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    Theatre of Absurd

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    What is the Theatre of the Absurd? The theatre of the absurd is a term that was created by a Hungarian Critic Martin Esslin. It is a term that represents a few European playwrights in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Some characteristics of the theatre of the absurd include broad comedy‚ mixed with horrific or tragic images‚ characters caught in hopeless situations forced to do repetitive or meanlingless actions‚ dialogue full of clichés‚ wordplay and nonsense: plots that are cynical or absurdly expansive;

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    Aristotelian Theatre

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    ITS Fall 2011 Section 5 12/19/2011 Multiple Truths of the Theater For many people the theatre is merely a means of pure entertainment; its either a comedy‚ drama‚ love story‚ or tragedy that people are attracted to in the theater. Everyone in attendance finds some sort of connection with the events taking place on stage. The events of the stage are not solely just to connect but rather‚ I believe that there is a deeper‚ more truthful purpose. I strongly agree with Aristotle’s theory of tragedy

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    Cosi-Louis Nowra

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    Lewis is a young adult who has just graduated from university. In order to earn some extra money he gets a job directing a play at a mental asylum. He starts off shy and lacking confidence meeting all the patients at the mental asylum‚ especially Roy who is seen as controlling and passive. At first the relationship between Lewis and the patients is rocky‚ until the event of the toilet fire‚ where we see the shift within the relationship Lewis shares with the patients. After the fire Justin comes

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    Theatre and Gender

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    Japanese Society. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 01 May 2013. "Gender Roles in Contemporary Asian-American Literature." Yahoo! Contributor Network. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 01 May 2013. "Theater." Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven. N.p.‚ 01 May 2013. Web. 01 May 2013. Theatre 101 Final Exam Lucia Khau Date: May 1st 2013 Section 001 TA: Ma Yan

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    Roman Theatre

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    these people carried special tokens with them‚ telling them what entrance to use and were to sit. Anybody who came later‚ among the ordinary citizens would have to sit at the top of the auditorium due to lack of space. It was possible for the large theatre in Pompeii to hold up to 5000 people. A dramatic performance was a public occasion as so admission was free. All of the money would be paid of by a wealthy citizen‚ who would provide the actors‚ the producer‚ scenery and costumes. This would be

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    Greek Theatre

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    Explain the importance of the chorus to Greek Theatre The structure of tragedy in Greek Theatre is determined by the chorus. The chorus is an instrumental feature which carries various important functions which engages the audience‚ in Greek Theatre. Some of these functions include: maintaining a grasp of ceremony and ritual‚ constitutes a lyric mood through rhythmic chanting and dance‚ strengthens the passion of the dramatic action‚ interact with the audience and actors by posing questions and

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    Bunraku Theatre

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    Our IB Bunraku Theatre performance was a very difficult project to undertake. We were put under a great deal of stress to complete and make our performance great. It was all put together in just a few short weeks and there was a great deal of tension during rehearsals. Bunraku is a Japanese puppet production and we made it our own. Our story was about an autistic teenage boy killing his best friend in a moment of rage and confusion. It was quite a deep story. The audience seemed very in to it and

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    Theatre & Realism

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    presentation of the natural world‚ it is exact and detailed.” Pg. 3 Pg 1-4 “Naturalism is a tightly argued and constructed manifestation of more general realist designs.” Pg. 4 “The Expressionism of the 1920’s‚ Brecht’s epic theatre of the Thirties and Forties‚ and the Theatre of the Absurd of the Fifties and Sixties were still essentially both continuations of and reactions

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    Medieval Theatre

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    MEDIVAL DRAMA ESSAY With the decline of the Roman Empire so went Greek and Roman Dramatic Theatre. Minstrels and Troubadours Beginning in the 5th or 6th century traveling performers named Minstrels and Troubadour’s began to travel castle to castle and town to town. Their performances were often vulgar and flamboyant; using colorful costumes and many times using musical instruments in their performances. Although their content tended to be crass and vulgar it did lend itself to themes of the day

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    Out Out

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    Out out is a narrative poem that outlines‚ in a certain way‚ the dangers of letting a child do a man’s work. The boy‚ whom we find to be young‚ has an unfortunate accident with a buzz saw resulting in the boy’s death. The poet uses language structure and characterisation to convey the tragic circumstances in which the boy is killed and how society reacted upon it. the title is an allusion to the story of macbeth by shakesphere where the quote continues to say "outout‚ brief candle". this shows

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