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Artistic Contributions of Antonin Artaud

Joan at her trial before the ecclesiastical court. Much of the film is camera movement which makes not only Joans passions visibl...

English Actor John Philip Kemble's Life, Works, and Contributions

In nine pages this research paper considers the life and theatrical set contributions of Shakespearean actor and theater manager J...

Topics of Ancient Roman Architecture

major Christian sites in the Roman Empire in the 4th century, thus firmly establishing the basilica as the predominant form of Ch...

In His Own Write - A Creative Look at George Gershwin

In six pages George Gershwin's own vantage point is applied to the American composer's life and musical theater contributions. Th...

'Dangerous' Theater Concept

of the play. Such theater is not about seeing cartoon characters "brought to life" on the stage. That is mindless entertainment,...

Are Movie Theaters Dangerous?

the past couple of decades, though, there has been a distinct change in both the type of movies being made and the kinds of audien...

Experimental Avant Garde Cinema and Theater

In five pages the post First World War avant garde genre and its influence upon theater and cinema are examined in a consideration...

Russ McDonald's 'Presentational Theater' and William Shakespeare's Coriolanus, Hamlet, and Othello

This paper consists of five pages in which Russ McDonald's 'presentational theater' theory is used to analyze illustrations from S...

A Review of Timebends, the Autobiography of Playright Arthur Miller

In this six papge paper the writer explores Miller's autobiography and emphasizes his contributions to American theater. His cont...

Latin American Theater, U.S. Investment, Supply and Demand

In eight pages this paper discusses supply and demand as the concept applies to Latin American theater and the investment opportun...

African American Theater and Blues and the Influential Works of Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes

a line stating the mood of the singer repeated three times. The stress and variation is carried by the tune and the whole thing w...

Theater Components

entertainment itself. The chorus both commented on the events and participated in them, so that it was both involved in the action...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Interpreting Ophelia's Madness in the Fourth Act, Fifth Scene 3 Different Ways

In nine pages this paper examines how Victorian theater actress Helena Faucit, science fiction writer Isaac Asimov, and Shakespear...

The Escape or A Leap to Freedom by William Wells Brown Analyzed

days schooling in my life, I owe the public no apology for errors" (ii). Escape; or, A Leap For Freedom is a five-act play featur...

Lysistrata and Pleasure

or reader cannot help but smile when Lysistrata demands the women repeat the oath: "To husband or lover Ill not open my thighs th...

Feminist Theatre as Reflected in Caryl Churchill's Top Girls

of the feminist critical theory. The author has a long history of reaching out and inviting her audience to experience with her t...

Film, Theater, and Rhetoric

both about rhetoric and about the nature of its tradition. Further still, the true rhetoric of any age and of any people is to be...

Tartuffe by Moliere

In six pages this paper examines Moliere's satirical morality tale and its open theater impact. Four sources are cited in the bib...

Theater Costuming and Rigging

In eight pages this paper discusses the people who work 'behind the scenes' to make theater a very entertaining experience. Three...

Oleanna by David Mamet

and critic Thomas Eagleton as a "modernist literary work," meaning that the content is purposely left minimal so that it is up to ...

Purpose of the Chorus in the Tragedy Theater of Ancient Greece

In seven pages this essay analyzes the many functions served by the Chorus in ancient Greece's tragedy theater. Three sources are...

Ballet Theater and Peter Tchaikovsky

In eight pages this essay analyzes Peter Tchaikovsky's life and focuses upon his many ballet theater contributions. Five sources ...

Japanese Kabuki Music

In five pages this paper examines Japanese kabuki theater and music in an historical overview. Five sources are cited in the bibl...

Setting and Acting in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

In this paper consisting of five pages the uses of setting and acting and how it may have either assisted or harmed the production...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Gender Relationships

In five pages this paper discusses the portrayal of men and women within the context of this work as it has been presented in the ...

Apocolypse Now

Coppola also uses the aspect of theater, which acknowledges that each member of the audience will bring with them, to the theater,...

Overview of Improvisational Theater

According to the Los Angeles Times (1974), "The games emerged out of necessity," Spolin said. "I didnt sit at home and dream them...

Throne of Blood Film by Akia Kurosawa

In five pages this paper examines Kurosawa's film within the context of the Noh traditions of theater it features. There are no o...

Independent Theater Concept

In six pages this paper discusses the concept of independent theater and how the movement evolved. Four sources are cited in the ...

Harold Pinter, Samuel Beckett and Theater of the Absurd Perspectives

In five pages the theater of the absurd is defined with the primary emphasis being on authors Harold Pinter and Samuel Beckett. F...