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    Verbatim essay; “the main purpose of Verbatim theatre has always been to challenge audiences into a confrontation with real events and concrete facts‚ an to prevent their escapism into theatrical fantasy.” How well does this statement apply to Verbatim plays‚ RRR and LP? Alfred Hitchcock commented‚ “ what is drama but life with the dull bits cut out.” This quotes is typically true of drama‚ however verbatim theatre is contrary to this as it forces it audiences to confront serious issues

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    Verbatim Theatre – Devising How is the initial material being researched and developed at significant stages during the process of creating drama‚ in line with the specifics of Verbatim Theatre? One of the key parts of this piece of drama is the quotations used. In verbatim theatre you can only say things that have been said before‚ whether in an article‚ interview or other form of media. Our piece is centred on the London Riots which were extensively reported on in 2011‚ so we had a lot of

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    Verbatim Theatre - The Laramie Project Verbatim theatre is a form of documentary theatre‚ it empowers marginalised groups and communities by staging their stories‚ enabling them to make their experiences visible whether it be local or global. Verbatim theatre explores a range of perspectives‚ and a variety of truths by scripting real life interviews of people from a story or incident Verbatim theatre offers a range of perspectives from different people‚ for example In the Laramie Project the

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    THE VERBATIM THEATRE!!!! The technique which we a focusing on in our HSC course is ‘Verbatim Theatre’ which is playwright that interviews people that are connected to a pacific topic that the play is focused on and uses their testimony from accrual recorded counts to construct the piece of play etc. In this way they seek to develop a degree of authority akin to that represented by the news. Such plays may be focused on politics‚ disasters or even sporting events. Verbatim theatre has a method

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    Verbatim theatre is communal storytelling at its best. What are the benefits of such storytelling as a collective act? To say that Verbatim Theatre is communal storytelling implies that it is the community telling stories. Such storytelling employed as a collective act allows for many benefits including the voicing of previously unheard stories from a variety of perspectives‚ feeding stories into the wider communities and allowing for action to be taken‚ and providing a venue for the search of truth

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    • Documentary theatre is based on real life stories and has a purpose to inform and educate the audience and inspire the audience about certain events and opinions on a topic ‚and some may believe it’s more of an “underground form of theatre” . • Documentary theatre also explores the connection between truth and realism as well as the spectacle in theatre in a contemporary way.This form of theatre is heavily naturalistic and realistic and therefore it can relate to the audience in a way in which

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    Jessica Rud Mr. Evans English 102 14 November 2012 Conventions to Humor the Audience In comedies‚ the audience is aware of certain conventions that must be displayed to make the show or the play a comedy. Conventions are widely used techniques in art and literature. Comedy conventions have changed since the Elizabethan times to modern day. In Elizabethan times‚ a happy ending is a device that brings emotion to the audience after all the humor. In modern sitcoms‚ a technique called satire is

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    5 Minute Verbatim Counselling Session: T= Therapist C= Client – Time Description/Transcript Comments 0.01sec [Client sits opposite me] Client smiles at me and I feel good eye contact even at start‚ I sense only a little bit of nervousness in the client‚ but that’s normal I think‚ and I feel a little nervous myself T: Hi Jane I try break the ice and I am eager to feel more relaxed myself C: Hi She is still smiling and seems comfortable being there with me T: How you doing? C: I’m good

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    Traditional Western theatre‚ beginning with the ancient Greeks‚ was divided into comedy and tragedy. A tragedy typically ended with the death or destruction of a fictional or historical hero‚ whereas a comedy focused on the lives of middle to lower class characters and ended with their success.in this essay I want to make comparison between the European theatre and the Middle east theatre the first playwrite Oscar Wilde and his work “the importance of being earnest”.the second one is Tawfik El Hakim

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    5/5/2013 The Fourth Wall Theatre in today’s society has changed from what it was in the early days. Everyone has heard many names in the theatre industry but the most well know is William Shakespeare. Now a question that is asked frequently is who had the most influence in today’s theatre? Bertolt Brecht is another figure in theatre history‚ whose name is mentioned as being influential also. He has proven time and time again as an influential person for modern theatre‚ below in this paper are just

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