Greek theatre essay – Hugo Fuller "The chorus was a crucial part of Greek theatre and was used to narrate the story‚ give their opinion of the plot‚ and keep a rhythm for the play. The chorus did this in various ways‚ such as through costumes‚ stage presence‚ music and singing. What did the chorus bring to Greek theatre and how was it shaped because of it?" The chorus played an important role in Greek theatre. Sometimes the chorus would help the audience to follow the story - it had an informative
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which enables us to emerge from darkness into a blaze of light. We fight then to discover‚ to experience the truth about ourselves‚ to tear away the masks behind which we hide daily. People see theatre as a place of provocation‚ a challenge the actor sets himself and also‚ indirectly‚ other people. Theatre only has a meaning if it allows people to transcend there own stereotyped vision‚ their general feelings and customs‚ our standards of judgment. This is so that we may experience what is real and
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‘Dismantling the traditional naturalistic theatre‚ with its illusion of reality‚ Brecht produced a new kind of drama based on a critique of the ideological assumptions of bourgeois theatre’. (Terry Eagleton‚ Marxism and Literary Criticism) Referring to ONE play from the earlier part of the ‘Theatre & Politics’ section of the unit‚ and to ONE play from the ‘New Perspectives’ section‚ explain how the relationship between theatre and politics has evolved. In your response you should refer to specific
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Diana Taylor’s “The Theatre of Operations: Performing Nation-ness in the Public Sphere” examines the ways in which nation-ness is formed through spectacle. She is interested in the role of performance in controlling and shaping the social and the political‚ particularly in the Argentinean case. In the context of the Dirty War—which she calls a theatre of operations—Taylor argues that surviving meant being seen as Argentinean. Therefore‚ the author begins by underlining the inherent performativity
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Dōjō-ji is one of the most popular plays performed in Noh theaters in Japan today. Noh is a popular form of theater that originated in the fourteenth century. It consists of many complex rituals as well as ornate costumes. Dōjō-ji is a popular show in this genre because of the challenges it poses to its main performer as well as its unique features not seen in other Noh productions. Noh theater is a very specific artform that originated in the latter half of the Kamakura period and early part of
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the performances I have seen before‚ maybe because I have never seen a college-performed show with all student actors‚ and also that this show was a new concept of Beowulf to be written. The name of the theatre it was shown in was Titmus Theatre at NC State University‚ which is an “end stage” theatre. It was directed by Kyle Dougan. Overall‚ I was pleased with how the whole show went‚ from lighting‚ to scenery‚ to costumes‚ and of course the acting. It was neat to help with the “load-in” of the show
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Live Theatre Evaluation: Blood Brothers I went to see the production ‘Blood Brothers’ at Wycombe Swan Theatre on the 24th April 2013. Blood Brothers is a musical about twin brothers Mickey (Sean Jones) and Edward (Mark Hutchinson) separated at birth who both find each other again and become blood brothers‚ but find out they’re brothers right before they die. Before I saw the play‚ my expectations were it was going to be boring and just plain acting‚ which I do not like. I was quite surprised
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fourteen and a half feet wide. The wealthy could afford these fine seats while the lower class would sit in the middle of the theater‚ or the “pit‚” where the seats only cost a penny (Globe Theatre). “There were also a few areas reserved on the stage balcony for audience members of the nobility” (Globe Theatre). “The center of the theater was open to the sky. Because the theater had no interior lights‚ plays were performed in the afternoon to let in as much light as possible”(Ellis and Esler 60)
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Earlier this summer on the 14th of August at the Criterion Theatre in Oxford Circus‚ I went the evening performance of The 39 Steps. The 39 Steps was originally a book by John Buchan set before the First World War‚ the book was later adapted into a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It was a serious book and film following a bachelor called Richard Hannay who meets a mysterious German woman at a play‚ the women begs him to take her home with him and later reveals she is a spy trying to discover the
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Erving Goffman developed a metaphor of theater to explain the social interaction with different forms of behavior on front and back stages. Front stage is the area of social interaction visible to the audience‚ and back stage is the social interaction not visible to the audience. Front stage is a behavior that we do when other people are watching or are aware of us. Being in this front stage behavior‚ we focus on how others view us and what they expect from us‚ which can drive the behavior all together
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