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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...

19th Century Ideology and Theater

In five pages this paper discusses theater and ideology of the 19th century. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

Pre Second World War to Postwar 1950s American Theatrical Progression

In ten pages this paper examines topics such as actors, costumes, and scenery in a comparison and contrast of the developments tha...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Failed Government Funded Theater Project of the 1930s

program had fallen apart and Congress eliminated it altogether (2003). While it never lasted, the funding of the arts has alway...

Musical Theater Legend Chita Rivera

her stunning performance in Call Me Madam, many other notable roles followed. She continued to earn an outstanding reputation in ...

'Dangerous' Theater Concept

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

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...

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...

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...

Postmodernism and Ariane Mnouschkine and Pina Bausch

discontinuity and fragmentation, as well as by an overall destructured and decentered subject (University of Colorado). H...

Samuel Beckett, Eugene Ionesco, and the 'Theatre of the Absurd'

on and allows the couple to finally kill themselves, crying "Long live the emperor!" he is unable to pass on their final, desperat...

Experiencing Invisible Theater

going on. We can be a person with a small child and we drop all our bags in the street, begging for help. We are only acting and t...

Forum Theater Experiences

requires that the face be covered in public. Then, consider that in order to get a drivers license one is required to uncover ones...

Spanish Theater in the 17th Century

his numerous plays we see that they are love stories, farces, depictions of society, adventures, "moralizing pieces, tragedies, an...

Upstage Theater; Explaining the Conflict and Resolution

to find an alignment between the different interests of the board members. The problem does not only occur as a result of the ch...

Contemporary Drama/2 New Plays & Aristotle

working class (Brown). Modern playwrights have expanded the conception of tragedy to include all walks of people in all circumstan...

Beckett's "Endgame" - Theatrical Passage

as audience members question the correctness of snickering at something so obviously bleak. Still, they are hard pressed to avoid...

Comparative Analysis of Seeing a Movie in a Movie Theater versus Watching a Movie on a Television Set

do not have to move when watching a film on television and the light from the images makes direct contact with the eye lens, corne...