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 ...
By the Bog of Cats… - ARAN Home
... England and exhibited because of her ‘unusually large’ posterior). Carol Schafer ...
... England and exhibited because of her ‘unusually large’ posterior). Carol Schafer ...
Beyond the Decline: Revaluing Montreal`s Movie
... development: its revaluation, sparked by a period of decline, from the 1950s up to the present moment, 2015. Moving beyond the dominant narrative of this object’s late-‐modern decline, this dissertation adva ...
... development: its revaluation, sparked by a period of decline, from the 1950s up to the present moment, 2015. Moving beyond the dominant narrative of this object’s late-‐modern decline, this dissertation adva ...
- University of Bath Opus
... is demolished a few lines later by a correction that has the opposite effect. ‘Cher Pylade,’ says Oreste in the original version, ‘crois-moi, mon tourment me suffit’ (783). This becomes, in 1676: Cher Pylade, crois-moi, ta pitié te séduit. Thus does Racine underscore Pylade’s persona. For once unsu ...
... is demolished a few lines later by a correction that has the opposite effect. ‘Cher Pylade,’ says Oreste in the original version, ‘crois-moi, mon tourment me suffit’ (783). This becomes, in 1676: Cher Pylade, crois-moi, ta pitié te séduit. Thus does Racine underscore Pylade’s persona. For once unsu ...
GEORGE FARQUHAR - Trinity College Dublin
... she had a difficult confinement with George. Capel Wiseman, Bishop of Dromore, who may have been a distant relative of hers, interested himself in the boy, hoping that he might due to his directing hand take orders, and it was perhaps ...
... she had a difficult confinement with George. Capel Wiseman, Bishop of Dromore, who may have been a distant relative of hers, interested himself in the boy, hoping that he might due to his directing hand take orders, and it was perhaps ...
The Three-Dimensional Heroine: The Intertextual Relationship
... central plot of Hedda Gabler—has since become a classic of the stage, audiences left theaters generally confused about content of the play. Although the play’s 1891 London Vaudeville Theatre debut was noted by the majority of sources to be the “most successful” production in the nineteenth century, ...
... central plot of Hedda Gabler—has since become a classic of the stage, audiences left theaters generally confused about content of the play. Although the play’s 1891 London Vaudeville Theatre debut was noted by the majority of sources to be the “most successful” production in the nineteenth century, ...
Study Guide - Shea`s Performing Arts Center
... to remain loyal to his wife, and politely declined Gershwin’s opera, telling him that they would be pursuing Porgy as a play. Gershwin quickly wrote back and told the Heywards that writing an opera would take him years, and with the strong dramatic structure of a play on which to base his music, Por ...
... to remain loyal to his wife, and politely declined Gershwin’s opera, telling him that they would be pursuing Porgy as a play. Gershwin quickly wrote back and told the Heywards that writing an opera would take him years, and with the strong dramatic structure of a play on which to base his music, Por ...
A study of George S. Kaufman`s metatheatrics
... personalities. Even though Kaufian did not confess to creating characters from real people in his early work, some obvious correlations exist. When studying both the people in his life and the characters in his plays, one can see the dynamic interplay among them. Kaufman definitely took advantage of ...
... personalities. Even though Kaufian did not confess to creating characters from real people in his early work, some obvious correlations exist. When studying both the people in his life and the characters in his plays, one can see the dynamic interplay among them. Kaufman definitely took advantage of ...
The effects of satire and farce - VU Research Repository
... Williamson’s audiences, who come to the theatre to see themselves and people like themselves, and to have a good laugh, and who thereby guarantee his box-office success. As Fay Zwicky notes, “People love to go to see what they look like” (Wilbank 219). With the exception of The Removalists, Williams ...
... Williamson’s audiences, who come to the theatre to see themselves and people like themselves, and to have a good laugh, and who thereby guarantee his box-office success. As Fay Zwicky notes, “People love to go to see what they look like” (Wilbank 219). With the exception of The Removalists, Williams ...
The history of Russian vaudeville from 1800 to 1850
... extent of the role played by the vaudeville on the Russian stage. This dissertation will trace the development of vaudeville from 1812 to 1855, contextualizing the genre in the political, social, and cultural currents of Russian society at that time. The value and significance of such a study is not ...
... extent of the role played by the vaudeville on the Russian stage. This dissertation will trace the development of vaudeville from 1812 to 1855, contextualizing the genre in the political, social, and cultural currents of Russian society at that time. The value and significance of such a study is not ...
the history of russian vaudeville from 1800
... extent of the role played by the vaudeville on the Russian stage. This dissertation will trace the development of vaudeville from 1812 to 1855, contextualizing the genre in the political, social, and cultural currents of Russian society at that time. The value and significance of such a study is not ...
... extent of the role played by the vaudeville on the Russian stage. This dissertation will trace the development of vaudeville from 1812 to 1855, contextualizing the genre in the political, social, and cultural currents of Russian society at that time. The value and significance of such a study is not ...
Icon - Unisa Institutional Repository
... chapters. The introduction includes a short appraisal of Southern African literature of which the primary source for my research – Athol Fugard – is a pacesetter in the literary field in South Africa, as I shall argue below. This chapter, also, provides an overview of theories on theatre, film studi ...
... chapters. The introduction includes a short appraisal of Southern African literature of which the primary source for my research – Athol Fugard – is a pacesetter in the literary field in South Africa, as I shall argue below. This chapter, also, provides an overview of theories on theatre, film studi ...
Twelfth Night Study Guide Final
... pushed to its limits, and so teetering on the edge of chaos. The rules and order of life are suspended, or deliberately inverted, in this season of “midsummer madness” at the Twelfth Night. Sheer revelry and dark human conditions—lightness and darkness, the party king and the party pooper—collide. I ...
... pushed to its limits, and so teetering on the edge of chaos. The rules and order of life are suspended, or deliberately inverted, in this season of “midsummer madness” at the Twelfth Night. Sheer revelry and dark human conditions—lightness and darkness, the party king and the party pooper—collide. I ...
impossible grief - YorkSpace
... things that he does? And the second: Why do we empathize and identify with him as he does these terrible things? In this paper I will present and support my answers to these two questions, which I will call the issues of motivation and identification. I will make a case that Shakespeare has created ...
... things that he does? And the second: Why do we empathize and identify with him as he does these terrible things? In this paper I will present and support my answers to these two questions, which I will call the issues of motivation and identification. I will make a case that Shakespeare has created ...
YAW ASARE`S ANANSE IN THE LAND OF IDIOTS
... instances, there are a lot of anachronisms where costumes do not march up with the period and occasion. Also lack of funding for productions, has made directors and designers handicapped, thereby making use of any available costume. For fear of being charged high prices, directors sometimes do away ...
... instances, there are a lot of anachronisms where costumes do not march up with the period and occasion. Also lack of funding for productions, has made directors and designers handicapped, thereby making use of any available costume. For fear of being charged high prices, directors sometimes do away ...
Alien Voices - Dramatic Publishing
... by Bram Stoker. Cast: 7m., 3w. 1888, Whitby, England. Lucy Westenra has fallen ill, and her fiancée, Jack Seward, has brought her to his sanitarium and called in a battery of physicians, but nothing helps. Desperate, he sends for Van Helsing, a specialist in obscure diseases. Van Helsing’s visit coi ...
... by Bram Stoker. Cast: 7m., 3w. 1888, Whitby, England. Lucy Westenra has fallen ill, and her fiancée, Jack Seward, has brought her to his sanitarium and called in a battery of physicians, but nothing helps. Desperate, he sends for Van Helsing, a specialist in obscure diseases. Van Helsing’s visit coi ...
etd-tamu-2004A-MODL-Anderson-1 - OAKTrust Home
... and even less on codeswitching observed in drama. Furthermore, the sociolinguistic paradigm of status and solidarity as yet has not been applied to the genre of drama. While some scholarly publications exist on power, status, and solidarity in literary texts (Diaz and Fco, 1999; Jaworski, 1998; S'hi ...
... and even less on codeswitching observed in drama. Furthermore, the sociolinguistic paradigm of status and solidarity as yet has not been applied to the genre of drama. While some scholarly publications exist on power, status, and solidarity in literary texts (Diaz and Fco, 1999; Jaworski, 1998; S'hi ...
THE CHERRY ORCHARD - University of British Columbia
... things. At the time of this writing, we have not even begun rehearsals, but these are the things that are guiding me in our attempt to uncover the delight in The Cherry Orchard. I dedicate my work in it to the woman who first taught me that it was funny; Janet Dolman. She left us too soon but I hope ...
... things. At the time of this writing, we have not even begun rehearsals, but these are the things that are guiding me in our attempt to uncover the delight in The Cherry Orchard. I dedicate my work in it to the woman who first taught me that it was funny; Janet Dolman. She left us too soon but I hope ...
Chapter Title: acting and not-acting Book Title: A Formalist Theatre
... are "pushed" for the sake of the spectators. This does not mean that the speakers are false or do not believe what they are saying. It merely means that they are selecting and projecting an element of characteremotion-to the audience. In other words, it does not matter whether an emotion is created ...
... are "pushed" for the sake of the spectators. This does not mean that the speakers are false or do not believe what they are saying. It merely means that they are selecting and projecting an element of characteremotion-to the audience. In other words, it does not matter whether an emotion is created ...
THE IMPACT OF THE ACTING OF DAVID GARRICK AND SIR
... 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 actors, Irving in particula ...
... 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 actors, Irving in particula ...
IB THEATRE SENIORS SUMMER ASSIGNMENT 2015
... c. The play text must remain unaltered. Students are not permitted to edit, make additions or alterations to the original printed work. They may, however, in communicating their vision for the staging of the selected play text, add as much additional action or introduce additional elements of design ...
... c. The play text must remain unaltered. Students are not permitted to edit, make additions or alterations to the original printed work. They may, however, in communicating their vision for the staging of the selected play text, add as much additional action or introduce additional elements of design ...
Staging History in Modern and Contemporary Spanish Drama By
... or biographical fidelity regarding confirmed facts… A historical drama is a work of invention, and the interpretative rigor to which it aspires applies to basic meanings, not to details.] Simply put, the author does not have to “submit himself to a total chronological, spatial or biographical fideli ...
... or biographical fidelity regarding confirmed facts… A historical drama is a work of invention, and the interpretative rigor to which it aspires applies to basic meanings, not to details.] Simply put, the author does not have to “submit himself to a total chronological, spatial or biographical fideli ...
A DRAMATURGICAL ANALYSIS OF EUGENE IONESCO`S
... strives to express its sense of the senselessness of the human condition and the inadequacy of the rational approach by the open abandonment of rational devices and discursive thought.”8 This sentence briefly sums up a definition of the works of the Theatre of the Absurd—expressing the “senselessnes ...
... strives to express its sense of the senselessness of the human condition and the inadequacy of the rational approach by the open abandonment of rational devices and discursive thought.”8 This sentence briefly sums up a definition of the works of the Theatre of the Absurd—expressing the “senselessnes ...
Violence and Formal Challenge in the Plays of Sarah Kane and
... Nevertheless, Sierz’s statement could be applied to all good theatre from the times of Aristotle. The difference, for him, lies in the fact that although “theatre is similar to other cultural forms in that it provides a comparatively safe place in which to explore such emotions,” the new drama is “p ...
... Nevertheless, Sierz’s statement could be applied to all good theatre from the times of Aristotle. The difference, for him, lies in the fact that although “theatre is similar to other cultural forms in that it provides a comparatively safe place in which to explore such emotions,” the new drama is “p ...
THE HAROLD: A REVOLUTIONARY FORM THAT
... mention improvisational theatre in his book American Avant-Garde Theatre: A History, even though he defines the American avant-garde theatre as a movement beginning in the 1950s with a “bold spirit of experimentation—a rebellion against the mainstream commercial system and the utter rejection of th ...
... mention improvisational theatre in his book American Avant-Garde Theatre: A History, even though he defines the American avant-garde theatre as a movement beginning in the 1950s with a “bold spirit of experimentation—a rebellion against the mainstream commercial system and the utter rejection of th ...