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Portland-based artists Francine Schrock and Pat Plourde team up for an exhibition at the Gallery at Harmon s & Barton's, 584 Congress St. The artists show a variety of work, including two coffee tables that they made together. The show is up through July 30. Shown here is one of the table tops that Schrock painted. Plourde, a sculptor, made the base.

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FRIDAY

Bay Chamber Concerts' Summer Concert Series Opening Night, with Menahem Pressler, piano, and Shmuel Ashkenasi, violin; Rockport Opera House. $50; $8 ages 18 and younger. baychamberconcerts.org. 8 p.m. 

SATURDAY

Morton Gold, pianist and composer, Sanford-Springvale Historical Museum, Sanford. $10 to $15; free for children under 12 with adult. 324-2797. 8 p.m. 

SUNDAY

Strafford Wind Symphony, Seaside Pavilion, Old Orchard Beach. Free. 934-2024. 6 p.m. 

MONDAY

Stars and Stripes Spectacular, Portland Symphony Orchestra performs before and during fireworks, Eastern Promenade, Portland. Free. july4thportland.com. 7:45 p.m. 

TUESDAY

The Best of the Met: Live in HD Encore Series, screening of Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra," Lincoln Theater, Damariscotta. $20. 563-3424. 7:30 p.m.

DaPonte String Quartet, music from Borodin and Beethoven, Elijah Kellogg Church, Harpswell. $25; free for ages 21 and under. 529-4555. 7:30 p.m.

PORTopera Young Artists, benefits PORTopera and Victoria Mansion; Victoria Mansion, Portland. $50. 772-4841. 5:30 p.m. 

WEDNESDAY

DaPonte String Quartet, music from Borodin and Beethoven, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay. $25; free for ages 21 and under. 529-4555. 7:30 p.m.

Met Summer Live in HD Encore Series, screening of Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra," Fryeburg Academy (Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center), Fryeburg. $10 to $18. 935-9232. 6:30 p.m. 

JULY 7

Bach to Schumann, Bixler Family concert with pianist Simone Dinnerstien, Rockport Opera House. $30 to $40; $8 for students. 236-2823. 8 p.m.

DaPonte String Quartet, music from Borodin and Beethoven, Union Church, South Bristol. $25; free for ages 21 and under. 529-4555. 7:30 p.m.

Sixth Annual Maine Festival of American Music, chamber music, hymns and spiritual expressions, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, New Gloucester. $20 to $25. 926-4597. 7 p.m. July 7. Through July 9.

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"Garden Elements," garden sculpture, furnishings and other elements that personalize a landscape and enhance its natural beauty, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay. mainegardens.org. Through today. "Dahlov Ipcar: From the Drawing Board to the



'Cripple' Finally Comes to Inishmaan

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Writing a play requires skill

There is a rule called the six C's, which contain all the elements of drama. They are: conflict, characters, complications, crisis, catastrophe and conclusion. Briefly, the conflict deals with one in authority and another's defiance against that



Theater preview: Weird 'Gynt' has no peer

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Ayelet Waldman talks Hobgoblin and More

TM: Your most recent novel, Red Hook Road, features three compelling elements: love, tragedy, and social class. It also features a young girl who is a violinist. Pat Conroy wrote: “With language and example, Ayelet teaches me everything I didn't know




रंग दस्तक: Elements of Drama

Most successful playwrights follow the theories of playwriting and drama that were established over two thousand years ago by a man named Aristotle. In his works the Poetics Aristotle outlined the six elements of drama in his critical analysis of the classical Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex written by the Greek playwright, Sophocles, in the fifth century B.C. The six elements as they are outlined involve: Thought, Theme, Ideas; Action or Plot; Characters; Language; Music; and Spectacle. What the play means as opposed to what happens (the plot). Sometimes the theme is clearly stated in the title. It may be stated through dialogue by a character acting as the playwright’s voice. Or it may be the theme is less obvious and emerges only after some study or thought. The abstract issues and feelings that grow out of the dramatic action. The events of a play; the story as opposed to the theme; what happens rather than what it means. The plot must have some sort of unity and clarity by setting up a pattern by which each action initiating the next rather than standing alone without connection to what came before it or what follows. In the plot of a play, characters are involved in conflict that has a pattern of movement. The action and movement in the play begins from the initial entanglement, through rising action, climax, and falling action to resolution. The word choices made by the playwright and the enunciation of the actors of the language. Language and dialog delivered by the characters moves the plot and action along, provides exposition, defines the distinct characters. Each playwright can create their own specific style in relationship to language choices they use in establishing character and dialogue. Music can encompass the rhythm of dialogue and speeches in a play or can also mean the aspects of the melody and music compositions as with musical theatre. Each theatrical presentation delivers music, rhythm and melody in its own distinctive manner. Music is not a part of every play. But, music can be included to mean all sounds in a production. Music can expand to all sound effects, the actor’s voices, songs, and instrumental music played as underscore in a play. Music creates patterns and establishes tempo in theatre. In the aspects of the musical the songs are used to push the plot forward and move the story to a higher level of intensity. Composers and lyricist work together with playwrights to strengthen the themes and ideas of the play.


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The elements of drama

The elements of drama

This introduction to drama explores the aims and techniques of the particular playwrights and their plays.

The Magic of Drama : an Oral Performance Activity Book

The Magic of Drama : an Oral Performance Activity Book

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Writing essays about literature, a guide and style sheet

Writing essays about literature, a guide and style sheet

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Writing treatments that sell, how to create and market your story ideas to the motion picture and TV industry

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Roadmap to the California High School Exit Exam, English-Language Arts

Roadmap to the California High School Exit Exam, English-Language Arts

LESSON 17 ELEMENTS OF DRAMA LITERARY RESPONSE AND ANALYSIS STANDARD 3.10 “ IDENTIFY AND DESCRIBE THE FUNCTION OF DIALOGUE, SCENE DESIGNS, SOLILOQUIES, ...

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