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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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    28th March to Sunday 6th April‚ 2008 at the UWI Learning Resource Centre (LRC). Written in 1979 by Lester Efebo Wilkinson‚ Bitter Cassava is a well crafted full length play with music and dance. It was first produced in November 1979 for the Folk Theatre Festival component of the Prime Minister’s Best Village Trophy Competition. Interpreting the play for local audiences was director Louis McWilliams‚ Lecturer at The University of the West Indies‚ who has been an admirer of Lester Wilkinson since 1980

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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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    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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    than any of the other dramatic styles of theatre are capable of doing. The dramatist attempts to show not objective but rather the subjective emotions and responses that objects and events awaken in them. The Expressionist theatre movement developed in Germany around 1905. It was characterised by attempts to dramatise of set‚ which held a strong symbolic meaning. Expressionist playwrights tried to convey the dehumanising aspects of 20th century German theatre of which Georg Kaiser and Ernst Toller

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    The Paper of the Absurd: A Literary Analysis of The Stranger By: Michael Lovett Advanced Placement English Language and Compositions 5th Period 13th of December‚ 2010 Michael Lovett In Albert Camus’ existential novel The Stranger‚ the pointlessness of life and existence is exposed and expounded upon in such a manner that the entire foundation of spirituality is shaken. The concept that drives this novel is one coined by Albert Camus himself‚ the “absurd”. Under the absurd‚ life is pointless

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    Origin of Epic Theatre

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    ORIGINS OF EPIC THEATRE JOE CARROLL 2nd HND PERFORMING ARTS Introduction In the following essay I will explain the origins of epic theatre and what is actually meant by the term epic theatre. I will look at the people who influenced this form of theatre‚ the essential elements and how they differ from naturalism and affect the actor. I will also look at the production elements and how they differ from other types of theatre. Origins of Epic Theatre Bertolt Brecht was a playwright

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    Renaissance Theatre vs Today’s Modern Theatre As society grows‚ theatre is forced to evolve to meet the needs of its audience. During the Renaissance‚ theatre would convey it stories using low-budget and every day materials; this was mainly due to society being from a less technology driven time in history. Today‚ society has not only evolved into a wealthier one‚ but a society with growing technologies allowing theatre to pull out all the stops‚ conveying its stories in a more elaborate

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    Roman theatre and Greek theatre‚ yet alike‚ had many differences‚ but have influenced our present day entertainment. Much of the architecture‚ structure‚ building‚ design‚ and the plays shown in the Roman theatre were influenced by the Greek theatre. In Roman theatre‚ the venue’s structural design was built upon their own foundations. The theatre included dance‚ choral events‚ mime‚ and different types of plays including tragedy and comedy. They also had horse and chariot racing‚ gladiator fights

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    Realism and WWI

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    WHAT CAUSED WORLD WAR 1? As Hobbes said in Leviathan‚ “if any two men desire the same thing‚ which nevertheless they cannot both enjoy‚ they become enemies”. Men are equal and interact in anarchy‚ driven by competition‚ diffidence‚ and glory. World War I was prompted by the self-centered behavior of Germany in the early 20th century combined with the achievement of balance of power in Europe. For realists‚ the war could have been a case of security dilemma for Germany in a system of balanced power;

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