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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Comedy of Errors"”.
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The Comedy of Errors: A Romantic Comedy
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare is mostly performed as a knockabout farce. Despite undeniable farcical moments the play possesses a strong romantic strain, and the directors challenge is to reconcile these two aspects. For my thesis production of The Comedy of Errors in High Park this …
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Errors are a Gateway to Discovery: Development of a Fledgling Designer
… thesis is an informative and critical analysis of my development of as a designer over three years in the Department of Theatre and Dance's Masters of Fine Arts program at the University of South Carolina. It explores main stage productions The Arabian Nights, Our Country's Good, The Comedy of …
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The Scavenger's daughter
… Daughter is a five act play in the form of a medieval Miracle play. Though borrowing from medieval drama the play is mainly concerned with a modernist aesthetic in the vein of Artaud, Brecht, and Beckett. The play centres around a travelling merchant who builds and sells automatons which …
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A Journey Through Costumes
… character is becomes a journey through the pages of the script, dissecting the environment, what the character says, what the character says about himself, and how other characters speak and act around him. This thesis highlights how I have traveled this journey to create genuine characters …
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The Partnership of Stuart Robson and William H. Crane: American Comedians (New York)
… partnership which presented fourteen productions of contemporary comedies and "old comedies" to the American public. On the road and in New York, they developed into one of the most popular, financially successful, and critically acclaimed star attractions of the period. Contemporaries …
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The Lost Cause: An Examination of the Defeat of the Confederate States of America
This study examines the Lost Cause of the Confederacy and the reasons for the defeat of the Confederate States of America. The Confederate States of America was created with propaganda, lofty ideals and unbridled optimism. With the outcome of the American Civil War known, this study seeks to answer …
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Problematising Petrarchism: Shakespeare’s Varying Responses to an Elizabethan Cult
… rich and multifaceted responses to the cult of Petrarchism in Elizabethan England in selected sonnets, narrative poems and plays. I start by providing a sense of the historical tradition of Petrarchism both in general and in its various manifestations in the culture of Elizabethan England in …
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Identity and Awareness: Manifestations of Self and Persona in Early Modern English Drama
… English dramatic characters through their crises of identity. The reader will follow the very different ways these characters respond to the demand that they represent themselves in the respective social worlds they inhabit. The protagonist in each of the plays, in Gammer Gurton's Needle, in …
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'Methinks You Are My Glass:' Shakespeare's Twins in Text and Performance
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