plays that exhibit the characteristics of problem plays, such as Euripides' Alcestis. Boas used the term to refer to a group of Shakespeare's plays which...
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In Shakespeare studies, the problem plays are plays written by William Shakespeare which are characterized by their complex and ambiguous tone, which...
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Shakespeare's plays are a canon of approximately 39 dramatic works written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. The exact number of plays as well...
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England and went on to be broadcast on BBC. Like many of Gurney's other plays, The Problem concerns WASPs of the American northeast. The unnamed husband and...
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problem. Swigert and Lovell reporting the incident on April 13, 1970 (2:59) Problems playing this file? See media help. "Houston, we have a problem"...
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Look up problem in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A problem is a difficulty which may be resolved by problem solving. Problem(s) or The Problem may also...
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Shakespearean comedy (section Plays)
Plays marked with two asterisks (**) are sometimes referred to as the problem plays. All's Well That Ends Well** As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Love's...
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William Shakespeare (category King's Men (playing company))
often used. In 1896 Frederick S. Boas coined the term "problem plays" to describe four plays: All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure, Troilus...
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All's Well That Ends Well (category Shakespearean problem plays)
possible dates ranging from 1598 to 1608. The play is considered one of Shakespeare's "problem plays", a play that poses complex ethical dilemmas that require...
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Timon of Athens (category Shakespearean problem plays)
with the tragedies, but recently some scholars name it as one of the problem plays. Timon – a lord, and later a misanthrope, of Athens Alcibiades – captain...
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The Merchant of Venice (category Shakespearean problem plays)
the director's view and states that he did not "play Antonio as gay". Joseph Fiennes, however, who plays Bassanio, encouraged a homoerotic interpretation...
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The Dog Problem is a play by David Rabe that premiered, May 6, 2001, in New York City at the Atlantic Theater Company. The cast included Joe Pacheco as...
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The Winter's Tale (category Shakespearean problem plays)
have relabelled the play as one of Shakespeare's late romances. Some critics consider it to be one of Shakespeare's "problem plays" because the first three...
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Shakespearean history (redirect from Shakespeare's history plays)
the problem plays that feature historical characters among the dramatis personæ; thus, in English literature, the term "Shakespearean history play" includes...
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Problem gambling, ludopathy, or ludomania is repetitive gambling behavior despite harm and negative consequences. Problem gambling may be diagnosed as...
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Troilus and Cressida (category Shakespearean problem plays)
characters. Frederick S. Boas has labelled it one of Shakespeare's problem plays. It is the subject of lively critical debate. Priam, King of Troy Priam's...
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version of the problem in 1995. This has led to much recent research in rendezvous search. Even the symmetric rendezvous problem played in n discrete locations...
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In game theory, the Waldegrave problem is a problem first described in the second edition of Pierre Raymond de Montmort`s Essay d'analyse sur les jeux...
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Measure for Measure (category Shakespearean problem plays)
Because of this ambiguous tone, it is often cited as one of Shakespeare's problem plays. Vincentio – the Duke of Vienna, who also appears disguised as Friar...
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a working-class male from the inner-city Dingle area of Liverpool. Problems playing this file? See media help. Speech example The voice of historian Andrew...
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Problem finding plays a major role in application of creativity. Different terms have been used for problem finding in literature including problem discovery...
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The Cure (redirect from 4 Play Tour)
"One Hundred Years" Sample of "One Hundred Years" from Pornography Problems playing this file? See media help. Due to the band's lack of creative control...
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Shakespearean tragedy (category Plays by William Shakespeare)
English scholar Frederick S. Boas also coined a fifth category, the "problem play," for plays that do not fit neatly into a single classification because of...
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Frank Zappa (section Guitar playing)
"consistently been voted as one of top 100 greatest albums ever made".: 115 Problems playing this file? See media help. During the recording of Freak Out!, Zappa...
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The many-body problem is a general name for a vast category of physical problems pertaining to the properties of microscopic systems made of many interacting...
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The trolley problem is a series of thought experiments in ethics, psychology, and artificial intelligence involving stylized ethical dilemmas of whether...
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Clark, 1911 Problems playing this file? See media help. Aloha Oe "Aloha Oe" by William Smith and Walter Kolomoku, 1915 Problems playing this file? See...
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The Oriental riff A sound clip of the Oriental riff Problems playing this file? See media help. The Oriental riff, also known as the East Asian riff and...
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speaker from the North Indian state of Uttarakhand (Vandana Shiva). Problems playing this file? See media help. Speech example An example of a female speaker...
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which White plays a series of moves leading to a position in which Black can, and therefore must, give mate. Studies: an orthodox problem in which the...
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