| FAST FACTS | 12 | TURNING POINT FOR THE COMPANY | 13 | OUR TEAM | 14 | AWARDS | #Production management:- Theatrical production management is a sub-division of stagecraft. The production management team (consisting of a production manager and any number of assistants) is responsible for realizing the visions of the firm. This involves coordinating the operations of various production sub-disciplines. In addition
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Goffman: The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life Goffman dissects the meaning and practice of direct interaction‚ using “dramaturgical” tools and claims that “The entire world is a stage‚ and we but merely players". Introduction Goffman lays out the basic elements of the argument. In micro-interactions‚ every person sends two signals: those they "give" and those they "give off" "The expressiveness of the individual appears to involve two radically different kinds of sign activity: the
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Duke Ellington: The Music‚ Politics‚ and his Story Duke Ellington was a musical and political genius; he was “America’s only original musical mind.” He was not only a performer‚ but a composer. He learned the craft of composing by observing others instead of disciplined study. One important factor of Ellington’s music was its relation to black heritage and African American history. His symphony “Black‚ Brown‚ and Beige” displayed the African American struggle in America. Not only did Ellington
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‘Words‚ words‚ words’: Hamlet’s philosophy of action Central to any drama is action. What distinguishes drama from other literary forms is the very fact that it is acted upon a stage‚ that voice is given to the words and that movement creates meaning. It is‚ therefore‚ puzzling that the most seminal dramatic work in the English language contains‚ arguably‚ precious little of what many might describe as dramatic action. Nevertheless it has moved‚ enthralled and‚ what is more‚ entertained generations
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DRAMA WHAT IS DRAMA? Drama is a literary composition to be acted by players on a stage before an audience. Its successful portrayal depends on the cooperation that must exist among writers‚ actors‚ producers and audiences in accepting the limitations and the conventions of the stage. Since the turn of the twentieth century‚ modern drama has become the greatest form of mass entertainment in the western world. Experimentation and innovation are basic to this century’s dramatist. Through movies
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Literature Lexicon Act noun something done or performed; a deed the performance of some physical or mental process; action capital when part of a name the formally codified result of deliberation by a legislative body; a law‚ edict‚ decree‚ statute‚ etc often plural a formal written record of transactions‚ proceedings‚ etc‚ as of a society‚ committee‚ or legislative body a major division of a dramatic work a short performance of skill‚ a comic sketch‚ dance‚ etc‚ esp one that is part
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The Massachusetts Review‚ Inc. Traffic of Our Stage: Albee’s "Peter and Jerry" Author(s): Normand Berlin Source: The Massachusetts Review‚ Vol. 45‚ No. 4 (Winter‚ 2004/2005)‚ pp. 768-777 Published by: The Massachusetts Review‚ Inc. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25090949 . Accessed: 20/03/2014 12:51 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit
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therefore is to re-examine the relationship between O’Neill (1888–1953) and Aeschylus. To this end‚ this article divides into three main parts: part one explores O’Neill’s understanding and use of classical material; part two examines O’Neill’s stagecraft in the light of his own theatrical context and his use of classical staging conventions; and part three forms a review of the RNT production. The critical argument in the final section is that O’Neill’s response to Aeschylus’ Oresteia‚ and indeed
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There is no universally accepted definition of art. Although commonly used to describe something of beauty‚ or a skill which produces an aesthetic result‚ there is no clear line in principle between (say) a unique piece of handmade sculpture‚ and a mass-produced but visually attractive item. We might say that art requires thought - some kind of creative impulse - but this raises more questions: for example‚ how much thought is required? If someone flings paint at a canvas‚ hoping by this action to
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The Elizabethan Age is the time period associated with the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603) and is often considered to be a golden age in English history. It was an age considered to be the height of the English Renaissance‚ and saw the full flowering of English literature and English poetry. In Elizabethan theater‚ William Shakespeare‚ among others‚ composed and staged plays in a variety of settings that broke away from England’s past style of plays. It was an age of expansion and exploration
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