User:Abigailo15037/sandbox

A Game of Chess
I contributed to the Criticism's and Interpretations group by analyzing the piece Staging the Jesuitess in ‘A Game at Chess’ by Caroline Bicks. In addition I helped peer review/edit the sections written on the sources by Wittek and Gurnis, as well as help copy edit the work of everyone else in my group.

User:Ivyeon/sandbox

Doubt, a Parable
"Doubt, A Parable" is a play written by John Patrick Shanely which was published in 2004. The Wikipedia article for this specific play is fairly decent, as it covers several different aspects of the play including a concise and straightforward introduction, a synopsis of the play, a list of the characters, production history, adaptations, and awards and nominations.

The introduction to the article is well done; it details the playwright, when and where the original production took place and how long it ran on Broadway. In addition, it also mentions that the script won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as the Tony Award for Best Play. It then goes on to mention the film adaptation that was also made. It does not mention the year in which the film came out in the intro, which I feel could have been valuable to include. but farther down on the page it does elaborate more about the film.

The synopsis of the play is well written and communicates the contents of the story fairly well, but it could definitely be better. Some of the details of the synopsis are not written in the chronological order of the events in the play, and some of the wording seems to be influenced by the writer/editor's personal ideas about the plays and characters, for example: In the second to last paragraph it says that "Despite Aloysius's attempts to shock her, Mrs. Muller says she supports her son's relationship with Flynn." This sentence bothers me because it is not entirely true that Aloyisus was trying to "shock" Mrs. Muller. Using the word "shock" imposes an idea of what the actors motivation and/or tactics in this scene could be, which is always going to be 100% up to the specific actor and director of each individual production.

The descriptions of the characters is simple, concise and effective.

The production history section is a little long, but full of relevant and intriguing information and chronicles worldwide production history ranging from 2004-2017.

The adaptations section details information about the film adaptation of the play that was released in 2008. Although it may not be entirely necessary, it does not mention the prestigious awards and nominations the film earned, but it does mention that the playwright himself John Patrick Shanely did direct the movie.

The awards and nominations section is very well done and formatted in a very organized and accessible way.

Overall, I find this article to be fairly well done, but could benefit from some editing. The disparity in detail ranging from section to section is a little frustrating, but it communicates the important and critical aspects of this play very effectively.