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    Australian Theatre

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    Australian Theatre uses the dramatic form of realism and its conventions to expose underlying issues within the Australian culture. Set in the 1970’s‚ the context of the plays ‘The Removalists’ and ‘Norm and Ahmed’ by David Williamson and Alex Buzo‚ explore issues of racism‚ corruption and male aggression through the struggles of their characters. Racism is an undercurrent that runs through the Australian 1970’s culture and is captured in Buzo’s Norm and Ahmed. Buzo uses two contrasting characters

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    Shakespeare's Theatre

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    SHAKESPEARE’S THEATRE AND AUDIENCE. Why should we concern ourselves with Shakespeare’s theatre and audience? The vast majority of his readers since the Restoration have known nothing about them‚ and have enjoyed his plays enormously. And if they have enjoyed without fully understanding‚ it was for want of imagination and of knowledge of human nature‚ and not from ignorance of the conditions under which his plays were produced. At any rate‚ such ignorance does not exclude us from the soul of Shakespearean

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    Constitutional Convention

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    Between the years 1765 and 1787‚ America had gone from British Colonies protesting against the British Parliament’s Stamp Act‚ to an independent Nation. During the Revolutionary War‚ Colonists wrote the Articles of Confederation‚ which acted as a set of rules and organized the government. Although the Articles of Confederation gave structure to the American government‚ it had ultimately set up America for failure as a thriving Nation. The states were given too much power and economic freedom in the

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    Indian Theatre

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    Transformation Indian Theatre roots back for over thousands of years‚ and has become a culture spectacle that many spectators admire. Through dance‚ music‚ and acting‚ Indian Theatre accomplishes to create a culturally enriched art. Incorporating all three performing arts is imperative since they all root back to ritual and honoring Hinduism. The many traditions and traditional performance can be seen within every detail Indian Theatre tries to accomplish. However‚ though Indian Theatre is very traditional

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    Constitutional Convention

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    interminable period of time‚ reflecting the relative stability of the British polity. It has never been thought necessary to consolidate the basic building blocks of this order in Britain. What Britain has instead is an accretion of diversified statutes ‚ conventions ‚ judicial decisions and treaties which collectively can be attribute to as the British Constitution. It is thus more accurate to refer to Britain’s constitution as an un-codified ‚ rather than an “unwritten” one3. Sir Ivor Jennings adduces

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    The Hague Convention

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    Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict with Regulations for the Execution of the Convention 1954 The Hague‚ 14 May 1954 - First Protocol‚ The Hague‚ 14 May 1954 - Second Protocol‚ The Hague‚ 26 March 1999 | | The High Contracting Parties‚  Recognizing that cultural property has suffered grave damage during recent armed conflicts and that‚ by reason of the developments in the technique of warfare‚ it is in increasing danger of destruction; 

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    Narrative Conventions

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    the ways the author expresses this is through the narrative convention of style or mood. In this piece the convention of plot is also utilised by the author to develop this idea. Characterisation is another narrative convention successfully utilised to explore this theme. By themselves these elements are nothing‚ but when together‚ they effectively portray the theme of deception in the fantastic short story Killer. The narrative convention of style or mood is a major component which represents the

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    Kabuki Theatre

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    Resilience Of Tradition When examining theatre and the various forms it has been subject to over the course of human history‚ it would be difficult not to mention the work and art of the Japanese theatre. Japan’s stylized kabuki form is a timeless practice in the theatre that began in the early 17th century and continue still today. This ability to preserve a form of theatre for hundreds of years‚ definitely highlights Japan as a unique locale for theatre. Although‚ when looking at all the elements

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    Physical Theatre

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    “Physical theatre” is a term which means different things to different performers‚ practitioners‚ and companies. The common meaning to physical theatre is a performance that emphasis on the freedom of physical movement. Physical theatre is a genre of theatrical performance that is storytelling which is shown mainly through the use of an actor’s physical movement. Actors are able to communicate emotions‚ historical and cultural issues and the different social issues through various body gestures.

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    Epic Theatres

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    Epic Theatres "Epic Theatre turns the spectator into an observer‚ but arouses his capacity for action‚ forces him to take decisions...the spectator stands outside‚ studies." (Bertolt Brecht. Brecht on Theatre. New York:Hill & Yang‚ 1964. p37) The concept of "epic theatre" was brought to life by German playwright‚ Bertolt Brecht. This direction of theatre was inspired by Brecht’s Marxist political beliefs. It was somewhat of a political platform for his ideologies. Epic theatre is the assimilation

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