Horowitz- Shylock After Auschwitz: The Merchant of Venice
... the Jew in history. Adler saw him as “… a patriarch, a higher being, a man who has within him the gathered strength of generations … a man who sees life through the glasses of eternity … and so I played him as Shylock.” (341.) In 1901, when Adler first played Shylock, it was in the manner of British ...
... the Jew in history. Adler saw him as “… a patriarch, a higher being, a man who has within him the gathered strength of generations … a man who sees life through the glasses of eternity … and so I played him as Shylock.” (341.) In 1901, when Adler first played Shylock, it was in the manner of British ...
KafKa`s MoNKey - Theatre for a New Audience
... of ‘the average European.’ He has made (a name for) himself in the image of man, and he is thus privileged to reveal his adopted civilization as a barbarian masquerade. This, as one would imagine, is not what the assembly of the Academy wants to hear. As Red Peter states at the outset, he is incapab ...
... of ‘the average European.’ He has made (a name for) himself in the image of man, and he is thus privileged to reveal his adopted civilization as a barbarian masquerade. This, as one would imagine, is not what the assembly of the Academy wants to hear. As Red Peter states at the outset, he is incapab ...
Staging History in Modern and Contemporary Spanish Drama By
... when Mayorga’s La Tortuga de Darwin premiered) reflects a unique transformation and rich process in theatrical and historical terms, both globally and locally (Spain), that reinforce each other. On one hand, theater undergoes several changes during this time period, from a strictly dramatic (textual ...
... when Mayorga’s La Tortuga de Darwin premiered) reflects a unique transformation and rich process in theatrical and historical terms, both globally and locally (Spain), that reinforce each other. On one hand, theater undergoes several changes during this time period, from a strictly dramatic (textual ...
ABSTRACT A Director`s Approach to Jeffrey Hatcher`s Dr. Jekyll and
... $5,000, but it was enough to prompt Hatcher to leave New York for what would become his permanent home in Minneapolis. Neddy also received a production at the Yale Repertory Theatre’s Winterfest in 1988. In Jackie Demaline’s review of that production, she found the play lacking character depth and p ...
... $5,000, but it was enough to prompt Hatcher to leave New York for what would become his permanent home in Minneapolis. Neddy also received a production at the Yale Repertory Theatre’s Winterfest in 1988. In Jackie Demaline’s review of that production, she found the play lacking character depth and p ...
Theatrical Practice and Cultural Context.
... of the literary, plastic and painterly arts; and the need for art to instruct its audience” (Tobin 2). William Gaunt describes the original Pre-Raphaelites as “Knights of Art, born out of their time, who went a-roaming through the spacious but prosaic reign of Queen Victoria, like so many don Quixo ...
... of the literary, plastic and painterly arts; and the need for art to instruct its audience” (Tobin 2). William Gaunt describes the original Pre-Raphaelites as “Knights of Art, born out of their time, who went a-roaming through the spacious but prosaic reign of Queen Victoria, like so many don Quixo ...
Self, Esteemed: Contemporary Auto/biographical Theatre in Latin
... that recycle reality, whether that reality is personal, social, political, or historical” (Theatre of the Real 5). In this study I designate the particular examples of theatre of the real in which the reality being recycled is the personal history of the onstage actors as auto/biographical theatre. ...
... that recycle reality, whether that reality is personal, social, political, or historical” (Theatre of the Real 5). In this study I designate the particular examples of theatre of the real in which the reality being recycled is the personal history of the onstage actors as auto/biographical theatre. ...
Is this the promis`d end?: reinventing King Lear for a brazilian
... the past, we can also reflect on the contradictory nature of the contemporary generation’s beliefs, especially because it is more in tune with technology than any other before. Certainly, when it comes to contemporary productions of a play such as King Lear, undertaken with the full cooperation of n ...
... the past, we can also reflect on the contradictory nature of the contemporary generation’s beliefs, especially because it is more in tune with technology than any other before. Certainly, when it comes to contemporary productions of a play such as King Lear, undertaken with the full cooperation of n ...
Presenting the French Master to American
... My professional experiences in Kansas City have also profoundly shaped my studies, and most stem from Sidonie Garrett, artistic director of the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival. My time spent in the cast of King Lear in the summer of 2015 afforded me the opportunity to study how a gifted direct ...
... My professional experiences in Kansas City have also profoundly shaped my studies, and most stem from Sidonie Garrett, artistic director of the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival. My time spent in the cast of King Lear in the summer of 2015 afforded me the opportunity to study how a gifted direct ...
"Millennium Theatres,"
... so to improve the quality of their constituents. In addition to Theatre USA and Theatre Canada, there are organizations for many semi-professional theatres whose actors do not earn their living full time with theatre. ...
... so to improve the quality of their constituents. In addition to Theatre USA and Theatre Canada, there are organizations for many semi-professional theatres whose actors do not earn their living full time with theatre. ...
GENTLE RIOTS? - Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
... initial rioters were not the people of the street we so often associate with public protest, who were then the instigators? They appear to have come well-prepared for their protest, and although they were armed nith only catcall whistles and "small bells," they managed to force the retreat of a troo ...
... initial rioters were not the people of the street we so often associate with public protest, who were then the instigators? They appear to have come well-prepared for their protest, and although they were armed nith only catcall whistles and "small bells," they managed to force the retreat of a troo ...
The Theatre of Drottningholm – Then and Now Sauter & W
... Drottningholm is both unique and typical. It is unique because the history of Drottningholm separates it from the history of any other European theatre building. There is no other surviving building just like it. Part of the challenge we face is to understand and appreciate the details and nature of ...
... Drottningholm is both unique and typical. It is unique because the history of Drottningholm separates it from the history of any other European theatre building. There is no other surviving building just like it. Part of the challenge we face is to understand and appreciate the details and nature of ...
ACTING AND ITS REFUSAL IN THEATRE AND FILM
... When I use the term ‘acting’ in quotation marks in this thesis, I refer to acting (pretending) when it occurs in everyday life, outside the conventional spaces for performance and where it enters the realm of acting (doing). ...
... When I use the term ‘acting’ in quotation marks in this thesis, I refer to acting (pretending) when it occurs in everyday life, outside the conventional spaces for performance and where it enters the realm of acting (doing). ...
The two Japanese productions of Macbeth: Akira Kurosawa`s
... The Background of the Japanese Cinema and Theatre Before discussing Kurosawa and Ninagawa, I would like to explore some of the background of Japanese cinema and theatre, which might help the reader to understand the works in their own context. In Japan, the cinema and the theatre are different indu ...
... The Background of the Japanese Cinema and Theatre Before discussing Kurosawa and Ninagawa, I would like to explore some of the background of Japanese cinema and theatre, which might help the reader to understand the works in their own context. In Japan, the cinema and the theatre are different indu ...
Actresses play Isabella in Measure for Measure
... movement had important ramifications in the theatre where actresses struggled to move away from male-defined representations of women. It was also vital to critical theory where feminist critics made clear that much of the ‘problem’ of Isabella was more often the problem of male critics working from ...
... movement had important ramifications in the theatre where actresses struggled to move away from male-defined representations of women. It was also vital to critical theory where feminist critics made clear that much of the ‘problem’ of Isabella was more often the problem of male critics working from ...
Narration and dialogue in contemporary British and German
... are at least four major subsidised theatres solely dedicated to the production of new plays in London (Soho Theatre, Royal Court Theatre, Hampstead Theatre, Bush Theatre)2, the theatres in the German-speaking countries are largely socalled ‘Dreispartenhäuser’ [triple genre house] which produce opera ...
... are at least four major subsidised theatres solely dedicated to the production of new plays in London (Soho Theatre, Royal Court Theatre, Hampstead Theatre, Bush Theatre)2, the theatres in the German-speaking countries are largely socalled ‘Dreispartenhäuser’ [triple genre house] which produce opera ...
“Shrill small voices . . . drowned out by the Cavalcade
... In Cavalcade, Coward surprised audiences and critics who had become accustomed to his witty cynicism and risqué subject matter by producing what appeared to many to be a sincerely patriotic play that respectfully mourned the death of Queen Victoria and celebrated Britain’s war victories with orchest ...
... In Cavalcade, Coward surprised audiences and critics who had become accustomed to his witty cynicism and risqué subject matter by producing what appeared to many to be a sincerely patriotic play that respectfully mourned the death of Queen Victoria and celebrated Britain’s war victories with orchest ...
stagestruck: everett shinn, the theater and vaudeville, and magician
... to be given to-morrow night, and perhaps there will be another on Saturday, and then, when they get around to it, they will produce another play.” Since the Waverly Place Players’ cast and crew was made up entirely of family, friends, and fellow artists, it can be imagined that the rehearsals for th ...
... to be given to-morrow night, and perhaps there will be another on Saturday, and then, when they get around to it, they will produce another play.” Since the Waverly Place Players’ cast and crew was made up entirely of family, friends, and fellow artists, it can be imagined that the rehearsals for th ...
The Laterna Magika of Josef Svoboda and Alfréd Radok
... scenario, indicates that the looser structure of the second programme paved the way for many other programmes. These additional offerings were composites of various more or less demanding individual numbers. However, the new programme was certainly much more complicated than that in Brussels, if for ...
... scenario, indicates that the looser structure of the second programme paved the way for many other programmes. These additional offerings were composites of various more or less demanding individual numbers. However, the new programme was certainly much more complicated than that in Brussels, if for ...
View online - Ghent University Library
... which it became more and more common to include magic into plays. Also, the “development of printing” (Bailey 136) enabled artists to reach a bigger public with their works, as a result of which many people became familiarised with the same interpretations of specific magical creatures, which enable ...
... which it became more and more common to include magic into plays. Also, the “development of printing” (Bailey 136) enabled artists to reach a bigger public with their works, as a result of which many people became familiarised with the same interpretations of specific magical creatures, which enable ...
Scholarly discussions
... begun, in turn, to carve his own path, championing new writing for and in the space and looking on benignly at the reconstruction of ‘original practices’ on the model of intellectual property as something external to, independent of, the Globe” (233). ...
... begun, in turn, to carve his own path, championing new writing for and in the space and looking on benignly at the reconstruction of ‘original practices’ on the model of intellectual property as something external to, independent of, the Globe” (233). ...
Final PhD - Royal Holloway, University of London
... In this thesis, I argue that a number of new British plays written in the period between 1993 and 2001 demonstrate that the ‘normalised’ family unit, which has been taken as “common sense,” is a social construct. I will outline how plays written during this period invite audiences to reconsider fami ...
... In this thesis, I argue that a number of new British plays written in the period between 1993 and 2001 demonstrate that the ‘normalised’ family unit, which has been taken as “common sense,” is a social construct. I will outline how plays written during this period invite audiences to reconsider fami ...
THE IMPACT OF THE ACTING OF DAVID GARRICK AND SIR
... written the following: What are the most important qualities for a classical actor? Imagination, sensibility and power. Relaxation, repose and the art of listening. To speak well and move gracefully, these are elementary feats which can be mastered with hard work and practice, though some great acto ...
... written the following: What are the most important qualities for a classical actor? Imagination, sensibility and power. Relaxation, repose and the art of listening. To speak well and move gracefully, these are elementary feats which can be mastered with hard work and practice, though some great acto ...
The development of the pre-show in English Shakespearean
... ‘Shakespeare’, at least as popular culture and basic school education understands the name? Looked at over an extended period, does the use of such openings offer some insight into the uses of 'Shakespeare' in the wider cultural context? My thesis seeks to address these questions through an examinat ...
... ‘Shakespeare’, at least as popular culture and basic school education understands the name? Looked at over an extended period, does the use of such openings offer some insight into the uses of 'Shakespeare' in the wider cultural context? My thesis seeks to address these questions through an examinat ...
PDF - Routledge Handbooks Online
... The writer Leonid Andreev made a discerning and poetic comment about the Art Theatre’s unique sensitivity to the “pan-psychological” aura of Chekhov’s plays in which things performed like people (Andreev 1996: 525–6).6 The interaction between actors and things, the animate and the inanimate, engaged ...
... The writer Leonid Andreev made a discerning and poetic comment about the Art Theatre’s unique sensitivity to the “pan-psychological” aura of Chekhov’s plays in which things performed like people (Andreev 1996: 525–6).6 The interaction between actors and things, the animate and the inanimate, engaged ...
theatre safety committee
... Everyone involved - Manager, Designer, Choreographer, Director and Performer - has a duty of care to minimise and contain the risk involved. Whenever a rake is to be used a formal assessment of the risks associated with its use must be undertaken. The risk assessment should be carried out at every s ...
... Everyone involved - Manager, Designer, Choreographer, Director and Performer - has a duty of care to minimise and contain the risk involved. Whenever a rake is to be used a formal assessment of the risks associated with its use must be undertaken. The risk assessment should be carried out at every s ...