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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 ...

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 ...

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...

Investigating the Concept of the Theatre of Cruelty

the aims of all serious dramatists, especially with reference to the way in which the stage becomes not only the central focus for...

The Open Theater Movement in Argentina

theater (Graham-Jones 7). Theater listings in the daily newspapers typically advertise fifty or sixty plays being staged at any gi...

Truth and Documentary Theater

call to action. Bruskin explains that "The essence of the period is that we were galvanized to do something." (32). While docume...

Digital Resistance and Electronic Disobedience of Critical Art Ensemble

Throughout their publishing efforts, CAE has continued to present numerous multimedia events throughout the United States and Eur...

Social Change Through Theater and West Side Story

Story from Historical, Social, Cultural, Political and Religious Perspectives Surprisingly, the original idea for West Side Stor...

Theater Producer Duties

topical dialogue and music with a message. With every change the theatrical musical underwent, there was needed some structural...

Theatre of the Absurd, Harold Pinter, and Samuel Beckett

In 8 pages this paper considers this 20th century seminal dramatic drama by examining such works as Beckett's Waiting for Godot an...

Overview of Theater Design

In nine pages theatrical or stage design is the focus of this overview that includes history, production phases, and importance. ...

Death of a Salesman South Coast Repertory Theatre Performing Arts Review

In four pages this version of Arthur Miller's play is reviewed in terms of Willy Loman's character development and simplistic sett...

Review of the 1997 Pantages Theatre Performance of Phantom of the Opera

In four pages this paper reviews this musical performance in terms of structure with staging improvement suggestions offered....

Theater Artist Tadashi Suzuki's Life and Work

buildings for eight Japanese theatres" (International Chekhov Theatre Festival). He is not just considered to be one of the wor...

Ancient Greek Theatre, Sophrosyne and Hubris

According to Plato, in his dialogue Charmides, the qualities associated with sophrosyne, give rise to the admirable characteristic...

Overview of Multicultural Theater

nature - the very truth of human nature - which is why it is often painful to accept. Indeed, Hansberrys work represents all that...

Analysis of Arden Fingerhut's Theatre Choice in Action

does. The author then addresses other subheadings that were also covered in chapter 3, such as what an actor looks for in reading ...

Theater and Contemporary Musicals

In ten pages this report analyzes the musicals Eye of the Storm, Blood Brothersl, Ragtime, and Dracula. There are no other source...

The Theater and Its Use of Comedy

Funny women with a prominent role in the narrative are shared by many plays. This paper examines The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov, he...

Modern Theater and the Director's Role

In eight pages this paper examines the contemporary theatrical director's role in an analysis of productions of Angels in America ...

Strong Women in Ancient Greek Theatre

the "sheet-anchors," i.e., the weapons that will be their salvation (Aristophanes). Lysistrata gathers together women from all o...

The Missouri Theater Warfare at Wilson’s Creek

The American Civil War shook our nation like it had never been shaken before. It was a time...

The Magic of Creation: Plays for the Theater

that is worth seeing. This paper considers the process of creating a play. Discussion There is nothing like live theater. The exc...

Designing for the Theater

a play, with the exception of writing the play itself, and performing it. That is, the actors are part of the production but not c...

Theater of Pain - Hedda Gabler and Equus

is a social climber; and she has no respect for her husband or his scholarship, finding it and him both incredibly boring. She is ...

Causes of WWII/Pacific Theatre

was a republic, led by the Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek. Due to the fact that there was serious opposition to his government...

Coming to a Theatre Near You; Case Study

was competition in some aspects there had also been collusion, such as in the agreement of which distribution firms would bid for ...

Sociology Of Drama And Theater

impossible for women to live independently. One of their options was to become successful and financially independent prostitutes....

Assimilation of History's Lessons with Thatcherism

In nine pages theoretical comparisons are made between Look Back in Anger, a play by John Osborne, Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Or...

The Contribution to American History and Jewish American History by Henry Kissinger

a man of great power and a man who apparently worked within all sorts of cultures, working with China and then with Vietnam, earni...