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    Theatre‚ cinema and video. Advantages and disadvantages. Sometimes there is a question: What is better: theatre‚ cinema or TV at home. Of course all of them have their advantages and disadvantages. What are the main advantages and disadvantages of going to the cinema or theatre and simply watching TV. As we live in big developing city with reach history and big variety of different kinds of theatres which have their theatrical seasons from September till June or July I can’t say that I’ m a great

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    Ancient Greek Scientific Inventions The smell of freshly smelted metal lingers in the air as the latest contraption of the great Archimedes is pulled up and set in its place. Checking his designs and equations one last time‚ Archimedes gives the ready for his latest invention‚ preparing to make history once again. Inventors‚ scientists and early mathematicians were prevalent and powerful in ancient Greek times‚ and their contributions were so important and groundbreaking‚ that some of the things

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    Prior to what we believe to be the “Golden Era” of American Musical Theatre‚ one must first delve into the dark past modern musical theatre tries to bury beneath today’s jazz hands and glitter covered performers. The era of the Virginia Minstrel shows not only is derogatory towards African American slaves and recently freed slaves with the use of stock characters‚ but it uses exaggerated stereotypes and costuming to create the illusion that the African American race is inferior to Caucasians. These

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    American Ballet Theatre: This theatre began in 1939 and was managed by Richard Pleasant. By 1939‚ former Hollywood agent‚ Richard Pleasant‚ came to New York to manage the company. By the summer of 1939‚ Pleasant and Chase developed big ideas to turn the company into a full-fledged ballet company and to base it on “a gallery of dance rather than the vision of a single choreographer" and a "living museum of

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    change over time‚ playwrights’ opinions are frequently conveyed either subtly or explicitly. From early theatrical performances in fifth century BC‚ when audiences would gather on a hillside and view performances on a makeshift wooden stage‚ up to modern day examples‚

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    Theatre‚ plays‚ shows‚ movies – those are the things people think of when they hear the word "actor". For a high school theatre student‚ however‚ they see "budget"‚ "time"‚ and "reuse". These are things athletes don’t have to worry about‚ because a majority of the equipment and outfits are purchased by the high school. It doesn’t cost much to make a high-quality theatre set as long as you have the right people‚ so why not fund it? The problem with high schools is the fact that people want to see

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    Sondheim‚ hailed by many as a genius‚ has had a long and illustrious career in Broadway musical theatre spanning five decades. During those fifty-some years‚ Sondheim has essentially reinvented the Broadway musical. The Sondheim canon shows three distinct ways Sondheim has contributed to musical theatre. First of all‚ the difficulty of Stephen Sondheim’s music has raised the standard of musical theatre. Actors simply cannot stand onstage and sing as they used to in the days of Gershwin and Cole Porter

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    However‚ seems as though the sinister Mr. Goble and tactful Mr. Sykes‚ head of technical theatre‚ had already paid her off‚ allowing them to run the department with ease‚ as long as they continue to rake in cash. This injustice needs to be acted upon‚ without a fair and equal theatre department‚ the overall shows put on by the department will begin to lack‚ everyone seeing the same actors over and over again‚ with no new breath of fresh

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    our devised piece in the style of physical theatre. We have seen a live production of ’Lovesong’ by Abi Morgan performed through the company of Frantic Assembly and within the play‚ there were elements of having naturalistic set on stage‚ however using it in an un-naturalistic way‚ other features consisted of interpretive dance throughout the piece to convey emotions of the characters. Through further research of the style‚ we found that physical theatre goes beyond verbal narrative‚ incorporating

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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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