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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...

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...

First Amendment and Pornography

In nine pages this research paper discusses the 1st Amendment and pornography in a consideration of the Paris Adult Theater v. Sla...

Appia's Material Realism and Artistic Ideal

In five pages this research paper examines Appia's concepts of theater and art and considers how he idyllically staged Wagner's wo...

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...

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...

American Theater in the Future

This paper examines American theater in the future in five pages. There are 8 sources cited in the bibliography....

Mary Chase's Play Harvey and Contemporary Theater

In four pages this 1950 example of contemporary theater is examined in an analysis of plot, dialogue, type, and characterization e...

American Theater and 'Method' Acting Guru Konstantin Stanislavski

In five pages this paper examines the impact of Stanislavski's 'Method' upon American theater in a consideration of playwrights Cl...

London's Globe Theater

In five pages this paper examines London's Globe Theater story from one particular point of view. Four sources are cited in the b...

Directing Films, Yearning for Broadway

of course is the task of all actors, but here, they have to do it in real time, in front of an audience. They have to be so far "i...

The Movie Theatre Industry: A Five Forces Analysis

while there is some variance within the industry, it is not terribly significant. Barriers to entry within the movie theatre indus...

Greek Tragedy and Naturalist Theater

in drama, as well as two of the most destructive. This paper compares and contrasts the plays that bear their names. Discussion H...

Oedipus Rex in Performance

to work to include everyone. Now lets consider a scene from Oedipus Rex and how it could be staged, and what that tells us about...

Exploring Mise-en-scene

is familiar to them from their own experience of life. If however the audience suddenly finds itself at Hogwarts School of Witchc...

"Waiting for Godot" by Samuel Beckett

This essay first addresses the features of the Theatre of the Absurd, and then offers an overview of how these characteristics app...

Dramatic Irony - Examples from Theater

Before the particular works are examined, however, it can be useful to attempt a brief examination of the concept of irony in lite...

Politics in the English Renaissance Plays

mimicry and metaphor (Braunmuller and Hattaway 93; Kennedy 64). It is interesting to note that drama was using similar tools othe...

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...

Apocolypse Now

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

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

Seventeenth Century Comedy

Moliere and Restoration theatre are two of the main examples of comedy in the 17th century. This paper examines what purpose comed...

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...

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...

'Dangerous' Theater Concept

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

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...