Theatre With A Purpose

Author : Don Watson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781350232068

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Theatre with a Purpose by Don Watson Pdf

This study of British amateur theatre in the inter-war period examines five different but interwoven examples of the belief, common in theatrical and educational circles at the time, that amateur drama had a purpose beyond recreation. Amateur theatre was at the height of its popularity as a cultural practice between the wars, so that by 1939 more British people had practical experience of putting on plays than at any time before or since. Providing an original account of the use of drama in adult education projects in deprived areas, and of amateur theatre in government-funded centres for the unemployed in the 1930s, it discusses repertoires, participation by working- class people and pioneering techniques of play-making. Amateur drama festivals and competitions were intended to raise standards and educate audiences. This book assesses their effect on play-making, and the use of innovative one-act plays to express contentious material, as well as looking at the Left Book Club Theatre Guild as an attempt to align the amateur theatre movement with anti-fascist and anti-war movements. A chapter on the Second World War rectifies the neglect of amateur theatre in war-time cultural studies, arguing that it was present and important in every aspect of war-time life. Don Watson builds on current scholarship and makes use of archival sources, local newspapers, unpublished scripts and the records of organizations not usually associated with the theatre. His work explores the range and diversity of amateur drama between the wars and the contributions it made to British theatre.

Author : David Mamet
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-05
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780571279500

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Theatre by David Mamet Pdf

If theatre were a religion, explains David Mamet in his opening chapter, 'many of the observations and suggestions in this book might be heretical'. As always, Mamet delivers on his promise: in Theatre, the acclaimed author of Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed the Plow, calls for nothing less than the death of the director and the end of acting theory. For Mamet, actors are either good or they are non-actors, and good actors generally work best without the interference of a director, however well-intentioned. Issue plays, political correctness, method actors, impossible directions, Stanislavksy, and elitists all fall under Mamet's critical gaze. To students, teacher, and directors, who crave a blast of fresh air in a world that can be insular and fearful of change, Theatre throws down a gauntlet that challenges everyone to do better, including Mamet himself. From iconic and idiosyncratic director and playwright David Mamet, a mischievous manifesto designed to defrock the high priests and challenge the holy bibles of the theatre world.

Author : Philip Rush,Robert Lowe
Publisher : Rhinegold Publishing Ltd
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2004-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781904226307

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A Student's Guide to A2 Drama and Theatre Studies for the AQA Specification by Philip Rush,Robert Lowe Pdf

Author : Louis Montrose
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1996-06
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0226534839

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The Purpose of Playing by Louis Montrose Pdf

Examines the role of Elizabethan drama in the shape of cultural belief, values, and understanding of political authority.

Author : Augusto Boal
Publisher : Get Political
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Social classes in literature
ISBN : 0745328385

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Theatre of the Oppressed by Augusto Boal Pdf

''... brilliantly original ... brings cultural and post-colonial theory to bear on a wide range of authors with great skill and sensitivity.' Terry Eagleton

Author : Paul Allain
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781408145883

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The Theatre Practice of Tadashi Suzuki by Paul Allain Pdf

A lively, critical study of one of the most important innovators, thinkers and directors in contemporary world theatre: Tadashi Suzuki. This book explores Suzuki's theatre practice and contains accompanying video content with practical Suzuki Method actor-training examples. For over forty years Tadashi Suzuki has been a unique and vital force in both Japanese and Western theatre, creating and directing many internationally acclaimed productions including his most famous production, The Trojan Women, which toured throughout the world. Dr Paul Allain, an experienced practitioner of the Suzuki Method, re-evaluates Suzuki's work, his development towards an international theatre aesthetic and his impact on performance all over the world. The accompanying video content covers an actor training session (featuring both novices and an experienced practitioner with over ten years of Suzuki training) showing the physical moves. "Captures aspects of Suzuki's work with an insider's grasp of theatre-making - an informative and inspirational read" From the foreword by Katie Mitchell.

Author : Theresa Breslin,Martin Travers
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781408181577

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Divided City by Theresa Breslin,Martin Travers Pdf

Nominated for ten UK book awards, Theresa Breslin's hit novel tells of how two young boys - one Rangers fan, one Celtic fan - are drawn into a secret pact to help a young asylum seeker in a city divided by prejudice. Now adapted for the stage by Martin Travers, the play has already been produced to great acclaim at Glasgow's Citizens Theatre. Graham and Joe just want to play football and be selected for the new city team, but a violent attack on Kyoul, an asylum seeker, changes everything when they find themselves drawn into a secret pact to help the victim and his girlfriend Leanne. Set in Glasgow at the time of the Orange Order walks, Divided City is a gripping tale about two boys and how they must find their own way forward in a world divided by difference. This educational edition has been prepared by national Drama in Secondary English experts Ruth Moore and Paul Bunyan. Published in Methuen Drama's Critical Scripts series the book: - meets the curriculum requirements for English at KS3, GCSE and Scottish CfE. - features detailed, structured schemes of work utilising drama approaches to improve literary and language analysis - places pupils' understanding of the learning process at the heart of the activities - will help pupils to boost English GCSE success and develop high-level skills at KS3 - will save teachers considerable time devising their own resources.

Author : Catherine Hindson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-30
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781009271882

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Theatre in the Chocolate Factory by Catherine Hindson Pdf

Unearthing artistic creativity at the heart of British industrialism, Catherine Hindson tells the story of Bournville's employee theatre.

Author : Bill Blake
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781350316119

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Theatre and the Digital by Bill Blake Pdf

Why should the digital bring about ideas of progress in the theatre arts? This question opens up a rich seam of provocative and original thinking about the uses of new media in theatre, about new forms of cultural practice and artistic innovation, and about the widening purposes of the theatre's cultural project in a changing digital world. Through detailed case-studies on the work of key international theatre companies such as the Elevator Repair Service and The Mission Business, Bill Blake explores how the digital is providing new scope for how we think about the theatre, as well as how the theatre in turn is challenging how we might relate to the digital.

Author : William Dunlap
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2005-09-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0252030303

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A History of the American Theatre from Its Origins to 1832 by William Dunlap Pdf

As America passed from a mere venue for English plays into a country with its own nationally regarded playwrights, William Dunlap lived the life of a pioneer on the frontier of the fledgling American theatre, full of adventures, mishaps, and close calls. He adapted and translated plays for the American audience and wrote plays of his own as well, learning how theatres and theatre companies operated from the inside out. Dunlap's masterpiece, A History of American Theatre was the first of its kind, drawing on the author's own experiences. In it, he describes the development of theatre in New York, Philadelphia, and South Carolina as well as Congress's first attempts at theatrical censorship. Never before previously indexed, this edition also includes a new introduction by Tice L. Miller.

Author : Robert Leach
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780429873362

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An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance by Robert Leach Pdf

An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance chronicles the history and development of theatre from the Roman era to the present day. As the most public of arts, theatre constantly interacts with changing social, political and intellectual movements and ideas, and Robert Leach’s masterful work restores to the foreground of this evolution the contributions of women, gay people and ethnic minorities, as well as the theatres of the English regions, and of Wales and Scotland. Highly illustrated chapters trace the development of theatre through major plays from each period; evaluations of playwrights; contemporary dramatic theory; acting and acting companies; dance and music; the theatre buildings themselves; and the audience, while also highlighting enduring features of British theatre, from comic gags to the use of props. This first volume spans from the earliest forms of performance to the popular theatres of high society and the Enlightenment, tracing a movement from the outdoor and fringe to the heart of the social world. The Illustrated History acts as an accessible, flexible basis for students of the theatre, and for pure fans of British theatre history there could be no better starting point.

Author : Anne Bogart,Erin Hurley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781350315983

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Theatre and Feeling by Anne Bogart,Erin Hurley Pdf

How does a tragedy arouse pity and fear? How do music and lighting set a mood or convey an emotional tone for an audience? Why does theatre move us? Theatre & Feeling explores the idea that, for many people, theatre is a passion. It provides an intellectual framework for the range of emotional experience engendered by the theatre, establishing a base-line for further thinking and practice in this rich and emergent area of inquiry. Moving across western dramatic theory and theatre history, the book demonstrates the centrality of feeling to the theatre. Foreword by Anne Bogart.

Author : Karl Falconer
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000873450

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Starting a Theatre Company by Karl Falconer Pdf

Exploring everything from company incorporation and marketing, to legal, finance and festivals, Starting a Theatre Company is the complete guide to running a low-to-no budget or student theatre company. Written by an experienced theatre practitioner and featuring on-the-ground advice, this book covers all aspects of starting a theatre company with limited resources, including how to become a company, finding talent, defining a style, roles and responsibilities, building an audience, marketing, the logistics of a production, legalities, funding, and productions at festivals and beyond. The book also includes a chapter on being a sustainable company, and how to create a mindset that will lead to positive artistic creation. Each chapter contains a list of further resources, key terms and helpful tasks designed to support the reader through all of the steps necessary to thrive as a new organisation. An eResource page contains links to a wide range of industry created templates, guidance and interviews, making it even easier for you to get up and running as simply as possible. Starting a Theatre Company targets Theatre and Performance students interested in building their own theatre companies. This book will also be invaluable to independent producers and theatre makers.

Author : Alan Read
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781134914586

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Theatre and Everyday Life by Alan Read Pdf

Alan Read asserts that there is no split between the practice and theory of theatre, but a divide between the written and the unwritten. In this revealing book, he sets out to retrieve the theatre of spontaneity and tactics, which grows out of the experience of everyday life. It is a theatre which defines itself in terms of people and places rather than the idealised empty space of avant garde performance. Read examines the relationship between an ethics of performance, a politics of place and a poetics of the urban environment. His book is a persuasive demand for a critical theory of theatre which is as mentally supple as theatre is physically versatile.

Author : Samuel A. Hay
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1994-03-25
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521465850

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African American Theatre by Samuel A. Hay Pdf

This book traces the history of African American theatre from its beginnings to the present.