent of our students are in work or further study within six months of graduating . 90 per cent of our first set of graduates are working in the film or tv industries .
filmmaker s take : says macaulay ,
as caleo observes , casting is key here . broderick is a fantastic start , and at a certain point additional names will create the critical mass allowing a company to feel secure that , at the least , ancillary sales will cover their investment on the film . if the cast is going to be built up , both the producer and , as caleo notes , a good line producer should budget the film to demonstrate that above - the - line costs will still leave money left for a solid production .
i was asked to write a synopsis for a film producer for the script that i am still working on , you can imagine the hassle i’m in , i basically stopped writing the script , and did not write the synopsis either : s this should really help considering the story is there with all the details . this will be very useful ! thanks !
while many of our students choose a career in film or television , our course is also designed to offer you a range of transferrable skills that are relevant to the media , the wider world of work or to further academic study .
jersey and 3 arts are on board as producers , but they are not financing the film ,
caleo says .
in order to get the money , we need to package the project . once thats in place , ill need a good line producer and a strong storyboard artist because its my first feature . i think the other really important thing is finding a marketing person who really understands how to sell this film noir wrapped in a dark comedy .
not too long ago , i began a feature film where the production began by telling me that ,
the main actor , the producer and the director are all taking a cut in their rates , ” – due to it being a more risky kind of script and not a
blockbuster
. therefore , the rest of the crew , including myself , should all do the same .
this is like love at first sight . i call this hitting the bull’s eye . i have a request from a popular hollywood film agent to send a one to seven page synopsis for my allegorical fantasy story . just one click after i googled for synopsis . i got ‘miss right’ waiting for me . i pray i get through the hurdles and get my story into film you are part of my success story .
based on the new york times bestseller , wonder tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of august pullman . born with facial differences that , up until now , have prevented him from going to a mainstream school , auggie becomes the most unlikely of heroes when he enters the local fifth grade . as his family , his new classmates , and the larger community all struggle to discover their compassion and acceptance , auggie ' s extraordinary journey will unite them all and prove you can ' t blend in when you were born to stand out .
exercise a critical understanding of the creative processes and current practices in professional film and television production - including how different stages of these processes relate to and inform one another - by applying the knowledge and practical skills gained in appropriate professional situations .
has been somewhat of a paradigm for this film , in that it wasnt made for a ton of money but it had some mainstream elements and some edgier elements as well .
you will fine - tune your specialist skills by working alongside your student colleagues in ambitious , large - scale film or studio television productions . you ' ll explore your interests and enthusiasms by focusing on an independent research project on a subject of your own choosing . and you will prepare to enter the film and tv industries by studying the latest creative , business and political issues that affect budgets , audiences , broadcasters and movie studios .
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but then how would you write a watchmen synopsis without making it look like too nonsense or really stupid ? there is an infinity of odd main characters and they all serve a great purpose to the plot . if you’re going to name only three people who would stay out ? dr . manhattan ? the comedian ? nite owl ? silk spectre ? rorschach ? ozymandias ? the story structure would pretty much fall apart if you pull any of them out .
your personal statement will be read very closely and we will be looking for a range of interests and extra - curricular activity . previous experience of film and tv is not a requirement .
we spent a lot of time working on the script and refining it so that we have what we feel is a very strong , compelling story ,
lee says .
weve got this really strong crew of extremely talented actors on board .
adds kim ,
another strength is the fact that chris is not a first - time director and his first film was shown at the l . a . film festival . he does have a track record .
a rich preppie hires a street wise loner to pose as him at an elite prep school . judd nielson is good in a hand tailored role and the film is better done than most 80 ' s teen comedies . the score is good . it is overlong , however . rating : 7 . 5 out of 10 . the end credits announced a sequel , but none has been made to date . also the film is rated pg , according to its box , but should have been r - rated .
lucas served as the producer of a different type of action film in early 2012 . working for years , he was able to help bring the story of the famed african - american pilots known as the tuskegee airmen to the big screen in red tails . this world war ii drama starred cuba gooding jr . , terrace howard , nate parker and david oyelowo .
eddie though while trying hard to embrace his “preppy - self” comes across to the others as a snarky cool outsider that really doesn’t fit his “woodrow reputation” . the contrast is fresh and humorous making for a perfect example of 80’s school humor that rises above with nelson’s performance . arriving to school sporting an all red sports jacket sets the tone perfectly for how this lil ditty plays out . the performance here is a pretty good seque into nelson’s later “like” role in the breakfast club that echoes “new york streets” over the more suburb rooted personas of some of his co - stars .
the words ‘one page synopsis’ send shivers down my spine ! thanks for making it so much easier to understand . note : make sure that the publisher / agent you’re looking at doesn’t specify single - or double - spaced . i finally boiled my novel down to a page , only to realize i had to half it again ! cutting a 46 , 000 - word book down to 350 wasn’t easy , but it was possible with this technique .
in your final year , you ' ll be able to make a statement about what you want to be in the professional world : film - maker or programme - maker , technician or producer , writer or director and more besides .
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this helped me a lot actually ! as an aspiring writer , the synopsis and the query are the two things that frighten me the most . i’ve just written the first draft of the synopsis of my manuscript .
in that situation–if it’s really critical to the plot that you mention the flashback in the synopsis–i would mention it when it happens in the story .
in 2008 lucas released the latest installment of his indiana jones series . he served as one of its writers and as a producer while steven spielberg once again acted as director . harrison ford returned as the famed adventuring archaeologist in indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull , and was joined by cate blanchett and shia labeouf on this new challenge . the film proved one of the summer & apos ; s biggest hits .
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look at this year’s bafta and oscar - nominated films . does anyone think that the five top nominations didn ' t benefit from the endless skill and dedication of the director of photography ? does anyone believe the dps didn ' t see their production through to the end ? does anyone think that it ' s simply a privilege for bob , chivo , ed , john or roger to finish the film to the benefit of all concerned ? no , these films shine out because of the work of their cinematographers .
the film did arrive years on dvd , but has only just arrived to blu - ray format ( per olive films ) . the transfer works well on big screen tv providing a “best so far” version of this underrated 80s’ classic . the release itself presents well but does lack subtitles for those who prefer to watch and read .
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released by fox searchlight pictures . the film won the audience award for best feature at the 2001 laff , along with a special jury prize for writing and acting . westfeldt started her career as a new yorkbased theater actress , starring in more than 25 off - broadway and regional productions . television credits include roles as a series regular in
have collaborated on the creation of fast track , a new program designed to assist los angeles film festival alumni in the development , production and financing of their new feature projects . supporting three projects and filmmakers , the two organizations will this summer broker meetings , arrange in - kind support and consult on various aspects of the production . as a trade - off , the filmmakers have agreed to share the details of their successes ( and possible failures ) with
what if there were shared residual payments , not for the few departments who have won their individual rights to the pot , but for all those who turn a script into a film ? what if a percentage of the gross profit found its way back down the chain in some way ? it would mitigate the extra , unpaid work and our handing - over of intellectual property . it might help make up for the time spent away from home and family , the unsociable hours and the enforced gagging orders , called “non disclosure agreements” .
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the module on genre will acquaint you with the importance of terms like thriller , horror , western and other definitions in the development and production of professional film and television . meanwhile , to start you own your way towards your own areas of specialisation , we currently offer options in screenwriting , documentary and in designing digital effects tools , among others .
great tool ! i have a story where the protagonist enters further along in the chronological story line . he appears at the beginning of the novel , but events happen prior to in flashbacks that . should my synopsis follow the chronological order and describe the flashbacks in the opening image ?
the death star arrives in space near the rebels , and the attack begins . luke joins the assault team of fighter ships . the rebels suffer heavy losses , and soon luke is one of the few remaining pilots and ships . he takes his chance and initiates the final attack . guided by ben’s voice and the force , he manages to fire the single , critical shot to explode the death star .
in your second year you will hone your production skills and study a full range of professional disciplines on the way towards creating your own projects . you ' ll learn to develop , write , cast , budget and produce your own short film , drama or documentary . and you will experience a variety of roles and a variety of different formats in the multi - camera television studio , before working up and directing a studio show of your own . you will explore film and tv content production through all its stages , from concept to completion .
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thanks susan , i am entering my screenplay into a film festival competition ( my first one ) , the winner gets to be produced . it really is important i get the synopsis right , your advice will be a great help . the screen australia definition of a synopsis is pretty dry compared to yours . it helps being a star wars kid to .
the following year , lucasfilm produced the first in its anthology series : rogue one : a star wars story , which starred felicity jones , ben mendelsohn and diego luna . in 2017 , lucas & apos ; friend and old collaborator , ron howard , was tapped to direct the subsequent film , solo : a star wars story , which premiered in may 2018 .
defending his latest creation , lucas argued that the phantom menace was a children & apos ; s movie , as all the star wars movies were meant to be before their cult - like magnetism took hold of the american public . however , a behind - the - scenes featurette that accompanied the film & apos ; s release to dvd in 2001 told a different story , revealing a director who wasn & apos ; t entirely satisfied with his product .
it & apos ; s a little disjointed ,
lucas says at one point , after watching a rough cut of the film .
it & apos ; s bold in terms of jerking people around . i may have gone too far in a few places .
this creative skillset accredited programme was developed with input from practising industry specialists . the teaching staff come from a range of media and academic backgrounds and include documentary and feature film - makers , broadcasting executives , scriptwriters and technical practitioners alongside media historians and theorists with national and international reputations .
young guys on the make get a job at a resort hotel in the caribbean .
an image / setting / concept that sets the stage for the story to come .
to escape the desert planet , ben and luke hire a low - life pilot and the pilot’s hairy , alien friend . luke , ben , luke’s robots , the pilot , and the hairy friend leave the planet and fly to the death star , darth vader’s home and the empire’s main base .
i had a brilliant time at york . the training we received in the tv studio was fantastic . we learnt how all of the different roles in multicamera production work together all while using industry - standard kit . i discovered how much i loved vision mixing and went on to study at the national film and television school . i ' m now working as a vision mixer for bbc studioworks , primarily on eastenders .
with the death star destroyed and the empire severely damaged , the rebels hold a grand ceremony to honor luke and his friends . the princess awards them with medals for heroism .
red tails may prove to be one of lucas & apos ; s final epics , excluding a possible new indiana jones film . he announced that he was retiring from big blockbusters to explore smaller , more personal stories on the screen around this time . to that end , lucas decided to sell his company , lucasfilm , to the walt disney company in october 2012 . he received about 40 million shares of disney stock as part of the deal . in return , disney got the rights to the very lucrative star wars franchise , which the company continued with the release of the record - breaking star wars : the force awakens in december 2015 .
you have to take this movie for what it is and when it was released . the characters are likable and the dialogue doesn ' t try too hard to be funny ; it just is . granted , some of the appeal may be nostalgic at this point ; it ' s hard to imagine how this looks to a first - time viewer today . ok , some parts are bound to be ridiculous ; there is a break - dancing scene and accompanying music that are hopelessly dated . . . then again break - dancing does appear to be making a comeback . i ' m not a huge andrew dice clay fan , but this movie is where the
diceman
character originated . the actor who plays palmer woodrow wrote the movie the burbs , as it turns out .
to escape the desert planet , ben and luke hire a low - life pilot and the pilot’s hairy , alien friend . luke , ben , luke’s robots , the pilot , and the hairy friend leave the planet and fly to the death star , darth vader’s home and the empire’s main base . once on board the death star , luke discovers the princess is being held as a hostage . he and the group set out to find the princess , while ben sets out to find a way for them to escape the base .
the mc is lower than low , and he / she must fight through the blackness of his / her emotions to find the strength for the final battle . what happens here ?
i have exactly the same problem , can’t wait to get tips on this . the modern query structure seems to skew the market towards the more linear stories , it seems to me .
once on board the death star , luke discovers the princess is being held as a hostage . he and the group set out to find the princess , while ben sets out to find a way for them to escape the base .
so what is it that makes the above - the - line production team think they can create a caste system in filmmaking . to my mind it lies in the very divisiveness of the above - the - line / below - the - line dogma imposed on our industry . by keeping cinematographers as struggling artists , the executives can play the privilege of creativity card . we should be so lucky . the result is that the corporations get their cake and fill their faces .
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recognise and develop a capacity to intervene effectively into a range of issues relating to film and television culture through a developed and critical understanding of moving image forms and aesthetics and of how films and television programmes tell stories , create meaning and relate to social and cultural conditions .
i guess that , by now , anyone reading this article is smart enough to know just where this is going . and it is going to end badly . well it did , in a way , but only for some . the film turned out to be successful , very successful . i fought my case , argued the obvious , that below - the - line crew are not the same as above - the - line , and i managed , at least , not to take a cut in what i had been paid previously .
after rescuing the princess , luke and the group try to escape . ben sacrifices himself so they can flee , and darth vader kills ben . the group flees the death star on their own ship .
you will have access to professional - standard single and multi - camera facilities from the outset . with the guidance of expert staff , many of them film and television professionals , you will develop the directing , editing , camera - operating , writing and recording skills you will need to tackle a range of genres and a range of professional disciplines . over the three years , you will have the chance to imagine and make your own dramas or documentaries and your own studio programmes and to hone your specialist skills in large - scale group productions .
a contented salesman is teamed with the top moneymaker in a new york conglomerate , a grumpy loner who tries to show him and his fiancée the awful realities of the world . in the end , its they who show him the horrible truth of life .
with the death star destroyed and the empire severely damaged , the rebels hold a grand ceremony to honor luke and his friends . the princess awards them with medals for heroism . though luke is still sad over the loss of ben and his family , he has found a place among the rebels , and with them , he will continue to fight the empire .
lucas continued the story of the jedi knights and the dark side in the empire strikes back ( 1980 ) and the return of the jedi ( 1983 ) . in the meantime , he set up a state - of - the - art special effects company , industrial light & magic ( ilm ) , as well as a sound studio , skywalker sound , and began to execute more and more control over the finished product of his films . he eventually built his own moviemaking
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i have written five novels , out of which two have come out and three are still in the pipeline . i was required to submit a short synopsis for a film producer and was in a fix to know what to do . your sample synopsis has give me a timely help for which i am highly obliged to you . thanks , punshil kumar
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projects already in preproduction in this presumably lower - budget range usually have a hard time attracting financing from distributors . the distributors would rather see the film made for more money and in a way that would allow them to exert more control over the production . so its smart that the filmmakers are concentrating instead on raising private equity and goods and services . there are private equity players and new production companies out there who might be impressed with lees festival record and want to participate .
after rescuing the princess , luke and the group try to escape . ben sacrifices himself so they can flee , and darth vader kills ben . the group flees the death star on their own ship . luke is devastated over ben’s death , and he is more determined to fight darth vader and help the rebels defeat the empire . luke joins the rebel army , and helps them plan an attack on the death star’s only weakness .
in the few scenes he ' s in , it ' s the diceman who adds the only flavor to this amateurish attempt at a teenage sex comedy . lifeless screenplay and dull cast drive this right into the ground .
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what happens when a wealthy preppy hires a street kid from brooklyn to attend prep school for him ? well , not much of a movie , that ' s for sure . stupidity abounds in this golan - globus funfest . a week after seeing this film , i cannot remember a single detail . and that is perhaps the highest praise i can give this piece of schlock .
luke is devastated over ben’s death , and he is more determined to fight darth vader and help the rebels defeat the empire . luke joins the rebel army , and helps them plan an attack on the death star’s only weakness .
i would say that the black moment is not just about ben dying , but mainly about the falcon being tracked back to yavin 4 . if they don’t stop them , the empire will end the rebellion in one swift stroke .
now that lucas had won back the confidence of his supporters , he set out to make a children & apos ; s saturday morning serial that would be part fairy tale , part flash gordon and complete fantasy and adventure set in the imaginary frontier of outer space . the project eventually evolved into a full - length feature entitled star wars . released in may 1977 , star wars blew audiences away with its awe - inspiring special effects , fantastical landscapes , captivating characters ( the erroneous pairing of two bumbling droids providing , ironically , the most heart and comic relief ) and the familiar resonance of popular myth and fairy tale . made for $ 11 million , the film grossed over $ 513 million worldwide during its original release .
sooz – i have been searching for 3 days for the best synopsis ‘how - to’ . you win ! thanks for taking the time…the ‘star wars’ analogy is a perfect guideline .
one thing writers hate doing but will inevitably have to do ( one day or another , at least ) is the dreaded synopsis . an agent may request it in his / her submission materials , or an editor might want it once your agent has you out on subs . my film agent needed it for shopping around something strange & deadly , and i would imagine other rights - agents would want a short , simple synopsis for the same reason .
i am a huge 80 ' s buff . i love the classic comedies that have come from that era . this is by far and away the best of the bunch . it is quite possibly the best comedy ever . it plays on the stereotypes of preppies and intercity kids . it is great . palmer woodrow , played wonderfully by dana olsen , is a scene stealer . this is also one of judd nelson ' s first films . it is andrew dice clay ' s first film apperance . it is a classic piece of americana . buy it , rent it , steal it if you have to . it is that good .
i do have a question though – i have just completed the first book in a trilogy . the ending is of course , in the third book – how do i then do the synopsis ? do i need to mention it’s a trilogy ? do i only mention what happens in the first book ?
it does ! and i appreciate the haste of your reply ! i think my question could be rearranged as so : if you feel the narrative is best served in a non - linear way , do you show that via your synopsis ? for example , the main conflict is presented the most , but then the story cuts back further and further to reveal the events that led to the main conflict . would you write this in your synopsis to reflect how you want to tell the story ?
though luke is still sad over the loss of ben and his family , he has found a place among the rebels , and with them , he will continue to fight the empire .
the girl school mixer band ' s rendition of my sharona in no way corresponds to the band ' s physical movements . there is not even anyone singing when the vocals are being heard .
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synopsis a team of chemical foundation creates a virus and its antidote to make money . they come to west african town of misipi and injects the virus to bush animals that are widely consumed in the country . the virus kills several people . they come back as wolunteers to help arrest the situation . the truth is unraveled when a journalist loses his girlfriend who happens to be a nurse to the virus . he does undercover journalism to unravel the secrets


casanova in burlesque is a 1944 american comedy film directed by leslie goodwins and written by frank gill jr. .

the film stars joe e. brown , june havoc , dale evans , marjorie gateson , lucien littlefield and ian keith .

the film was released on february 29 , 1944 , by republic pictures .

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released on february 19 , 1944 : ( running time 47 minutes ) a troup of burlesque stars puts on a show in a rural barn - theater , turning a serious sheakspear play into a swinging , dancing , jive show .
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a stripper ( june havoc ) discovers a professor ( joe e . brown ) spends summer teaching shakespeare and winter as a burlesque comic .
brown leads a double life , spending his summers as a burlesque comedian and his winters as a professor of shakespeare at a smalltown college . all goes well until stripper havoc recognizes brown in his professorial role and blackmails him into giving her the lead in his upcoming production of
the taming of the shrew .
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the distinguished shakespearean professor of wequot college , joseph l . kelly , jr . , spends his summers working as a burlesque performer named casanova brown . his father , joe , sr . , who is a well - known vaudevillian , is annoyed by the arrangement , as he wishes that his son would follow in his footsteps and perform full - time . on the evening of joe ' s last burlesque performance before he returns to the world of academia , the disappointed joe , sr . reveals joe ' s secret double life to stripper lillian colman . the ambitious lil plans to use the information for her own gain , and bides her time while thinking of a scheme . joe returns to wequot , where he is assigned to direct the college ' s annual drama festival and told that lucille compton , the school ' s most generous patron , wishes to be starred in a shakespeare play . joe decides to stage
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a professor of shakespearian literature becomes a music hall performer during vacations ; he is blackmailed by a chorus girl to give her a part in one of his productions - ` the taming of the shrew ' .
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to a very appreciative audience , and even a recovered lucille is won over by the energetic performances . as applause fills the theater , joe and lil assure each other that there are no hard feelings , and joe looks forward to a romantic future with barbara .
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by moss hart ; music mostly by vernon duke ; lyrics mostly by ted fetter ; additional music by hoagy carmichael , arthur schwartz , george gershwin , harold arlen , herman hupfeld , will irwin and richard rodgers ; additional lyrics by stanley adams , howard dietz , ira gershwin , e . y . harburg , herman hupfeld , norman zeno and lorenz hart ; music orchestrated by gordon jenkins ; additional orchestrations by robert russell bennett and hans spialek
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two merry monarchs is an edwardian musical comedy in two acts with a book by arthur anderson and george levy , lyrics by anderson and hartley carrick , and music by orlando morgan .

it opened at the savoy theatre in london on 10 march 1910 , under the management of c. h. workman , and ran there for 43 performances .

it starred workman , robert whyte jr. , lennox pawle , daisy le hay and roland cunningham .

the work was the last piece that could be considered a savoy opera .

there was a brief transfer to the strand theatre in london , which ran for an additional six performances , from 30 april to 6 may 1910 , and a provincial tour in the late summer of 1910 , both starring hayden coffin .

another tour was given in the spring of 1911 .

the score is apparently lost , and the comedy was not subsequently revived .

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the merrie monarchs men’s hawaiian glee club has produced two albums , “the merrie monarchs at keauhou bay” and “christmas in kailua - kona , ” which they sell at their concerts .
shakespeare , william , the merry wives of windsor , gramercy books , 1995 .
as the reign of the merry monarch began yesterday , heralding the start of the two - day reign of the merry monarch , masqueraders jumped , pranced and wine down low to the songs of three soca artistes — reigning soca and groovy monarchs champ machel montano , his fierce soca monarch rival neil ‘iwer’ george and perennial soca favourite fay - ann lyons alvarez .
extolling their republican - tempered monarchy and its monarchs , who are earning their keep by doing all they can to please their subjects .
on march 11 2010 , the company had a most successful programme . we moved to a new venue at first presbyterian of winnebago , and gave a concerted performance of three edwardian operas : a welsh sunset by frederick fenn and michael faraday , the mountaineers by guy eden and reginald somerville , and selections from two merry monarchs by orlando morgan .
casilda , their daughter , and luiz , the duke ' s attendant , two lovers .
in this production , we acknowledged the 100th anniversary of two merry monarchs . a second performance was given on march 13 . we had our first public review in the rockford register star and we also appeared on wifr - 23 on march 5 to promote the event . we succeeded in breaking all previous attendance records , and established a new standard for light opera in the rockford area .
fake ultimate hero : robin hood was mistaken for being the leader of the merry men , even though it was marian .
workman then left the d ' oyly carte organisation and became an actor - manager . he leased the savoy and produced two comic operas : eden & somerville ' s the mountaineers ( 1909 ) , appearing as pierre , and w . s . gilbert and edward german ' s fallen fairies ( 1909 ) , appearing as lutin . he then produced an edwardian musical comedy , two merry monarchs ( 1910 ) , appearing as rolandyl , and an opera , gluck ' s orfeo , ( 1910 ) .
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some of the comedies of this early period are classical imitations with a strong element of farce . the two tragedies ,
shakespeare ' s histories focus on english monarchs . they usually play upon elizebethan propaganda , showing the dangers of civil war and glorifying the queen ' s tudor ancestors . the depictions of monarchs including richard iii ( an enemy of the tudors ) and henry v ( one of the great tudor monarchs ) have been influential in creating a perception of these kings which has persisted throughout the centuries . many historians point to inaccuracies in the depictions , but the plays have been very powerful in presenting a particular image which it is hard for many people to see past .
source : joyce hart , critical essay on the merry wives of windsor , in shakespeare for students , second edition , thomson gale , 2007 .
amid calls on the tory right for the late prime minister to be accorded a state funeral , which is normally reserved for monarchs , whitehall sources said thatcher had opted instead for a ceremonial funeral .
medieval morons : similarly present here , where marian and the sheriff are the only characters with two brain cells to rub together .
the merry wives of windsor .
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plays are largely focused on the progression of hal ' s relationships with each of the two major father - figures in his life .
form a second tetralogy of historical plays , although each can stand alone , and they are usually performed separately . the two parts of
( 5 . 3 . 131–2 ) , perhaps opportunistically making use of two current pronunciations , both still heard today . but the rhymes
in this essay , freedman examines the character of falstaff both within the merry wives of windsor and among shakespeare ' s history plays . the critic discusses the buffoonery of falstaff in the merry wives , commenting on the previous critical response to the character and offering her own opinion on the character ' s importance and meaning .
. the change could arise from mowbray ' s growing anguish , but other alternations between the two forms occur : in 1 . 2 ,
the duke and duchess of plaza toro soon arrive with the beautiful casilda . they are now dressed in style , and the duke explains how he was applied for by the public under the limited liability company act , and how they now earn a very good living . appalled , however , at the lack of pomp and ceremony with which they were received , he attempts to educate the two monarchs in proper royal behaviour . after a lesson in etiquette , the two palmieri brothers are left alone with casilda . she agrees to be an obedient wife , but warns them that she is
over head and ears in love with someone else .
seizing this opportunity , the two men introduce their wives . the three ladies and two men sing a quintet about their unprecedented predicament .
the merchant of venice , twelfth night , all ' s well that ends well , the tempest , taming of the shrew , the winter ' s tale , as you like it , the comedy of errors , love ' s labours lost , a midsummer night ' s dream , the two gentlemen of verona , the merry wives of windsor , measure for measure , much ado about nothing , pericles , prince of tyre and the two noble kinsmen .
was published and attributed entirely to shakespeare . however , only five of the poems are definitely considered his , two appearing in other versions in the
he is known as the ‘merry monarch’ because of his love of parties , music and the theatre and his abolishment of the laws passed by cromwell that forbade music and dancing .
after two duff steers ( see 10 . 24am and 10 . 35am ) , we have now had confirmation that the funeral will be on wednesday .
limited wardrobe : most of the characters , though marian and the merry men get two wardrobe upgrades — after the third episode of the first series they begin dressing mainly in green to
coordinate with the trees ,
and from the second season on their outfits have become more detailed , distinct and individual . the one exception to the trope is robin , who has lots of outfits , and from the second season onwards seldom wears the same one two episodes in a row .
is a first class historical play , and it might help to know about the activities of the kings of england and france during that turbulent period of english history . director john sipes has set the play during world war i , using great projections of soldiers going over the trenches to combat for the war scenes . this is a perfect counterpoint to the smooth diplomacy between the two monarchs .
historical villain upgrade : king john gets this treatment , as per usual for robin hood adaptations , but in this case it also happens to richard i . the two monarchs are portrayed as being as bad as each other , the only difference that richard is more popular - and so goes about his evil in a smug , swaggering manner , as opposed to john ' s shady bullying .
asked about other monarchy - era songs that the merrie monarchs perform , joe reports , “a song we sing with the band for example is na ali‘i , written by samuel kuahiwi [ 1930 ] about our monarchs . it calls for all of us to come together and honor the ali‘i of the past . and from kalākaua’s music , we start always with hawai‘i pono‘ī . one of our standard songs has been koni au i ka wai , another kalākaua song , and kokohi by queen lili‘uokalani . ”
the merrie monarchs hawaiian men’s glee club joined the second official concert in july 1976 . joe estimates the first group consisted of 13 or 14 members . the only woman singing with the band , he says , was grace basque , a lyric soprano .
mad and merry monarchs by the mad dogs and englishmen theatre company proved a great success . true to their word , the company led a near capacity audience through 1 , 000 years of english history in about 90 minutes , from the battle of hastings to the present day . the work rate of the cast was phenomenal and the audience was not allowed to relax either , providing sound effects for the battle of agincourt and a slightly reluctant sir thomas moore to be struck down at canterbury cathedral ; fortunately the axe was not real ! it was interesting to see the ' rapping ' skills of some of our early monarchs and to learn that shakespeare did not invent cricket after all . a thoroughly enjoyable evening ' s entertainment
source : leslie s . katz ,
the merry wives of windsor : sharing the queen ' s holiday ,
in representations , no . 51 , summer 1995 , pp . 77 - 93 .
the pirates who don ' t do anything : for all marian ' s preaching about being freedom fighters the merry men mainly spend their time doing school activities and dysfunctional flat sharing . lampshaded by little ron .
source : barbara freedman ,
falstaff ' s punishment : bufoonery as defensive posture in the merry wives of windsor ,
in shakespeare studies , vol . 14 , 1981 , pp . 163 - 74 .
the scene opens in venice with twenty - four young maidens declaring their passionate love for a pair of gondoliers , marco and giuseppe palmieri . these two gondoliers are so gallant and peerless in their manly beauty that the maidens are waiting for them to select brides before they can consider other suitors . the male chorus of merry gondoliers enters , saying that they adore the young ladies , but the ladies explain that the two brothers must choose first . when the palmieri brothers enter , the ladies present them with flowers . the two gondoliers amiably offer to pick their two brides in a game of blind man ' s buff .
as all are young and fair , and amiable besides
, they feel it would be unfair to show any favouritism . they appear to be cheating by peeking out from under their blindfolds , however . eventually , from the crowd of twenty - four maidens , giuseppe picks tessa , and marco picks gianetta -
just the very girl i wanted !
( although the two then politely offer to switch girls ) . all leave to go to church for the double wedding .
about the same time rumour was busy –and , possibly , presumably owing to the same cause – with the name of workman as the possible successor in management at the savoy , with the intention of carrying on the series of revivals . it is now a matter of history that he was the next tenant of the theatre , but that he discarded ( if he ever entertained ) the idea of exploiting further gilbert and sullivan operas in favour of a work by two unknown collaborators , with , i fear , disastrous consequences . it was not my fate to see either the mountaineers or the two merry monarchs , both of which operas i heard spoken of as possessing
a certain amount of good material , but requiring pulling together by a master hand ,
but i did see the intermediate production , which was gilbert ' s wicked world transmogrified into an opera .
nijinsky was forced into a gay relationship with diagelev . he may have enjoyed it while it was going on but in the end he fell in love , married and got two children .
in all there were seven monarchs among the stuarts : james i , charles i , charles ii , james ii , william iii and mary ii anne . the period from 1649 to 1660 was an interregnum ( time without a monarch ) , that saw the development of the commonwealth under oliver cromwell .
physically weak , and well known to be quite cowardly , james i is one of the better known gay monarchs – i remember it being vaguely alluded to when i was studying at school it was so obvious . he was first rumoured to have fallen in love with his own cousin esme stuart –
a group of men who love music and love to sing hawaiian songs gathers together on one sunday each month to sing their hearts out on the lānai at hulihe‘e palace in kailua - kona . they have staying power , having been doing it for nearly 40 years . the merrie monarchs are named after a beloved hawaiian king , david kalākaua , who loved music , especially concert band music , and also composed a number of songs in hawaiian that remain popular today . he was often called “the merry monarch” because he so enjoyed entertainment .
source : nancy cotton ,
castrating ( w ) itches : impotence and magic in the merry wives of windsor ,
in shakespeare quarterly , vol . 38 , no . 3 , autumn 1987 , pp . 320 - 26 .
of course there were many lgbt monarchs . it is just a natural part of human sexuality in evolution . in fact , science proved long ago without homosexuality or heterosexuality , the human race would not have continued . if you add up lgbt combine , they are more in numbers than heterosexuals so not really even a minority .
the lancer : barrington , who ' s laid - back , easy - going and usually the closest thing to a second - in - command the merry men have — though sometimes robin , who gets more starring roles , fulfils the role .
windsor is the setting for shakespeare ' s play the merry wives of windsor and is known for the royal castle that is built there , the largest , inhabited castle in the world . windsor is located in southeast england on the river thames .
later series added two new baddies : rotten rose scargill , marian ' s rival turned evil with a crush on robin , and guy of gisbourne , john ' s childlike , and borderline deranged , nephew .
the italian composer giuseppe verdi ' s last opera , falstaff ( 1893 ) , was based on the merry wives of windsor . a slightly later operatic adaptation was created by english composer ralph vaughan williams , called sir john in love ( 1929 ) .
“we also perform at functions outside the palace . it’s a voluntary thing , with nobody getting paid , ” joe says . the merrie monarchs have represented the hawai‘i visitors bureau during several trips to visitor industry conferences on the mainland ; they have offered free concerts for the annual merrie monarch festival in hilo , and also at palace fundraisers .
actually , this is not true : the number of men and women is equal , and after the palmieris remove their brides there will be two women short . but gilbert is typically careless with his mathematics . [
except in the first episode of series 4 where she was pelted with mud while her and rose were tied up together thanks to guy . of course , that was nothing compared to what happened to two of the bad guys that episode as the merry men had set up a maze specifically designed to get them covered in gunge . however , marian also received the maze ' s final big gungeing , it happened off - screen but we did get to see the aftermath iirc .
during a period of just over two hours yesterday , machel’s “pump yuh flag” was played about eight times , “mr fete” , six times and fay - ann’s “miss behave’ and iwer’s “no pain” being played five times each .
robert orlando morgan ( 1865 - 1956 ) was born in manchester , and was for 64 years professor of piano and composition at the guildhall school ( 1887 - 1951 ) . many of his works were
classical
: several cantatas , many songs , over 200 of them , including several cycles ( in fairy land and a song garland were the best known ) , piano music and instructional publications . but many of the songs were ballad - like - clorinda , fair rosalind , at christmastide , before the dawn , my gentle white dove , where the lotus blooms and when snowflakes dance - charles woodhouse arranged his bourree and musette for student orchestra , and in 1910 his comic opera two merry monarchs ran for 43 performances at the savoy , when its music was described as
light , bright and pleasing
, but not outstandingly memorable .
shakespeare ' s other early comedies include love ' s labor ' s lost ( 1598 ) , which is about three noblemen who promise to devote the next three years to their studies without any distractions from women , when three beautiful , courtly women appear . the other famous comedy is two gentlemen from verona ( 1594–1595 ) which is a play about two men falling in love with the same woman and their challenges in trying to win her favor .
we close with two other figures who seem to have specialised to a considerable extent in works for children . edgar moy , who flourished in the 1930s , brought out two musical plays for young children , entitled the dolls and jennie ' s visit to fairyland ; other titles included , for piano solo , arrangements of soldier tunes and - an original composition - studies in musical appreciation , whose movement titles included the fairy ring , the fairy piper , april showers , in the wood and the gavotte , for piano duet the rather more sophisticated four scenes ( ondine , by a lakeside , marionette and on the march ) and the partsongs the merry month of may ( satb ) and reverie ( two - part ) . and peter melville smith has composed much sacred music , some of it in popular style , some of it appropriate for young voices , along with a scherzo for organ ( manuals only ) and the attractive willowbrook suite for recorder trio .
the scene opens to twenty - four venetian contadine ( young maidens ) binding white and red roses in posies to give to marco and giuseppe palmieri , two gondoliers whom they all love . they explain why in the opening song ,
agm 27th june 2014 ; was attended by 5 of the 6 committee members and two residents of south lopham . after the usual formalites , the chairman , malcolm birchall , presented his report which recorded a generally successful year overall . the
if you are looking for tributes to read today , there are two good places to start . first , this article by the late hugo young , the author of the first outstanding biography of lady thatcher . here ' s an extract .
it has been said that the first performance of shakespeare ' s play the merry wives of windsor was held inside windsor castle . the garter inn , where falstaff stays in the play , is based on a real establishment in windsor , now called the hart and garter on high street .
anticlimactic parent : marian never admitted to her mother that she was an outlaw . this leads the main characters to keep up the charade of being the merry dentists . however , when marian is captured her mum leads the rescue effort and ultimately reveals she has her own geriatric gang of outlaws .
in the following essay , cotton analyzes the historical belief that witchcraft could cause impotence , a belief widely held in medieval europe and one that persisted into shakespeare ' s time . the critic examines those characters in the merry wives of windsor who are rendered impotent by
magical female power .
there were two sets of judges , one on each end of the special reserve section of the lord kitchener stand , while members of the public had two seating options . the large covered stand next door , also part of the lord kitchener stand , or the exposed wooden stand by the corner of south quay and broadway . an official by the entrance to the judges’ area said it cost $ 75 to access the covered stand on carnival monday and tuesday while the uncovered stand’s entrance fee was $ 10 .
don’t be a pillock ; that’s not what the author is saying . i note that you clearly paid less attention to monarchs such as richard the lionheart , whose bravery is well - known , that the writer has also cited . maybe if you’re going to be so easily offended , the internet isn’t the place for you . there are bigger problems to worry about in the world than your ego , dear .
the duke and duchess send their attendants to demand an audience with the kings , and tell their daughter to prepare to receive her husband . but which ? she asks . there are two of them . that will soon be taken care of , they assure her .
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well - labored
is a backhanded tribute to jonson ' s art in his two classically correct and learnedly glossed tragedies . they are indeed
works ,
digges implies , suggesting that jonson had sweated at the anvil of the muses for too long .
maid marian and her merry men was a children ' s sitcom made by the bbc , based on robin hood and written by tony robinson , who also played the sheriff . calling it a kids ' version of blackadder is trite and obvious but also , to a certain extent , true . only much more surreal .
the story of the merrie monarchs is closely tied with that of the hulihe‘e palace band , founded in 1976 by charles g . “bud” dant . bud was a band leader , composer and record producer who worked with famous stars in early radio and tv . he served for a time as producer for hawaii calls , the old hawaiian music radio show , and produced albums for hawaiian performers such as alfred apaka and melveen leed .
each “afternoon at hulihe‘e” concert honors one of hawai‘i’s past monarchs or historical figures . they are held on the third sunday of each month , except for hawaiian holidays that honor ali‘i , such as kamehamehaʻs birthday , kalākaua’s birthday , and the birthday of governor kuakini , who built the palace as his mansion in 1838 . admission is free—donations are appreciated . it is recommended that you bring a beach mat or chair as seating is not provided .
richard elmore gives a keen performance as king phillip of france while robynn rodriquez is superb as constance , who must stand up to eleanor and john to defend her son arthur . her range of acting from a tender mother to a fierce confrontation with the two kings is outstanding .
matt pfeiffer ( director ) is a philly born actor and director who serves as the associate artistic director of theatre exile . 17th season at psf where credits include directing the two gentlemen of verona , the 39 steps , the complete works abridged , and dracula . also : arden theatre , two river theatre , walnut street theatre , delaware theatre co . , orlando shakespeare , lantern theatre , 1812 productions , gulfshore playhouse , theatre horizon , and interact theatre . a nine - time barrymore nominee , he is recipient of the f . otto haas award .
katz provides a general overview and analysis of the merry wives of windsor , arguing that its status as a
minor
play in shakespeare ' s canon is undeserved . the critic explains the historical and cultural background of the play , which was likely commissioned to honor queen elizabeth i on st . george ' s day in 1597 .
not if anything maybe bisexual . that came around as he chose acting over a military career like his brothers . not pushed as he will never be king . he has two children it would have been three but she had a miscarriage . so i really think if anything bisexual .
whether or not that story is true , the merry wives of windsor is not really about falstaff in love but rather about falstaff in trouble . the good knight , who is so full of himself as to believe that any woman he looks at will swoon at his feet and do anything he suggests , fails miserably in this play to seduce two married women . he wants to seduce them not just for the physical pleasure of doing so , but mostly to win their confidence and he then hopes they will open their purses to him . falstaff may have won a title of nobility , but he is seriously low on cash .
punishing falstaff could have been a good deal more fun if the merry wives were written as traditional farce . central to that genre is a pattern of sexual transgression and punishment for that transgression which is usually well disguised . insofar as farce , by definition , derives humor from absurd plot aggression directed against flat characters , it characteristically enables us to enjoy aggression whose cause and effect is denied . in the merry wives , however , we have a self - conscious use of farce for didactic aims : a self - conscious punishment for sexuality which is disturbing as much as it is humorous . surely shakespeare knew he would be losing a few laughs by having us chant , along with the windsor community ,
the merry wives of windsor is classified as a comedy and fits into the mold of what was referred to , in shakespeare ' s time , as a citizen comedy . the basic elements of this play , such as the jealous husbands , the merry wives , the practical jokes , and the leering knights , were common and therefore familiar to theater - goers of the late 1500s and continuing into the seventeenth century . most of the humor is based on the differences in the various classes , either between the lower and middle classes or the middle and higher classes . this is the basic structure of shakespeare ' s play , however , he created his own unique changes to the form . in the end , the merry wives , who were often lured away from their husbands by the knights in other plays , were more faithful to their vows of marriage and more clever in their duping of the knight . the husbands , therefore , did not become cuckolds , as they would have in other plays . in shakespeare ' s hands , instead of the husband becoming the fool , the knight was made into one .
egalitarians , they will leave their choice to impartial fate , by chasing the girls blindfolded and marrying the ones they catch . their eyes are duly bound . fiametta and vittoria , the two most prominent contadine ( that is , the ones who have been doing most of the non - chorus singing ) , suspiciously ask
of the wives in this play , dickson describes them in this way :
they are as well equipped to deal with ford ' s jealousy as they are to neutralize sir john .
dickson continues :
while allowing ford ' s ludicrous suspicions to build , they [ the wives ] engineer a scene in which both men are shown up to be the fools they really are .
in conclusion , dickson analyzes the plot by stating that
if the comic community of the merry wives is to heal its wounds , shakespeare suggests , falstaff needs not just to be thrown out but to be utterly humiliated .
in other words ,
if the wives are to prove themselves
as true merry wives , then
the duper needs to be duped .
ruby and her horses october 28th , 2010 a live show enjoyed by an audience of 89 . a combination of anecdotes , pictures and songs , both poignant and funny , brought to life the story of a family living through the agricultural depression between the two world wars . all in all , it was a fascinating evening .
shakespeare ' s first extant play is probably the comedy of errors ( 1590 ; like most dates for the plays , this is conjectural and may be a year or two off ) , a brilliant and intricate farce involving two sets of identical twins and based on two already - complicated comedies by the roman plautus . though less fully achieved , his next comedy , the two gentlemen of verona ( 1591 ) , is more prophetic of shakespeare ' s later comedy , for its plot depends on such devices as a faithful girl who educates her fickle lover , romantic woods , a girl dressed as a boy , sudden reformations , music , and happy marriages at the end . the last of the first comedies , love ' s labour ' s lost ( 1593 ) , is romantic again , dealing with the attempt of three young men to withdraw from the world and women for 3 years to study in their king ' s
little academe ,
and their quick surrender to a group of young ladies who come to lodge nearby . if the first of the comedies is most notable for its plotting and the second for its romantic elements , the third is distinguished by its dazzling language and its gallery of comic types . already shakespeare had learned to fuse conventional characters with convincing representations of the human life he knew .
in almost every case , the rebels ' motivations are a response either to henry ' s own actions or that of the english monarchs more generally , in their attempts to maintain dominion over scotland and wales . this is one of the most profound elements of shakespeare ' s plays in general and his history series in particular : he shows us not only the characters ' actions but also the consequences of those actions as the story unfolds . and we see here how tightly interconnected the history plays are : henry ' s actions in
in 1982 , the british broadcasting corporation ( bbc ) produced a televised version of shakespeare ' s the merry wives of windsor . stealing the most attention in this adaptation was the actor ben kingsley , who created a very comical , if not pathetic , portrayal of the jealous husband ford . kingsley ' s performance alone is well worth the effort of seeing this film , which is now available on dvd .
, and they want two ! after some discussion of the legal niceties , the request is granted . the other gondoliers then adjure them to work all the harder . the kings agree , feeling that in return for the forms and show of royalty they are permitted it is the least they can do to make themselves useful about the palace .
falstaff : a novel , published in the united states in 2003 ( in england in 1976 ) is robert nye ' s fictionalized version of one of shakespeare ' s naughtiest characters . in nye ' s version , falstaff is eighty - one - years old and is dictating his memoirs . he recalls incidents in both of shakespeare ' s plays in which he appeared : henry iv and the merry wives of windsor
was an exceptional experience for those who turned out to see it . the two players switched seamlessly between multiple roles before the audience ' s eyes bringing dickens ' characters to life and developing an atmosphere of tension , drama , pathos and i might say , at times , fear . a really entertaining evening , let down by a poor attendance .
prince john , technically the leader of the forces of oppression ( or
ye baddies
, as the credits had it ) , was usually portrayed as an unstable raving lunatic , leaving the actual scheming to his dragon , the sheriff of nottingham . the sheriff ' s two mooks , gary and graeme , were almost as stupid as rabies .
the lord chamberlain ' s men relied on shakespeare as a writer , financial backer , and actor . in 1599 the company built the globe theatre on the south bank of the thames river , a large stage surrounded on three sides by the audience , and open to the sky . for the company shakespeare wrote the taming of the shrew , in which the author combines italian and english plot devices , the fantasy play a midsummer night ' s dream , as well as the merchant of venice and much ado about nothing . on a request from queen elizabeth that he write a romantic story for falstaff , a character of the two historical plays of henry iv , shakespeare wrote the merry wives of windsor . other comedies from this period include as you like it and twelfth night .
one of the higher profile gay monarchs , so much so there was a 1991 film based on his little gay life , and he popped up in “braveheart” as a flamboyantly gay character . by all accounts was quite hot , but was not popular with his people ( or his wife ) . there is lots about edward ii online about his gay affairs ( including some really quite bizarre slash fiction ) so feel free to google away . but he basically pissed off the whole of his country by dating this guy called piers gaveston , the 1st earl of cornwall –
a story that has never been proven states that william shakespeare wrote the merry wives of windsor in 1597 because queen elizabeth i asked him to do so . according to the story , the queen had enjoyed the character sir john falstaff in another of shakespeare ' s plays ( henry iv ) and wanted to see a play about falstaff in love . the story goes on that shakespeare had only fourteen days to write this comedy .
would - be imitators of the two great collaborators have never ventured upon the recitative , as far as my memory serves me , which may have had as much to do with their want of success as the reason put forward by another eminent critic – namely , that
gilbert and sullivan seem to have occupied the whole territory of satirical comic opera .
the captures are tessa and gianetta , two previously anonymous contadine , who now take over the starring roles among the women . that will teach fiametta and vittoria to insist on fairness ! the palmieris , still impartial , each offer to trade girls , if the other prefers . tessa and gianetta are quite scandalized , and say so . but they immediately proceed to
going from nikolai golovanov to nicolai malko is quite a shock as , temperamentally , the difference between the two is the difference between spicy borscht and cool , clear vodka . for a time , however , the two men were following similar paths . where golovanov was intensely subjective and free - spirited ( and apparently not the strongest practitioner of orchestral discipline ) , malko was cool - headed and detail - oriented . ( i was not surprised to read that yevgeny mravinsky was one of his pupils . ) although malko ' s interpretations are relatively free from exaggerated subjectivity , they are rescued from blandness by his concern for color and rhythmic accuracy . quality playing is never forsaken in favor of breathtakingly fast tempos .
although the merry wives of windsor has not received as much critical analysis as other shakespearean plays , it was very popular in its time , maybe not just because it made its audiences laugh but also because it was one of the few plays that felt at home with the elizabethan patrons . this play remains the only comedy that is completely set in the england of shakespeare ' s time and depicts the family lifestyle of ordinary citizens .
plays or whether the second was only conceived in response to the popularity of the first part . there ' s no way to know for certain , but the most reasonable explanation seems to be somewhere in between — he started with the intention of writing one play , realized that he had too much material , and then decided to divide it into two parts .
dido and aeneas an opera perform ' d at mr . josias priest ' s boarding school at chelsey by young gentlewomen . the words made by mr . nat . tate the music composed by mr . henry purcell dramatis personae dido belinda two women aeneas sorceress enchantresses spirit of the sorceress ( mercury ) dido ' s train , aeneas ' train , fairies , sailors overture
images of impotence and magic thus pervade merry wives to a greater extent than previously realized . they also display a causal connection . the play projects a masculine vision of any woman as a potential witch , or mother prat , because of her power to reject and / or deceive a man who desires her . this vision is dispelled when the wives use their female
craft
to support their husbands ' power , metamorphosing deceit into merriment .
after the composition of the tempest , which many regard as an explicit farewell to art , shakespeare retired to stratford , returning to london to compose henry viii and the two noble kinsmen in 1613 ; neither of these plays seems to have fired his imagination . in 1616 , at the age of 52 , he was dead . his reputation grew quickly , and his work has continued to seem to each generation like its own most precious discovery . his value to his own age is suggested by the fact that two fellow actors performed the virtually unprecedented act in 1623 of gathering his plays together and publishing them in the folio edition . without their efforts , since shakespeare was apparently not interested in publication , many of the plays would not have survived .
the merry wives of windsor is not one of shakespeare ' s most critically analyzed plays . although audiences in shakespeare ' s times have been described as enjoying this comedy , critics over the years have tended to ignore it for the most part , calling it inferior to shakespeare ' s other comedies . however , this comedy is unique in that it is the only one of shakespeare ' s comedies set in england from the first scene to the last .
the theaters were closed because of plague ( a bacteria - caused disease that spreads quickly and can cause death ) during much of 1593 and 1594 . at this time shakespeare wrote two narrative poems for the earl of southampton . both the seriocomic ( both happy and sad ) venus and adonis and the tragic rape of lucrece are based on the renaissance traditions of myth and symbolism .
shortly after 2 pm “the original jab jab” band presented vintage mass to the judges . two men and one little boy portrayed the jab molassie character , with the adults snapping their whips loudly and in rapid succession . a couple patrons who were walking along the side of the judges’ stand at the time had to stop because they were in the way of the jab molassie’s whips .
professor ronald hutton , university of bristol . ronald hutton took three degrees at cambridge and oxford , and was elected to an oxford fellowship before moving to bristol university where he is now professor of history . his books include : the triumph of the moon : a history of modern pagan witchcraft ( oxford university press , 1999 ) the royalist war effort ( 1981 ) , charles ii ( 1989 ) and the rise and fall of merry england ( 1994 ) .
two pearls of pianism : annie fischer in a sensitive , chamber - like and exceptionally poetic reading of the schumann piano concerto - one of her favourite pieces . leon fleisher , a few months before he was to lose the use of his right hand ( recovering it only in old age ) , with beethoven ' s second piano concerto in an inspirationally bright and crystal clear tone .
what intrigues me in this epic tale of british history is that shakespeare strips down to the bare essentials : the characters ' journey and what makes them flawed human beings ,
says psf veteran director matt pfeiffer , who directed last season ' s the two gentlemen of verona . shakespeare explores the humanity in the relationships on the battlefield , though all the actual fighting and bloodshed is offstage .
this triad has its psychological coordinates as well , and these are well brought out in shakespeare ' s post - 1600 plays . for the old world , the sanctioned order now revealed as hollow , we have an old , narrowly defined , heroic masculine persona which is no longer viable or appropriate . for the new , predatory
order ,
we have an identity based on dependency on others ( particularly women ) in time : a tragic sense of being as subject to continual redefinition by untrustworthy mirrors . in the post - 1600 plays , these two options are often presented in the characters of the omnipotent superhero and the emasculated cuckold . the ideal mean , a secure masculine sexual identity dependent upon the possibility of intimacy without self - destruction , a successful sense of being with and through others , is depicted in the merry wives in the confident relationship of the pages .
and ask them who the flowers are for . the contadine tell them , adding that they have heard that the palmieris , finally ready to marry , are coming to select two of them as their brides . but the other gondoliers also love the girls ; what , they ask , are they to do ? wait and take whoever is left , as there will still be plenty to go around !
[ falstaff is ] baffled , duped , treated like dirty linen , beaten , burnt , pricked , mocked , insulted , and , worst of all , repentant and didactic . it is horrible . it is almost enough to convince one that shakespeare himself could sanction the parody of ophelia in the two noble kinsmen . but it no more touches the real falstaff than ophelia is degraded by that parody .
when the theaters were closed because of plague during much of 1593 - 1594 , shakespeare looked to nondramatic poetry for his support and wrote two narrative masterpieces , the seriocomic venus and adonis and the tragic rape of lucrece , for a wealthy patron , the earl of southampton . both poems carry the sophisticated techniques of elizabethan narrative verse to their highest point , drawing on the resources of renaissance mythological and symbolic traditions .
the origin of this bouleversement of nature appears to be lost in the mists of antiquity , but in these days of reform it seems a pity that some enterprising manager does not try the effect of a change , the spectacle of two girls indulging in endearments being entirely opposed to all manly ideas as to the fitness of things , and as unwelcome as the fitness of some of the things worn by its exponents .
though the audience knows by now that ford is a fool , ford does not see this . it is page who is the fool in ford ' s eyes . actually , ford calls page an
ass
because
he will trust his wife ; he will not be jealous .
such a twisted mind ford has , as he calls out valiantly , as if he were holding a sword in hand and were about to charge at an enemy :
god be prais ' d for my jealousy !
ford will use his weapon of jealousy to expose his wife , seek revenge on falstaff , and make page look like a fool . well , he will get two out of three , and that is not so bad . he will get his revenge on falstaff , in spite of himself . ford will do so , not by his merits but rather by the wits of his merry and faithful wife .
a final group of plays takes a turn in a new direction . pericles ( 1607 ) , cymbeline ( 1609 ) , the winter ' s tale ( 1611 ) , and the tempest ( 1611 ) have a unique power to move and are in the realm of the highest art . the tempest is the most popular and perhaps the finest of the group . in it prospero and his daughter are shipwrecked on an island inhabited by supernatural creatures . prospero rules the island with magic , but renounces ( gives up ) magic at the end . after the composition of the tempest shakespeare retired to stratford . he returned to london to compose henry viii and the two noble kinsmen in 1613 . neither seems to have fired his imagination . he died in stratford - upon - avon on april 23 , 1616 , at the age of fifty - two .
. his proponents , the oxfordians , cited correspondences between events in his life and those in some of the plays , apparent similarities in the two men ' s language , and oxford ' s proven skills as a dramatist and poet . prominent among the many reasons to doubt de vere ' s authorship is the fact that he died in 1604 and that some of shakespeare ' s greatest works were written well after that date .
shakespeare ' s work has continued to seem to each generation like its own most precious discovery . his value to his own age is suggested by the fact that two fellow actors performed the virtually unprecedented ( never done before ) act in 1623 of gathering his plays together and publishing them in the folio edition . without their efforts , since shakespeare was apparently not interested in publication , many of the plays would not have survived .
a 1977 feature story about bud in west hawaii today reads , “he took about six months to pull the band into good enough shape so that it could debut on kamehameha day in june . the band is unique in that it only plays music of the hawaiian royalty era , songs composed by or about members of the monarchy . however , before he could even start rehearsal , bud had to write down the songs , as many of them had never been recorded on paper . he would get people—one of them popular oldtimer charles k . l . davis—to sing a song and bud would write it down . he also had to dig through a lot of old books in which only the words of the songs were written and try to put two and two together . sometimes the tunes that were written were not recorded correctly , and nobody’s sure exactly how every note goes . ”
james ' s inability to cope with reality -
born to be the sport of fortune
as he said - showed itself throughout . he confidently expected the irish to die for his attempt to rule in whitehall , not dublin . defeat at the boyne need not have been the end of it , but difficulty induced panic . as it transpired , james ' s agenda for ireland was well illustrated by his 1692 instructions for guiding the prince of wales on statecraft , for it was to be completely subordinated to english culture and polity . james was typical of many british monarchs in being held in thrall by his english kingdom without really understanding it - and without even want - ing to understand scotland and ireland .
shakespeare produced many plays for the company . they include the comedies the taming of the shrew ( 1594 ) about the taming of an ill - tempered , scolding woman and a midsummer night ' s dream ( 1595 ) , in which fairies and magic potions in moonlit woods become entangled with young lovers who escape from a cruel society . these were followed by the merchant of venice ( 1596 ) , much ado about nothing ( 1598 ) , the merry wives of windsor ( 1599 ) , and as you like it ( 1600 ) .
the comic ending , when it destroys the men ' s fantasies of adultery and betrayal , cancels the sinister associations of female magic . the wives ' trick on the would - be cuckolder restores potency to the husband , ford , who , in the last lines of the play boasts to falstaff ,
to master [ brook ] you yet shall hold your word , / for he to - night shall lie with mistress ford
( v . v . 244 - 45 ) . like the merry wives , anne page uses her magical power of feminine deceit to render the unworthy suitors impotent and to ratify the power of her husband , fenton , who defends her because her trickery serves marriage :
th ' offense is holy that she hath committed , / and this deceit loses the name of craft
( v . v . 225 - 26 ) . the word
craft
combines both the meaning of
trick
and its older meaning of
witchcraft
to emphasize the magical quality of anne ' s female power , now , like the power of the merry wives , tamed to the uses of marriage .