Themes, Topics, Messages


	Themes, Topics, Messages

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e0794720-9fbc-434f-b71b-09b9cb1b242b/959916F7-3C59-4952-B2B5-34FC8BB194D1/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.vcu.edu/arts/playwriting/themeex.html" href="http://www.vcu.edu/arts/playwriting/themeex.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.vcu.edu</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.vcu.edu/arts/playwriting/themeex.html">
Most playwrights express their themes with considerable subtlety. That's the difference between a Theme and a <I>Message</I>. It's the job of <A href="http://www.vcu.edu/arts/playwriting/directors.html">Directors</A> and <A href="http://www.vcu.edu/arts/playwriting/litmgrs.html">Literary Managers</A> or English professors to discover the Themes you've woven into the dialogue.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.vcu.edu/arts/playwriting/themeex.html"><P>
Some examples of themes in contemporary <NOBR>plays <B>. . .</B></NOBR>
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.vcu.edu/arts/playwriting/themeex.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">David Henry Hwang's <A href="http://www.vcu.edu/arts/playwriting/syllabus.html#dhh">M. BUTTERFLY</A> 
<BR />Racial stereotypes blind you to reality.<P>
</P></LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.vcu.edu/arts/playwriting/themeex.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Wendy Wasserstein's <A href="http://www.vcu.edu/arts/playwriting/readingsi.html#ww">THE HEIDI CHRONICLES</A>
<BR />A heavy price is paid by women who were the career path-makers of the 1970's.<P>
</P></LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.vcu.edu/arts/playwriting/themeex.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Beth Henley's <A href="http://www.vcu.edu/arts/playwriting/syllabus.html#bh">CRIMES OF THE HEART</A>
<BR />It's a crime not to follow your heart's desires.<P>
</P></LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.vcu.edu/arts/playwriting/themeex.html"><B>And a grand old <NOBR>play . . .</NOBR></B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.vcu.edu/arts/playwriting/themeex.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Tennessee Williams' <A href="http://www.vcu.edu/arts/playwriting/syllabus.html#tw">CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF</A>
<BR />Overly sensitive people are crippled by the lies of the world we live in.
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