theaters were often located in or near sanctuaries. Similarly‚ the Theater of Dionysus in Athens was situated in the sacred precinct of Dionysus at the foot of the Acropolis. There were four main physical elements that shaped up 5th century of Greek Theatre and they consisted of the orchestra‚the theatron‚ the skene and the parados. The core of any Greek theater is the orchestra‚ the “dancing place” of the chorus and the chief performance space. It was a flat‚ circular space where the dancers and actors
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Drama and social Regulation: an examination of Onyomkpo masquerade performance of Idoma By Ted Anyebe (PhD) Department of Theatre Arts Benue State University Makurdi. Phone 07036201288 email: anyebeted@gmail.com Abstract This paper examines an indigenous theatre practice among the Idoma of Nigeria. It presents that even though recreational‚ indigenous drama is used as an instrument of enforcing social order in Idoma. The influence of masquerade tradition as a deeply
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EVOLUTION OF THEATRE FROM THE GREEKS TO THE CONTEMPORARY ERAS Greek Theatre If theatre is to be defined as involving the art of acting a part on stage‚ it begins with Thespis. He won the play competition in honor of the Greek god Dionysus‚ in 534 B.C. And it is his name with which the dramatic arts are associated in the word "Thespian". Greek theatre took place in large (the largest ultimately held twenty thousand people) hillside amphitheatres. The players included a chorus and their leader
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English commercial theatre and reveal the intensity of indecency in both varieties of commercial theatres. The researcher also pursues to trace which of the Punjabi and English commercial theatre is filthy. Theatre has mostly been a cause of relief for the people. Yet when there was no television‚ public used to go to theatres to stay themselves preserve. The important concept was to assemble public under one roof and persuade them on convinced problems of the world. The theatre is not only there
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This text is taken from the book of very famous writer W.S. Maugham “Theatre”. This is a piece of narration which is done in the 3rd person. The main key the text is written is rather ironical‚ as I think‚ and its slat is very emotional. The main characters of the story are Michael and Julia. They both are actors and work together in the theatre of Jammie Langtone. Julia is more successful and more talented than Machael but it doesn’t disturb them to be fond of each other. In this part of the
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What are the differences between the Shakespeare Globe and modern theatres? The distinct differences in style of theatre between Shakespeare’s time and modern theatres is the fact that in the 1600’s because most theatre companies were a travelling minstrel group who actually went to the inns to get their audiences the group would frequently immediately start to act. The audience would then gather by coming out onto the balcony of their rooms. They had no closed in features like a roof as they were
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Andrew Lloyd Webber: A Musical Theatre Virtuoso For many‚ musical theatre is an experience that not only posses the power of entertainment‚ but the power of transformation. Masters of music such as Stephen Sondheim‚ Leonard Berstein‚ and George Gershwin used music as a theatrical element by which intense emotions and ever changing moods could be expressed. Their beautiful scores are regarded as the most impressive and moving in musical theatre history. Joining them at the top is Andrew Lloyd
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Major Figure Research Paper: George M. Cohan Just like anything else in this world‚ American Musical Theatre did not just come out of nowhere; it was started by many different ideas and talents coming together. According to American musical theatre history‚ the first musical performance took place in Charleston‚ South Carolina on February 8‚ 1735. It was the production of Flora‚ a ballad opera from England. According to the same history timeline and google‚ The Black Crook was however the first
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of the Spanish Golden Age of theatre in the year 1492‚ theatre was not yet formalized. Players would perform their plays on the streets and would use pageant wagons‚ or “carros‚” to change the setting and scenery throughout (MacGowan 75). Having multiple sets for a production was progressive for this era because theatre before this time used sparse scenery‚ such as in Shakespearean theatre in the Elizabethan era of England. These elaborate wagons were similar to theatre today where productions use
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William Shakespeare is about the biggest name in theatre. William Shakespeare changed theatre. Not only did he change theatre‚ he created some aspects of theatre. Back in the late 1500’s he was known for his theatre‚ but now he is viewed as the “god” of theatre. Theatre isn’t the only thing he had an influence on‚ he has an influence on words in the dictionary and changed how people think. He changed the way people think‚ because his stories have lessons in them. He has good morals sometimes as a
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