You will research 3 plays. One example should be contemporary, the second should come from a different time period, and the last should be from a non-western culture. Based on what you learned today, analyze aspects of the play that draw from its precedents. For each play, make sure you cover these questions:

Blink by Phil Porter (2012)

1. What theater styles are incorporated in this play? Describe specific examples.
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3. Techniques, methods, tools incorporated 
4. the characters are introduced by directly addressing the audience, the characters rarely interact.
5. How do the design elements/scene/stage help convey the story?
6. addressing the audience makes the audience feel more connected
7. How could you present this play using a different style?
8. making the characters interact a little bit more

“The Persians,”

1. What theater styles are incorporated in this play? Describe specific examples.
2. This play is a Greek tragedy that is based on contemporary events. It recounts the Persian response to news of their military defeat under Xerxes at the Battle of Salamis
3. Techniques, methods, tools incorporated
4. This play is part of a series of plays after “Phineus” but before Glaucus”, sadly both of the other plays were lost
5. How do the design elements/scene/stage help convey the story?
6. How could you present this play using a different style?
7. maybe a more modern war story, or how we  see the effects of it now.

Atsumori

1. What theater styles are incorporated in this play? Describe specific examples.
2. This is a Noh Theater,  which focuses on Taira no Atsumori, a young samurai who was killed in the Genpei War, and his killer, Kumagai Naozane
3. Techniques, methods, tools incorporated 
4. How do the design elements/scene/stage help convey the story?
5. How could you present this play using a different style?