Entertainment News: Agitprop to Colbertisms

At the beginning of the twentieth century, newspaper theatre was born from the need to inform those who could not read the news for themselves. There have been many contributors and influential factors to the multi-faceted evolution of newspaper theatre. Contributors include Meyerhold, Piscator, Brecht, Hallie Flanagan and Arthur Arent, and Augusto Boal. Influential factors include technology, politics, and the influence of theatrical movements. The most popular and most frequent contributors to contemporary newspaper theatre are the legitimate news media and comedy news shows.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Fine Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Theatre

Year dc:date.available

2008

Author dc:creator

• Vigue, Chanelle Renee

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Noreen Barnes

• Piscator
• Brecht
• Living newspaper
• Hallie Flanagan
• Federal Theatre Project
• newspaper theatre
• Boal
• Arts and Humanities
• Theatre and Performance Studies

Statement dc:rights

• © The Author

Identifier

https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/670

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarscompass.vcu.edu:etd-1669