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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Contemporary Theater"”.
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Reinforcing and destabilizing myths of origin: Storytelling and biopolitical communities in contemporary theater in French
… examines representations of community in contemporary theater in French through the theoretical lens of biopolitics and analyses of the ways in which stories are told. In close readings of major theatrical works in French after 1968, I reveal how two different notions of community have …
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Traveling Theater
… The project in this thesis is a traveling theater. It was inspired by an interest in the intersection between architecture and contemporary theater. The theater borrows elements from traditional theaters and street theater in an effort to establish a separation between actor and spectator …
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The Making of The Modern History Play
… of historical fact with the conventions of the contemporary theater. Often the latter, popular theatrical conventions, undermines or alters drastically history as a society perceives it. The history play, then, is frequently poised between the instructive function of history and the somewhat …
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Timing is everything almost: An analysis of Eugene O'Neill's "Desire Under the Elms" in terms of its success
… with an examination of Desire's place in contemporary theater as the final element defining its success.
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Space and Place in the Out-of Doors settings of the Farsas Y Eglogas by Lucas Fernandez, Spanish Playwright (1474-1542)
… backdrops. I argue, using the principles of contemporary theater semiotics, that the mountains, hills, meadows and forests in Fernandez’ works are dynamic.This dissertation explores, first of all, how our playwright creates a sense of the outdoors on stage. Included in this discussion are the …
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BITING OFF MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW: GERMAN-BRAZILIAN CULTURAL CANNIBALISM
… the (trans)cultural performances by the Swiss theater director Milo Rau – I show how cultural cannibalism is a long-needed analytical lens in the field, as it not only brings the playfulness and power inversion characteristic of its roots, but it also evokes a special affect, an irreverence and …
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Un sentimento estremo del teatro.L’opera di Giovanni Testori nelle produzioni sceniche contemporanee
La tesi ricostruisce e interpreta la fortuna scenica dell’opera di Giovanni Testori, attraverso la documentazione e l’analisi degli spettacoli teatrali basati sui suoi testi. La crescente riscoperta teatrale dello ‘scrivano’ lombardo vanta un corpus di performance ricco e variegato, vale a dire un …