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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‘Theatre of 21st Century should be looking forward not back’ discuss this statement in relation to the play you have seen in performance with references to its original performance conditions. The experience of theatre now is comparatively new and modern to the Shakespearean theatre as theatre has changed to reflect its time period. In order to create any theatre it is vital to ‘look back’ in order to see what came before and regain some of what made theatre entertaining. However‚ it is essential
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Jose 1 Janelle Jose Professor Pappas AAS 254 16 April 2008 “Our Theater: The Hey Dey of the Apollo Theatre” Apollo was the Greek God of music‚ Poetry and the arts. His temple was at Delphi and was known to be a place of purification. There is a temple of a different that bears the name of the Greek god and its at 253 West 125th Street Harlem in New York City. The Apollo Theater would become as famous as the temple at Delphi. The Apollo Theaters home was in Harlem. Harlem is known worldwide as a
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Resilience Of Tradition When examining theatre and the various forms it has been subject to over the course of human history‚ it would be difficult not to mention the work and art of the Japanese theatre. Japan’s stylized kabuki form is a timeless practice in the theatre that began in the early 17th century and continue still today. This ability to preserve a form of theatre for hundreds of years‚ definitely highlights Japan as a unique locale for theatre. Although‚ when looking at all the elements
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Rough Draft: Bertolt Brecht Bertolt Brecht was born in 1898 in the town of Augsburg in Germany. He is considered one of the most influential figures of the 20th century. Through many of his works and theories‚ Brecht managed to influence dramaturgy and theatrical production that to this date continue to be portrayed within the theater and on stage. Brecht was influenced by political ideas associated with Marxism. These ideas soon inspired him to use his talents within the theater to alert the audience
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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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To what extent does stage design impact‚ influence‚ and enhance a traditional Kabuki theatre performance‚ more specifically‚ in the eighteenth century play Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees) written by Takeda Izumo II‚ Namiki Senryû I‚ and Miyoshi Shôraku? Table of Contents Title Page………………………………………..………………………………….....…….Page 1 Table of Contents………………………………………………………………...………….Page 2 Subject of Essay………………………………...………………………………..………Page 3-10 * Introduction………………………………………
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Epic Theatres "Epic Theatre turns the spectator into an observer‚ but arouses his capacity for action‚ forces him to take decisions...the spectator stands outside‚ studies." (Bertolt Brecht. Brecht on Theatre. New York:Hill & Yang‚ 1964. p37) The concept of "epic theatre" was brought to life by German playwright‚ Bertolt Brecht. This direction of theatre was inspired by Brecht’s Marxist political beliefs. It was somewhat of a political platform for his ideologies. Epic theatre is the assimilation
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What is Musical theatre and what makes it different than any other theatre with music forms‚ especially Opera? Musical Theatre The art of music‚ dance and drama have been linked together since the dawn of time and are still really connected with one another that it is inadvisable to try to tell the difference between them too definitely. Figure 1 – Musical Theatre Performance4 Figure 1 – Musical Theatre Performance4 It is rare a production has no music in it whatsoever. Most plays either call
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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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