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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Bibliography: Books: Ross‚ Stewart (1999). Greek Theatre. Chicago: Peter Bedrick Books Website 1 Dr. Trumbull‚ Eric W. (2001‚ March 18). Ancient Greek Theatre. Retrieved 11-28-06‚ from http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/spd130et/ancientgreek.htm Website 2 Wild‚ Larry. (2004‚ August 2). Greek and Roman Theatre. Retrieved 11-28-06‚ from http://www.northern.edu/wild/th100/CHAPT10.HTM Website 3 Polio‚ Norine. The Grouch (Dyskolos) by
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The Beaux Stratagem is a comedy by George Farquhar. This play was first produced at the Queen’s Theatre‚ now the site of her Majesty’s Theatre in London‚ in March 1707. Most recent productions are at the University Of Houston. Every play has a different theme‚ but in The Beaux Stratagem‚ I believe has many different types of themes‚ but in my opinion love and marriage is the main theme in this play. Several characters in this play were either looking for love or suffering in a wrong relationship
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JACOBEAN THEATRE Jacobean theatre refers to the sub-classification of English Renaissance theatre during the reign of King James I (1603-1625). It is a dark and disturbing literary form‚ spiritually gloomy‚ grotesquely violent and often shockingly obscene. History • This theatre style evolved from its preceding‚ more widely known predecessor called Elizabethan theatre. • Sexuality was very prevalent in Jacobean performances‚ along with a heightened sense of violence and general immoralities/perversities
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Midterm Report THEATRE 100 Chicano Theatres Chicano Theatre is a relatively young genre of theatre in comparison to the traditional theatre that date back centuries. It was in the 1960’s that the term Chicano became prevalent in the United States. Chicano is used only of Mexican Americans‚ not of Mexicans living in Mexico. It was originally an informal term in English (as in Spanish)‚ and the spelling of the first recorded instance in an American publication followed the Spanish custom
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The history of theatre charts the development of theatre over the past 2‚500 years. While performative elements are present in every society‚ it is customary to acknowledge a distinction between theatre as an art form[->1] and entertainment and theatrical or performative elements in other activities. The history of theatre is primarily concerned with the origin and subsequent development of the theatre as an autonomous activity. Since classical Athens] in the 6th century BCE‚ vibrant traditions of
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Theatre of the Absurd Term coined by Martin Esslin‚ who wrote The Theatre of the Absurd. Works in drama and prose faction with the common theme: * human condition is essentially absurd and * this condition can be represented properly only by literature that is absurd in itself Movement emerged in France after WWII against the traditional beliefs and values of traditional lit and culture: * assumption that man is a rational creature‚ * part of an ordered social structure
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|Greek Theatre |The origins of drama started with hymns called ‘dithyrambs’ and were| |‘Drama’ comes from the Greek word ‘Dran’ meaning ‘to do’ |sung in worship of the god ‘Dionysus’. | |‘Theatre’ comes from the Greek word ‘Theatron’ meaning ‘the seeing |The hymns progressed to ‘choral’ (group of people) processions. This| |place’ |progressed
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it was too slow‚ because according to the ancient historian Tacitus‚ Seneca called for poison‚ and when that failed him‚ he was placed in a hot bath to be suffocated by the steam. Claque brings together large numbers of people to create a total theatre experience unique to the community that it
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Australian Theatre uses the dramatic form of realism and its conventions to expose underlying issues within the Australian culture. Set in the 1970’s‚ the context of the plays ‘The Removalists’ and ‘Norm and Ahmed’ by David Williamson and Alex Buzo‚ explore issues of racism‚ corruption and male aggression through the struggles of their characters. Racism is an undercurrent that runs through the Australian 1970’s culture and is captured in Buzo’s Norm and Ahmed. Buzo uses two contrasting characters
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