Monologue Theatre, Solo Performance and Self as Spectacle
... (1967) stages the violent acquisition of language, described by the playwright as “speech torture.”10 At the other end of the spectrum, Anna Deavere Smith’s performances Fires in the Mirror (1991) and Twilight Los Angeles, 1992 (1993)11 are composed of eyewitne ...
... (1967) stages the violent acquisition of language, described by the playwright as “speech torture.”10 At the other end of the spectrum, Anna Deavere Smith’s performances Fires in the Mirror (1991) and Twilight Los Angeles, 1992 (1993)11 are composed of eyewitne ...
THE SHAPING OF SOUTH AFRICAN THEATRE: AN OVERVIEW OF
... particular, over the past twenty years have significantly affected concepts of historiography and have caused major re-evaluations of accepted histories across the world. This sense of (re)discovery has had a similar impact on the cultural history of South Africa. It has meant rediscovering lost (or ...
... particular, over the past twenty years have significantly affected concepts of historiography and have caused major re-evaluations of accepted histories across the world. This sense of (re)discovery has had a similar impact on the cultural history of South Africa. It has meant rediscovering lost (or ...
In whose face?! (Angry young) theatre makers and
... chilling” (Nugent, 1993). A cursory glance across these critics’ responses to what supper had been served may lead one to conclude that this is all very “so far, so very post-1995 Royal Court”. What, however, sets these reviews apart from those included in the various discussions and overviews of wh ...
... chilling” (Nugent, 1993). A cursory glance across these critics’ responses to what supper had been served may lead one to conclude that this is all very “so far, so very post-1995 Royal Court”. What, however, sets these reviews apart from those included in the various discussions and overviews of wh ...
Hearing or seeing a play?: Evidence of early
... consensus. To the discriminating playwrights hearing was more important than seeing, although the economic reality of having to please a playgoing public of varying tastes meant that "the competition was on fairly even terms", as Gurr put it. Now that the entire body of pre-twentieth century Englis ...
... consensus. To the discriminating playwrights hearing was more important than seeing, although the economic reality of having to please a playgoing public of varying tastes meant that "the competition was on fairly even terms", as Gurr put it. Now that the entire body of pre-twentieth century Englis ...
indian traditional and folk theatre
... illustrational realism, using the acting area for elaborate sets "'' As mentioned above, with the influence of traditional folk forms, the contempoiary playwrights are writing their works, and on witnessing their performances on stage, the audience is also falling under the influence of traditional ...
... illustrational realism, using the acting area for elaborate sets "'' As mentioned above, with the influence of traditional folk forms, the contempoiary playwrights are writing their works, and on witnessing their performances on stage, the audience is also falling under the influence of traditional ...
A Bold Stroke for a Husband Context and Criticism
... 39 total performances before the turn of the 19th century. Cowley was inspired by the success of The Runaways to write more plays and poetry as well. The Runaways, like many of Cowley’s plays, confronts the problems surrounding arranged marriages, which were being debated earnestly in London societ ...
... 39 total performances before the turn of the 19th century. Cowley was inspired by the success of The Runaways to write more plays and poetry as well. The Runaways, like many of Cowley’s plays, confronts the problems surrounding arranged marriages, which were being debated earnestly in London societ ...
Contemporary Drama in English
... The articles contained in this publication are based on the papers and workshops presented at “Drama and/after Postmodernism,” the 15th annual conference of the German Society for Contemporary Theatre and Drama in English (CDE), which took place at the University of Augsburg (Germany) from 25 to 28 ...
... The articles contained in this publication are based on the papers and workshops presented at “Drama and/after Postmodernism,” the 15th annual conference of the German Society for Contemporary Theatre and Drama in English (CDE), which took place at the University of Augsburg (Germany) from 25 to 28 ...
- University of Lincoln
... illness experience as comedy material could ideally position SMH as a powerful anti‐stigma tool for audiences. In two studies, we tested the effect of exposure to SMH in two different groups of healthcare professionals: medical students, and genetic counsellors. Methods: In ...
... illness experience as comedy material could ideally position SMH as a powerful anti‐stigma tool for audiences. In two studies, we tested the effect of exposure to SMH in two different groups of healthcare professionals: medical students, and genetic counsellors. Methods: In ...
174 CHAPTER FIVE – SYNCRETIC IDENTITIES
... effectively highbrow traditions of mainstream theatre as it developed under apartheid, placing emphasis instead on something that is highly visual, visceral, physical and ultimately "theatrical" (2003: 160). Many of these interests in the meeting points of history/mythology and dream/reality, are al ...
... effectively highbrow traditions of mainstream theatre as it developed under apartheid, placing emphasis instead on something that is highly visual, visceral, physical and ultimately "theatrical" (2003: 160). Many of these interests in the meeting points of history/mythology and dream/reality, are al ...
The Chorus in Ancient Greek Theatre
... The Greeks, often considered to be the pioneers of Western theatre, were the first to introduce the chorus as a dramatic element. At the beginning of the fifth century B.C.E., choruses were made up of approximately fifty actors confined to a space we now call the or ...
... The Greeks, often considered to be the pioneers of Western theatre, were the first to introduce the chorus as a dramatic element. At the beginning of the fifth century B.C.E., choruses were made up of approximately fifty actors confined to a space we now call the or ...
Romeo and Juliet: A Guide for Teachers
... classrooms, and work with thousands of students a year. We support curricular standards in ELA, theatre, and history by bringing the actor’s approach to Shakespeare to the students, and empowering them to speak the speeches, and embody the words we love so well – as they learn how to apply these too ...
... classrooms, and work with thousands of students a year. We support curricular standards in ELA, theatre, and history by bringing the actor’s approach to Shakespeare to the students, and empowering them to speak the speeches, and embody the words we love so well – as they learn how to apply these too ...
early american and british popular amusements
... fairs. All of these were quite elaborate, most including theatrical entertainment (a tradition that continued in some locations well into the 20th century). Between the great London fairs theatrical booths (as seen in several prints on exhibit) would spend the summer making the round of the country ...
... fairs. All of these were quite elaborate, most including theatrical entertainment (a tradition that continued in some locations well into the 20th century). Between the great London fairs theatrical booths (as seen in several prints on exhibit) would spend the summer making the round of the country ...
THEATREWORKS SILICON VALLEY UNVEILS 46th SEASON
... she’ll spend her remaining years, as she barricades herself in her brownstone with enough homemade Molotov cocktails to blow the entire block sky-high. The play debuted in September 2013 at the Arena Stage in Washington DC, starring Estelle Parsons and Stephen Spinella, with Variety praising “Coble’ ...
... she’ll spend her remaining years, as she barricades herself in her brownstone with enough homemade Molotov cocktails to blow the entire block sky-high. The play debuted in September 2013 at the Arena Stage in Washington DC, starring Estelle Parsons and Stephen Spinella, with Variety praising “Coble’ ...
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... anonymously, whether strategic or playful. With regard to playbooks, which were not a focus of North’s work, their anonymous publication is a particularly complex topic, involving multiple interlocking issues. These issues include the status of plays written for the new public theatres, the status o ...
... anonymously, whether strategic or playful. With regard to playbooks, which were not a focus of North’s work, their anonymous publication is a particularly complex topic, involving multiple interlocking issues. These issues include the status of plays written for the new public theatres, the status o ...
LESSON PLANNING FORM
... • How could you make the audience really sit up and take notice? Students are now beginning to engage with Artaudian techniques and the techniques of Total Theatre. ...
... • How could you make the audience really sit up and take notice? Students are now beginning to engage with Artaudian techniques and the techniques of Total Theatre. ...
Introduction
... and more creative, and many artists sought for a stage to express themselves. Therefore, many experimental theatres or stages were established and appealed to different audiences; this is the flourishing phase of the Little Theatre Movement. The last unit will cover the introduction to Taiwanese mod ...
... and more creative, and many artists sought for a stage to express themselves. Therefore, many experimental theatres or stages were established and appealed to different audiences; this is the flourishing phase of the Little Theatre Movement. The last unit will cover the introduction to Taiwanese mod ...
CV - Lisa Jackson-Schebetta
... “The Labor of Confrontation: the 1680 Viceregal Arches of Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.” Mid America Theatre Conference, Chicago, IL, March 2012. Working Group: “Performance and the Economy of Global Topographies: Ascription, Value and the Body.” American Society for Th ...
... “The Labor of Confrontation: the 1680 Viceregal Arches of Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.” Mid America Theatre Conference, Chicago, IL, March 2012. Working Group: “Performance and the Economy of Global Topographies: Ascription, Value and the Body.” American Society for Th ...
The Liberated “Orphan of Zhao” Gao Ziwen* The Orphan of Zhao
... Yuan and Ming Dynasty. For this, we could clearly see that RSC took this very seriously, and intended to bring out the dramatic tension behind the original traditional play. In RSC’s adaptation, the Eastern etiquette tradition (self-sacrifice for loyalty) was first revived in the production. In Fent ...
... Yuan and Ming Dynasty. For this, we could clearly see that RSC took this very seriously, and intended to bring out the dramatic tension behind the original traditional play. In RSC’s adaptation, the Eastern etiquette tradition (self-sacrifice for loyalty) was first revived in the production. In Fent ...
09_chapter 4
... formed like Shahunagarwasi Natak Mandali, Amarchand Wadikar Natak Mandali and Mumbaikar Natak Mandali which were the important ones. Thus, modern Marathi theatre began its journey after 1853. It should be noted here that Bhave’s company was an important influence on Parsi theatre as well. After watc ...
... formed like Shahunagarwasi Natak Mandali, Amarchand Wadikar Natak Mandali and Mumbaikar Natak Mandali which were the important ones. Thus, modern Marathi theatre began its journey after 1853. It should be noted here that Bhave’s company was an important influence on Parsi theatre as well. After watc ...
From Ritual Theory to Theorizing Rituals
... style of conceptualizing ritual(s) by providing a focus. A theoretical concept theoretically conceptualizes ritual(s), and theorizing concepts re-conceptualizes discourse. This, however, is more than a merely terminological exercise, which would be concerned only with the 'technical' use of terms. B ...
... style of conceptualizing ritual(s) by providing a focus. A theoretical concept theoretically conceptualizes ritual(s), and theorizing concepts re-conceptualizes discourse. This, however, is more than a merely terminological exercise, which would be concerned only with the 'technical' use of terms. B ...
Tragicomedy and Tragic Burlesque: Waiting for Godot and
... Wailing for Godot as a metaphysical puppet show and evidence of the "incapacity of speech or gesture to countenance the abyss and horror of the times" (p. 350). Steiner's recent comments about Beckett are a reversal of his original dismissal and describe Beckett as a great rhetorician and a "major p ...
... Wailing for Godot as a metaphysical puppet show and evidence of the "incapacity of speech or gesture to countenance the abyss and horror of the times" (p. 350). Steiner's recent comments about Beckett are a reversal of his original dismissal and describe Beckett as a great rhetorician and a "major p ...
House of Carlo Goldoni - Casa di Carlo Goldoni
... noble floor. The ground floor, where the typical terracotta flooring confers a pleasantly old-fashioned and multi-coloured appearance, is composed of the porticoed hall towards the water-gate, a charming courtyard ,its open stairway, supported by progressively shrinking pointed arches with a handrai ...
... noble floor. The ground floor, where the typical terracotta flooring confers a pleasantly old-fashioned and multi-coloured appearance, is composed of the porticoed hall towards the water-gate, a charming courtyard ,its open stairway, supported by progressively shrinking pointed arches with a handrai ...
TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS
... general interpretation or definition of catharsis is rarely argued. 20. While the general definition of catharsis is hotly debated, nearly all would agree that is has to do with the emotions of pity and fear. 21. Comedy and tragedy are equally dependent on the specific customs and mores of the parti ...
... general interpretation or definition of catharsis is rarely argued. 20. While the general definition of catharsis is hotly debated, nearly all would agree that is has to do with the emotions of pity and fear. 21. Comedy and tragedy are equally dependent on the specific customs and mores of the parti ...
Chloe Preedy, `Breaches in a Battered Wall`
... this expanding suburban locale was mirrored on a smaller scale by the theatres’ own vulnerability. As the correspondence of Elizabeth I’s Privy Council and the London Mayors William Webbe and Sir Stephen Slany suggests, official antagonism towards the playhouses was often expressed in terms of invas ...
... this expanding suburban locale was mirrored on a smaller scale by the theatres’ own vulnerability. As the correspondence of Elizabeth I’s Privy Council and the London Mayors William Webbe and Sir Stephen Slany suggests, official antagonism towards the playhouses was often expressed in terms of invas ...
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Drama
Drama is the specific mode of narrative, typically fictional, represented in performance. The term comes from the Greek word δρᾶμα, drama, meaning action, which is derived from the verb δράω, draō, meaning to do or to act. The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a collective form of reception. The structure of dramatic texts, unlike other forms of literature, is directly influenced by this collaborative production and collective reception. The early modern tragedy Hamlet (1601) by Shakespeare and the classical Athenian tragedy Oedipus the King (c. 429 BC) by Sophocles are among the masterpieces of the art of drama. A modern example is Long Day's Journey into Night (1956) by Eugene O’Neill.The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy. They are symbols of the ancient Greek Muses, Thalia and Melpomene, the Muse of comedy represented by the laughing face, and the Muse of tragedy represented by the weeping face, respectively. Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's Poetics (c. 335 BC)—the earliest work of dramatic theory.The use of ""drama"" in the narrow sense to designate a specific type of play dates from the 19th century. Drama in this sense refers to a play that is neither a comedy nor a tragedy—for example, Zola's Thérèse Raquin (1873) or Chekhov's Ivanov (1887). It is this narrow sense that the film and television industry and film studies adopted to describe ""drama"" as a genre within their respective media. ""Radio drama"" has been used in both senses—originally transmitted in a live performance, it has also been used to describe the more high-brow and serious end of the dramatic output of radio.Drama is often combined with music and dance: the drama in opera is generally sung throughout; musicals generally include both spoken dialogue and songs; and some forms of drama have incidental music or musical accompaniment underscoring the dialogue (melodrama and Japanese Nō, for example). In certain periods of history (the ancient Roman and modern Romantic) some dramas have been written to be read rather than performed. In improvisation, the drama does not pre-exist the moment of performance; performers devise a dramatic script spontaneously before an audience.