Summary Of Mr Burns A Post Electric Play

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“Mr. Burns a post-electric play” is an American dark comedy play written by Anne Washburn. It first premiered in May 2012 at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, D.C. This play has three acts. The First Act takes place in the woods seven years after an unspecified apocalyptic event had happened. The survivors of this apocalyptic event gather around and talk about the episode “Cape Feare” from the television show The Simpsons. The Second Act takes place in a studio where the survivors performing some episodes from the television show The Simpsons. The last and third act takes place in the future, which is seventy-five years later the apocalyptic event. Even though this play has a lot of drama, comedy, and even musical, it also has a deeper …show more content…

It seems like this play did not live up to some people’s expectation because some people did not do any research about the play prior to watching it. It seems that people actually liked the fact that this play had a lot of musical towards the end of it, and at the end of the play the protagonist achieved her goal but “Mr. Burns” had a different ending. The audience seems to like the play and almost everyone had at least a few laughs during the play. The play also teaches the audience not to give up and keep fighting the bad people such as “Mr.Burns”. The play also teaches the audience that regardless what is going on around us in this world we will always have stories. Most people had said that the first act actually took them back in the past where they hunt for food. To survive in the past, they had to be on guard all the time or get killed and that is why the actors would reach for …show more content…

However, there is also a disadvantage because it limits the amount of space and the actors and scenery can become limited. The exposition of this play would be when everyone gathers around after the unspecified apocalyptic event and telling the stories around the campfire. The rising action is in the second act when they are performing some episodes from the television show The Simpsons. The climax is in the third act when Mr. Burns comes alive and try to kill everyone. The falling action is when the protagonist defeats Mr. Burns on the boat. The major conflict is when Mr. Burns tries to take over and kill others one by one. Most people preferred to see the play without reading or doing any research prior to watching the show. Therefore, when the audience saw the poster of “Mr.Burns” in the lobby some of them had thought that there was only going to be two survivors because in the poster there were only two people sitting by the fire. However, this play only had one surviving protagonist by the end of the play because Mr. Burns had killed others one by one. As far as costumes and set designs the crew members had done a great job showing the audience the transitions of three different times such as the past, present, and future. The actors also had done a very

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