Theatre can be a powerful tool to create social change. To the audience witnessing theatre‚ it is a piece of art that can evoke a feeling or provide a message that can cause action. For the actors‚ the effect can be even more profound as they are forced to empathize with their characters in order to portray them accurately. In the case of improv‚ perhaps the most central focus of this course‚ theatre becomes a way to merge the audience with the actors: it forces both into a position of introspection
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Katie Warpinski Mrs. Villiesse ALA 9 22 April 2014 The Globe Theatre Theatres became very popular at the start of the Elizabethan era. The most well known theatre is the Old Globe Theatre. The Globe came to be a successful and enjoyable business‚ not only for the owners‚ but for the viewers; it was a thriving company until its end in 1642. The Globe Theater is an important part of history because it is associated with well known playwright William Shakespeare. The theater was built by the Lord
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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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Aristophanes was born in 450 BC. He was considered to be the greatest representative of the ancient Greek comedy. His works had been preserved in greatest quantity. Most of the known facts about Aristophanes’ life were derived from references from his plays. In 427 BC‚ he began his dramatic career with a play called The Daitaleis (The Banqueters). It was from the surviving fragments to had been a satire on his contemporaries’ educational and moral theories. He was thought to have written forty plays
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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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THEATRE OF ELIZABETHAN: There were three different types of venues for Elizabethan plays: Inn yards‚ Playhouses and Open Air Amphitheatres a. Inn- yards: The Elizabethan Theatres started in the cobbled courtyards of Inns – they were called Inn-yards. As many as 500 people would attend play performances. Elizabethan acting troupes travelled the country and sought lodgings at inns or taverns and before long entrepreneurs‚ like James Burbage‚ started to produce plays at inn-yards – a popular
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Ancient Greece started during the period called the Archaic age. “During the so-called Greek Dark Ages before the Archaic period‚ people lived scattered throughout Greece in small farming villages. As they grew larger‚ these villages began to evolve.”(Ancient Greece) Just like other countries‚ Ancient Greece did not start off as an advanced civilization‚ but‚ over time‚ Ancient Greece became more advanced and wealthy. Some essential characteristics that helped Ancient Greece become more advanced
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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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Museum theatre may broadly be defined as the use of theater and theatrical techniques as a means of mediating knowledge and understanding in the context of museum education (Jackson & Rees Leahy 2005‚ 304). By definition‚ museum theatre is an eclectic medium that draws from a significant variety of theatrical techniques and aligns them with the museums’ respective goals. Theatre can even be presented as an exhibit in its own right‚ as opposed
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The Political Influence of Theater Throughout history‚ theater has been a primary form of entertainment for all classes of individuals. During a time with no television or radio‚ theater was an escape from everyday life and an exciting event to which many looked forward. Countless plays‚ as early as William Shakespeare’s works‚ to as recent as a new Broadway staging of 1984‚ have been a stage for conveying ideas and morals about life and society. While the specific messages and topics change over
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