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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What is the purpose of theatre? To answer this question I will be sharing about my own personal experience with theatre. In elementary I took part in the school play “Pirates of Penzance’’‚ where I performed on stage in front of a live audience. I now realize that theatre is a performance‚ performed by actors‚ intended to entertain an audience. A performance is the play itself involving the script‚ characters‚ props‚ costumes etc. In the play‚ I noted the script would never change but the way
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THE THEATRE OF THE ABSURD The dictionary meaning of the word ‘Absurd’ is unreasonable‚ ridiculous or funny. But it is used in a somewhat different sense when we speak of the ‘Theatre of the Absurd’‚ or more commonly known now-a-days as ‘Absurd Drama’. The phrase ‘The Theatre of the Absurd’ was coined by the critic Martin Esslin‚ who made it the title of his book on the same subject‚ published in 1961. Esslin points out in this book that there is no such thing as a regular
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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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Theatre in Education ________________________________________ ` PRESENTED BY: EUNICE S NDLOVU L008 221A It is an umbrella term describing the use of scripted‚ live piece of theatre which is linked to an interactive workshop designed to explore issues further. Theatre in Education (TIE) basically refers to use of theatre within a formal school or out –of school context‚ Epskamp 2006:11.According to Jackson(19974:49-50) TIE began in Britain during the
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all it takes is a glance – you can change an opinion‚ an attitude‚ or a life. How else better for projecting that glance to thousands than through theatre? I have struggled to answer this question‚ now‚ for nearly two months: What is theatre for? Only recently did I realise that the reason for this struggle was a lack of understanding; theatre does not have one specific function. It is undoubtedly the most versatile of art forms‚ and over years and miles we‚ as a race‚ have seen it employed
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Matthew J The Social Developmental Value of Theatre Arts 07/01/2013 Applied Theatre is an umbrella term used to describe theatre and drama based practices with the aim of social development. The topics can range from targets of community building‚ protest‚ cultural awareness and sensitivities‚ harm reduction‚ religion‚ health‚ socio-economic representation‚ and educational purposes. Within Applied Theatre‚ there are no set traditional theatrical methods but a preference towards innovative
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Theatre and Development: Opportunities and Challenges in a Developing World Theatre. National Development. Theatre for Development. Theatre and Development ABSTRACT This paper is an attempt at espousing the pertinence of theatre in national development‚ especially in a developing African nation-state like Nigeria. In doing this‚ the paper identifies and discusses the exploitable opportunities that go along with the deployment of theatre in enhancing national development. The paper concludes that
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Roman Theatre- • We look at Athens because we have the most sources • Most important form of entertainment • Very open‚ did not really need money to go to the theatre • Profound religious associations • Played an important political role • Stage was‚ like the agora‚ democracy was discussed and displayed in front of the Romans • Romans owed a lot to the Greeks in terms of theatre. They were very influenced by the Greeks • We see this in the architecture of the theatre • But Romans were
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The Theatre of The Oppressed originated in Brazil in 1971. In its birth it started as News paper theatre‚ dealing with local problems and shortly after spread all across the country. The Theatre of the Oppressed was created to tackle political problems and oppressive social standards. The Theatre Of The Oppressed was originated by Augusto Boal whom was a director‚ writer and a politician Image Theatre- Spect-Actors make a group of statues which shows in a visual form on a given theme. For example
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