working in the world of theatre Theatre comes from ancient Greek drama; it has come to us through live performers which in ancient times presented either fictional events or real stories before a live audience in a specific place which was usually called a stage. The content can be divided into historical drama‚ tragedy‚ or comedy. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture‚ speech‚ song‚ music or dance. Modern Western theatre derives in large measure
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replica of The Globe to watch Shakespeare’s plays. This theater has a fascinating beginning‚ unusual entertainment‚ and a tragic end yet it still remains one of the most well-known theaters throughout history. Theatre‚ first playhouse in London‚ was owned by James Burbage. Before he built Theatre‚ plays had to perform in courtyards of inns‚ in the homes of noblemen‚ or just out in the open if truly desperate. Burbage had acquired a lease that allowed him to build this theater and after twenty-one years
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Theatre Review In June 2012 I had the pleasure of watching The Woman In Black in the Fortune Theatre. A spine-chilling adaptation of the 1983 novel by Susan Hill. The story explores a tale of a ‘woman in black’ who is said to haunt the living‚ when a young solicitor enters a town where the villagers are reluctant to speak anything of this ghostly character he ultimately discovers why. The play was first performed in 1987 in the Saint Joseph Theatre in Scarborough as a ‘Christmas play’ only to
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The Joy Of Text Theatre Review DRA1TKP Tutor: Dr Rob Conkie Monday 1:00-3:00pm Michael Carey Student # 17725486 The Joy of Text Written by Robert Reid Directed by Peita Collard Performed by Jason Cavanagh‚ Colin Craig‚ Kasia Kaczmarek and Elizabeth Thomson Set and Lighting Design by Rob Sowinski Film Design by Isaac Mitchell-Frey Sound Design by Kieran Fox Produced by Rikki Lee Butiner Original Production by Melbourne Theatre Company Venue: Performance Date: La Mama Courthouse Friday 15th
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fourteen and a half feet wide. The wealthy could afford these fine seats while the lower class would sit in the middle of the theater‚ or the “pit‚” where the seats only cost a penny (Globe Theatre). “There were also a few areas reserved on the stage balcony for audience members of the nobility” (Globe Theatre). “The center of the theater was open to the sky. Because the theater had no interior lights‚ plays were performed in the afternoon to let in as much light as possible”(Ellis and Esler 60)
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western ideas‚ institutions‚ and values were mainly created by the Ancient Greeks. The western culture has been influenced by the Ancient Greeks in many ways. The westerners learned the concept of hominocentrism‚ sea trade and sea power; raise livestock‚ democracy and creation of the Olympics from the Ancient Greeks. The concept of hominocentrism‚ saw human beings at the center of the universe‚ was created by the Ancient Greeks. Even though today we don ’t use the term "hominocentrism" we still
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The History of Musical Theatre The recently released Les Misérables earned £8.1 million in its opening weekend‚ making it the largest opening weekend for a musical film in history‚ proving that the genre is still alive. But how exactly did this powerful art form originate? And from then on‚ how did it evolve to become the spectacularly vivacious being that it is today? The oldest known forms of music theatre were the ancient Greek plays with music and lyrics‚ as well as music and dance being
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Through many centuries‚ the architecture of ancient Greece and Rome has had massive impacts on the buildings of modern America. Many aspects of the structural elements used are used in famous American buildings. Great ancient buildings like the Pantheon or the Parthenon are paradigms of Greco-Roman architecture at its finest‚ and very similar layouts and buildings are seen every day in America. These beautiful styles have survived for hundreds of years and are now pristinely recreated at American
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CONTRIBUTION TO THEATRE Introduction Vsevolod Emielevich Meyerhold‚ considered one of 20th century greatest theatrical innovators‚ was born on February 10‚ 1874 in the Russian town of Penza. He was originally born into a Lutheran German-Jewish family with the name Karl Theodore Kasmir Meyergold. In 1895 he took the name Vsevolod Emievich Meyerhold after converting to the Russian Orthourdox Church. Meyerhold studied Law at Moscow University for two terms. He became fascinated with the art of theatre and as
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Appreciating H3.1: Critically applies understanding of the cultural‚ historical and political contexts that have influenced specific drama and theatre practitioners‚ styles and movements H3.2 Analyses‚ synthesises and organises knowledge‚ information and opinion in coherent‚ informed oral and written responses H3.4 Appreciates and values drama and theatre as significant cultural expressions of issues and concerns in Australian and other societies __________________________________________________________________________________
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