Committed Drama within Postdramatic Theatre: A
... To argue for the subsistence of drama, I will analyze six plays written by contemporary German language dramatists. I have selected these plays and playwrights because all have been recognized with awards or important productions, and are praised as representatives of the new generation of German la ...
... To argue for the subsistence of drama, I will analyze six plays written by contemporary German language dramatists. I have selected these plays and playwrights because all have been recognized with awards or important productions, and are praised as representatives of the new generation of German la ...
Makeup Design - HCPSS Connect
... Ancient Greek theatre was masked Later European theatre used stage makeup to create characters, heighten facial features, and compensate for the effects of stage lighting Italian Commedia del’Arte continued to use masks ...
... Ancient Greek theatre was masked Later European theatre used stage makeup to create characters, heighten facial features, and compensate for the effects of stage lighting Italian Commedia del’Arte continued to use masks ...
GYPSY – A Musical Fable
... previews. The cast remained mostly the same in New York, except that Rex Robbins played Herbie, Maureen Moore (later Bernadette Peters' understudy as Rose in the 2003 revival) played the adult June, and Mary Louise Wilson was Tessie Tura. Angela Lansbury, having reprised her role as Rose, won the 19 ...
... previews. The cast remained mostly the same in New York, except that Rex Robbins played Herbie, Maureen Moore (later Bernadette Peters' understudy as Rose in the 2003 revival) played the adult June, and Mary Louise Wilson was Tessie Tura. Angela Lansbury, having reprised her role as Rose, won the 19 ...
Resources for Teachers PDF Document
... the Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui rather than any of Brecht’s other texts? This will be the third Brecht production that we have put on in the last six or seven years. The first one was Mother Courage and the second Caucasian Chalk Circle. Arturo Ui was the third choice because it felt like the right ...
... the Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui rather than any of Brecht’s other texts? This will be the third Brecht production that we have put on in the last six or seven years. The first one was Mother Courage and the second Caucasian Chalk Circle. Arturo Ui was the third choice because it felt like the right ...
The Disappearing Fourth Wall - Scholarly Commons @ UNLV Law
... Traditional theatre adheres to a number of conventions, although not every show will always adhere to every convention. There is generally clear physical separation between the areas occupied by the actors and the audience during the performance. 9 The audience sits (or occasionally stands) in a des ...
... Traditional theatre adheres to a number of conventions, although not every show will always adhere to every convention. There is generally clear physical separation between the areas occupied by the actors and the audience during the performance. 9 The audience sits (or occasionally stands) in a des ...
Transcript of Samuel Beckett
... often in professional theatre there's a kind of suspicion of academia and scholarship and a separation between practice and those of us who write and talk about it. Rickson: Yes. Taylor-Batty: And you seem to me to embrace scholarship; you approach scholars to talk about productions. I read somewhe ...
... often in professional theatre there's a kind of suspicion of academia and scholarship and a separation between practice and those of us who write and talk about it. Rickson: Yes. Taylor-Batty: And you seem to me to embrace scholarship; you approach scholars to talk about productions. I read somewhe ...
Didaskalia Volume 11 Entire
... tradition of Mardi Gras krewes creating individual floats or even shaping their whole parade to comment on the “state of play” in New Orleans is a tradition that dates back to the founding of the Mystick Krewe of Comus in 1856 and continues through the modern era. Krewes are capable of stinging and ...
... tradition of Mardi Gras krewes creating individual floats or even shaping their whole parade to comment on the “state of play” in New Orleans is a tradition that dates back to the founding of the Mystick Krewe of Comus in 1856 and continues through the modern era. Krewes are capable of stinging and ...
Education Pack - York Theatre Royal
... Nowadays, Shakespeare is taught in schools not just in England but all around the world, and performed in hundreds of different languages. Many of the everyday words and phrases we use now, such as ‘advertise’ and ‘lonely’ were invented by him. There were, of course, other plays and playwrights work ...
... Nowadays, Shakespeare is taught in schools not just in England but all around the world, and performed in hundreds of different languages. Many of the everyday words and phrases we use now, such as ‘advertise’ and ‘lonely’ were invented by him. There were, of course, other plays and playwrights work ...
Drama/Theatre Standards - Ohio Department of Education
... 3CE Discuss how history and culture affect the production style and performance of plays. 4CE Use dramatic and theatrical vocabulary accurately when discussing and creating dramatic works. 5CE Compare and contrast the creative processes of other art forms (e.g., dance, music, visual and media arts) ...
... 3CE Discuss how history and culture affect the production style and performance of plays. 4CE Use dramatic and theatrical vocabulary accurately when discussing and creating dramatic works. 5CE Compare and contrast the creative processes of other art forms (e.g., dance, music, visual and media arts) ...
JEAN GENET`S SEPT. 18 – NOV. 12, 2016
... circumstances, but they also use their fantasy scenarios to act out a plan of escape for their real-world selves. Their fantasy cannot be completed if they do not reach the critical point of escape. If they are unable to kill Madame in their fantasy world, they may never be able to kill her in the r ...
... circumstances, but they also use their fantasy scenarios to act out a plan of escape for their real-world selves. Their fantasy cannot be completed if they do not reach the critical point of escape. If they are unable to kill Madame in their fantasy world, they may never be able to kill her in the r ...
04_rodenburg_stage4
... They simply could not work with someone they couldn't hear and who didn't know the text. On my way out of the rehearsal, I bumped into the star who immediately smiled and turned on the charm. 'I don't do voice work; technique kills me, naturally - and I'm not dressed to work - and anyway, I can be m ...
... They simply could not work with someone they couldn't hear and who didn't know the text. On my way out of the rehearsal, I bumped into the star who immediately smiled and turned on the charm. 'I don't do voice work; technique kills me, naturally - and I'm not dressed to work - and anyway, I can be m ...
The modern planetarium was invented in Germany in the 1920s
... The first planetaria The modern planetarium was invented in Germany in the 1920s. Traditionally the planetarium projector used powerful lights shining through hundreds of tiny holes to project the images of stars on the dome. Usually the projector was a large dumbbell-shaped machine sitting in the c ...
... The first planetaria The modern planetarium was invented in Germany in the 1920s. Traditionally the planetarium projector used powerful lights shining through hundreds of tiny holes to project the images of stars on the dome. Usually the projector was a large dumbbell-shaped machine sitting in the c ...
Scenic Design: A compilation - Scholar Commons
... At first, Robert depicts a man looking for love and monogamy but is quickly engulfed into the playboy lifestyle of Bernard, tricking all three women into kissing him throughout the script. There is no sense of love–purely deception and sex. The female characters have exaggerated roles based upon nat ...
... At first, Robert depicts a man looking for love and monogamy but is quickly engulfed into the playboy lifestyle of Bernard, tricking all three women into kissing him throughout the script. There is no sense of love–purely deception and sex. The female characters have exaggerated roles based upon nat ...
Theatre Studies: The Basics
... them into a performer? Is Disneyland real or fake? This leads to a reconsideration of the Romantic concept of ‘originality’. How do we explain a photocopy which is ‘better’ than the original? Is Dolly the sheep’s clone really Dolly, or is it an individual sheep in its own right? The questions could ...
... them into a performer? Is Disneyland real or fake? This leads to a reconsideration of the Romantic concept of ‘originality’. How do we explain a photocopy which is ‘better’ than the original? Is Dolly the sheep’s clone really Dolly, or is it an individual sheep in its own right? The questions could ...
JULIET - The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre
... The Elizabethan Theatre costumes, and songs were all expected to be filled in by the actors. There was an area behind the stage called the tiring house, which was used for changing costume during the play. The actors prided themselves on the accessories they wore, and the company even bought clothe ...
... The Elizabethan Theatre costumes, and songs were all expected to be filled in by the actors. There was an area behind the stage called the tiring house, which was used for changing costume during the play. The actors prided themselves on the accessories they wore, and the company even bought clothe ...
Word - Keith Sagar
... false applause. I have heard him say, he never thought any kind of applause equal to an attentive silence. Betterton was the last actor to play King Lear in Shakespeare’s version. His successors played contemporary versions, of which the favourite was Nahum Tate’s. Tate found Shakespeare's King Lear ...
... false applause. I have heard him say, he never thought any kind of applause equal to an attentive silence. Betterton was the last actor to play King Lear in Shakespeare’s version. His successors played contemporary versions, of which the favourite was Nahum Tate’s. Tate found Shakespeare's King Lear ...
study guide - Denver Center for the Performing Arts
... interests them as artists? How has their experience working as a team contributed to this production? Question: What was your first experience with Pippin? diane paulus: I saw Pippin in the 1970s, when it was on Broadway. I saw it three times. I remember loving it as a twelve-year-old. I got the sou ...
... interests them as artists? How has their experience working as a team contributed to this production? Question: What was your first experience with Pippin? diane paulus: I saw Pippin in the 1970s, when it was on Broadway. I saw it three times. I remember loving it as a twelve-year-old. I got the sou ...
Drama Matters
... something they enjoyed, the only points of agreement seem to have been in the beauty of the set (a thoughtful homage to the original Mielziner design), and the fine performance by Finn Wittrock as Happy (perhaps he should have been the one nominated for a Tony!). The remaining lead actors appear to ...
... something they enjoyed, the only points of agreement seem to have been in the beauty of the set (a thoughtful homage to the original Mielziner design), and the fine performance by Finn Wittrock as Happy (perhaps he should have been the one nominated for a Tony!). The remaining lead actors appear to ...
project discovery study guide
... The Lord Chamberlain’s Men was the acting troupe that Shakespeare belonged to during Queen Elizabeth’s reign. Actors were highly skilled: not only were they often tumblers, jugglers and dancers, but because the actors rarely had embellished sets or costumes, they were forced to set the scene for the ...
... The Lord Chamberlain’s Men was the acting troupe that Shakespeare belonged to during Queen Elizabeth’s reign. Actors were highly skilled: not only were they often tumblers, jugglers and dancers, but because the actors rarely had embellished sets or costumes, they were forced to set the scene for the ...
Scene Design of A Chorus Line - Cornerstone
... and sing and dance together. That scene helps us to understand the big picture that theatre tries to make, but it is hard to accept and understand from the script. The script says that minimum scenic requirements are a white line, black background and mirrors, and some kind of special scenery for th ...
... and sing and dance together. That scene helps us to understand the big picture that theatre tries to make, but it is hard to accept and understand from the script. The script says that minimum scenic requirements are a white line, black background and mirrors, and some kind of special scenery for th ...
Enjoy the Play
... Unlike movies, theatre performances do not run continuously. Professional plays are performed a maximum of eight times a week, per union regulations, and many small professional companies and nonprofessional ones play even less frequently, sometimes scheduling as few as three performances a week, ge ...
... Unlike movies, theatre performances do not run continuously. Professional plays are performed a maximum of eight times a week, per union regulations, and many small professional companies and nonprofessional ones play even less frequently, sometimes scheduling as few as three performances a week, ge ...
EXAMINING THE EFFICACY OF POPULAR THEATRE FORMS FOR
... Throughout the twentieth-century, popular theatre forms and techniques were featured on many political stages. By using popular forms many practitioners believed that they would be able to create didactic performances about social injustices which, because of the nature of the forms, would appeal to ...
... Throughout the twentieth-century, popular theatre forms and techniques were featured on many political stages. By using popular forms many practitioners believed that they would be able to create didactic performances about social injustices which, because of the nature of the forms, would appeal to ...
Kneehigh: Steptoe and Son - West Yorkshire Playhouse
... to share resources, take collective risk and allow the shows to become greater than the sum of their parts. ...
... to share resources, take collective risk and allow the shows to become greater than the sum of their parts. ...
... perfectly matched and their budding romance is brilliantly drawn. The Cook’s offer to take Courage to Utrecht is not cynical, nor is his refusal to take Kattrin cruel; Courage’s decision to turn him down is, in the context of the war, a terrible mistake. The Chaplain, too, has an important role. He ...
Awake and Sing! - Olney Theatre Center
... of work. As a director, what drew you to Awake and Sing!? Serge Seiden: I am so thrilled to be directing a Clifford Odets play. Awake and Sing! is a dream play for me to direct, because it so perfectly fits into the core of the canon of American realistic drama, which is the acting style that I teac ...
... of work. As a director, what drew you to Awake and Sing!? Serge Seiden: I am so thrilled to be directing a Clifford Odets play. Awake and Sing! is a dream play for me to direct, because it so perfectly fits into the core of the canon of American realistic drama, which is the acting style that I teac ...