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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Theater Studies"”.
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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)
… 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 possible …
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Engaging and Evading the Bard: Shakespeare, Nationalism, and British Theatrical Modernism, 1900-1964
… narrative of early twentieth-century British theater and drama situates their rise within the broad European context of Continental artistic developments, such as the rise of Henrik Ibsen. Examining the work of George Bernard Shaw, T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden, and Peter Brook, this dissertation …
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Finding the Voice of Lady MacBeth ---- Voice and text work for the contemporary actor through the rehearsal and performance of Macbeth (from Shakespeare).
A journey of contemporary Shakespeare explored from the timeless play of MacBeth, as an actor finds the voice of Lady MacBeth, through the text work, rehearsals, research and guidance of director James Slowiak.
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Representing Childhood: The Social, Historical, and Theatrical Significance of the Child on Stage
… representations of childhood. In three case studies, one each on childhood in the Early Modern, Modern, and Contemporary periods, I focus on the relationship between larger social, industrial, and philosophical changes, real-world childhood(s), and dramatic representations of those childhoods …
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'Dost Thou Speak like a King?': Enacting Tyranny on the Early English Stage
<p>The Biblical drama that was popular in England from the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries is a fruitful site for exploring the dissemination of political discourse. Unlike Fürstenspiegeln (mirrors for princes literature) or the tradition of royal civic triumphs, Biblical drama, whether presented …
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Stage Hypnosis in the Shadow of Svengali: Historical Influences, Public Perceptions, and Contemporary Practices
<p>This dissertation examines stage hypnosis as a contemporary popular entertainment form and investigates the relationship between public perceptions of stage hypnosis and the ways in which it is experienced and practiced. Heretofore, little scholarly attention has been paid to stage hypnosis as a …
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“We've All To Grow Old”: Representations of Agingas Reflections of Cultural Change on the Celtic Tiger Irish Stage
This dissertation discusses the work of four Irish playwrights: Sebastian Barry, Marina Carr, Conor McPherson, and Elaine Murphy. Specifically, it investigates the inclusion, by these playwrights, of “elderly” characters in their plays written between 1995 and 2010—a period of …
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Sites of Passage: Art as Action in Egypt and the US-- Creating an Autoethnography Through Performance Writing, Revolution, and Social Practice
As a performance artist and arts activist I present my research project to the audience in performative writing, a postmodern research style that advocates the integration of the artist/researcher identity. In the summer of 2010, I left for Egypt to teach a performance and installation art workshop …
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Sex and the City, Platinum Edition: How The Golden Girls Altered American Situation Comedy
When The Golden Girls premiered in 1985, the show helped usher in a new era in American situation comedy television. American audiences had never seen a situation comedy where a group of adult women were the focal point of each episode. There had certainly been programming prior to the show where …