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How to Write About Theatre

Author : Mark Fisher
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472520556
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book How to Write About Theatre written by Mark Fisher and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do you do if you find yourself weeping in the stalls? How should you react to Jude Law's trousers or David Tennant's hair? Are you prepared to receive toilet paper in the post? What if the show you just damned turns out to be a classic? If you gave it a five-star rave will anyone believe you? Drawing on his long years of experience as a national newspaper critic, Mark Fisher answers such questions with candour, wit and insight. Learning lessons from history's leading critics and taking examples from around the world, he gives practical advice about how to celebrate, analyse and discuss this most ephemeral of art forms - and how to make your writing come alive as you do so. Today, more people than ever are writing about theatre, but whether you're blogging, tweeting or writing an academic essay, your challenges as a critic remain the same: how to capture a performance in words, how to express your opinions and how to keep the reader entertained. This inspirational book shows you the way to do it. Foreword by Chris Jones, Chief theater critic, Chicago Tribune

Theatre Criticism

Author :
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472577116
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book Theatre Criticism written by and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-08 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world of theatre criticism is rapidly changing in its form, function and modes of operation in the twenty-first century. The dominance of the internet has led to a growing trend of selfappointed theatre critics and bloggers who are changing the focus and purpose of the discussion around live performance. Even though the blogosphere has garnered suspicion and hostility from some mainstream newspaper critics, it has also provided significant intellectual and ideological challenges to the increasingly conservative profile of the professional critic. This book features 16 commissioned contributions from scholars, arts journalists and bloggers, as well as a small selection of innovative critical practice. Authors from Australia, Canada, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Russia, the UK and the US share their perspectives on relevant historical, theoretical and political contexts influencing the development of the discipline, as well as specific aspects of the contemporary practices and genres of theatre criticism. The book features an introductory essay by its editor, Duška Radosavljevic.

Theatre of the Ridiculous

Author : Bonnie Marranca
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Theatre of the Ridiculous written by Bonnie Marranca and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a theatrical form, the "ridiculous" thrived in the 1970s and early 1980s, playfully subverting dramatic and social convention in its mix of camp, role-playing, literary and cinematic allusions--and anticipating the current interest in gender, cross-dressing, and popular culture. Originally published in 1979, THEATRE OF THE RIDICULOUS (now revised and updated) was the first book to document this innovative and challenging form.

Key Concepts in Theatre/Drama Education

Author : S. Schonmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9460913326
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book Key Concepts in Theatre/Drama Education written by S. Schonmann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-07-22 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Key Concepts in Theatre Drama Education provides the first comprehensive survey of contemporary research trends in theatre/drama education. It is an intriguing rainbow of thought, celebrating a journey across three fields of scholarship: theatre, education and modes of knowing. Hitherto no other collection of key concepts has been published in theatre /drama education. Fifty seven entries, written by sixty scholars from across the world aim to convey the zeitgeist of the field. The book’s key innovation lies in its method of writing, through collaborative networking, an open peer-review process, and meaning-making involving all contributors. Within the framework of key-concept entries, readers will find valuable judgments and the viewpoints of researchers from North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, New Zealand and Australia. The volume clearly shows that drama/theatre educators and researchers have created a language, with its own grammar and lucid syntax. The concepts outlined convey the current knowledge of scholars, highlighting what they consider significant. Entries cover interdependent topics on teaching and learning, aesthetics and ethics, curricula and history, culture and community, various populations and their needs, theatre for young people, digital technology, narrative and pedagogy, research methods, Shakespeare and Brecht, other various modes of theatre and the education of theatre teachers. It aims to serve as the standard reference book for theatre/drama education researchers, policymakers, practitioners and students around the world. A basic companion for researchers, students, and teachers, this sourcebook outlines the key concepts that make the field prominent in the sphere of Arts Education.

The Critic

Author : Jeffrey Hatcher
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0822236613
Total Pages : 47 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (222 download)

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Download or read book The Critic written by Jeffrey Hatcher and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From comic mastermind Jeffrey Hatcher comes a fresh take on Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s 18th-century romp THE CRITIC, a whirlwind comedy about bad theatre, worse playwrights…and, worst of all, the critics. The meta-theatrical frenzy builds throughout, from wacky antics and quick changes to an operatic burlesque as the company jumps from role to role. Experience a madcap night of life in the theatre with this classic behind-the-scenes comedy.

Theatre Criticism

Author : Irving Wardle
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571300464
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book Theatre Criticism written by Irving Wardle and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2013-02-21 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'You have discovered a perishable treasure, and it is imperative to share it with other people before it fades... You have only one chance to get it right, while the impression is still fresh...' If critics often disagree among themselves over the merits of a given work, this is nothing compared to the wider argument about what the critic's role should be - Objective judge? Consumer guide? Provocateur? - and whether or not those practising criticism are living up to their duty to the 'perishable treasures' on which they pronounce. In Theatre Criticism, first published in 1992, Irving Wardle sets out to define the credentials and aims of this vexed profession. Tracing its origins to Dryden and the Grub Street writers of Georgian London, Wardle goes on to examine the prejudices, questions and practices of modern reviewing, drawing on three decades' worth of his own experience.

Post-War British Theatre Criticism (Routledge Revivals)

Author : John Elsom
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317557514
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Post-War British Theatre Criticism (Routledge Revivals) written by John Elsom and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1981, sets out the critical reaction to some fifty key post-war productions of the British theatre, as gauged primarily through the contemporary reviews of theatre critics. The plays chosen are each, in their different ways, important in their contribution to the development of the British theatre, covering the period from immediately after the Second World War, when British theatre fell into decline, through the revival of the late 1950s, to the time in which this book was first published, in which British theatre enjoyed a high international reputation for its diversity and quality. This book is ideal for theatre studies students, as well as for the general theatre-goer.

Theatre of the Unimpressed

Author : Jordan Tannahill
Publisher : Coach House Books
ISBN 13 : 177056411X
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Theatre of the Unimpressed written by Jordan Tannahill and published by Coach House Books. This book was released on 2015-05-11 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How dull plays are killing theatre and what we can do about it. Had I become disenchanted with the form I had once fallen so madly in love with as a pubescent, pimple-faced suburban homo with braces? Maybe theatre was like an all-consuming high school infatuation that now, ten years later, I saw as the closeted balding guy with a beer gut he’d become. There were of course those rare moments of transcendencethat kept me coming back. But why did they come so few and far between? A lot of plays are dull. And one dull play, it seems, can turn us off theatre for good. Playwright and theatre director Jordan Tannahill takes in the spectrum of English-language drama – from the flashiest of Broadway spectacles to productions mounted in scrappy storefront theatres – to consider where lifeless plays come from and why they persist. Having travelled the globe talking to theatre artists, critics, passionate patrons and the theatrically disillusioned, Tannahill addresses what he considers the culture of ‘risk aversion’ paralyzing the form. Theatre of the Unimpressed is Tannahill’s wry and revelatory personal reckoning with the discipline he’s dedicated his life to, and a roadmap for a vital twenty-first-century theatre – one that apprehends the value of ‘liveness’ in our mediated age and the necessity for artistic risk and its attendant failures. In considering dramaturgy, programming and alternative models for producing, Tannahill aims to turn theatre from an obligation to a destination. ‘[Tannahill is] the poster child of a new generation of (theatre? film? dance?) artists for whom "interdisciplinary" is not a buzzword, but a way of life.’ —J. Kelly Nestruck, Globe and Mail ‘Jordan is one of the most talented and exciting playwrights in the country, and he will be a force to be reckoned with for years to come.’ —Nicolas Billon, Governor General's Award–winning playwright (Fault Lines)

Sabbath's Theater

Author : Philip Roth
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0547345739
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Sabbath's Theater written by Philip Roth and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He is relentlessly defiant. He is exceedingly libidinous. His appetite for the outrageous is insatiable. He is Mickey Sabbath, the aging, raging powerhouse whose savage effrontery and mocking audacity are at the heart of Philip Roth's astonishing new novel. Sabbath's Theater tells Mickey's story in the wake of the death of his mistress, an erotic free spirit whose adulterous daring exceeds even his own. Once a scandalously inventive puppeteer, Mickey is now in his mid-sixties and besieged by ghosts - of his mother, his beloved brother, his vanished first wife, his mistress of thirteen years. Bereft and grieving, he embarks on a turbulent journey back into his past, one that brings him to the brink of madness and extinction. But no matter how ardently he courts death, he is too exuberantly alive to succeed at dying. Sabbath's Theater is a comic creation of epic proportions, and Mickey Sabbath is its gargantuan hero. This book, which presents Philip Roth at the peak of his powers, is sur

Greenland

Author : Jack Thorne
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571277926
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book Greenland written by Jack Thorne and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2011-02-17 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What on earth is happening to our planet? And who knows what to do? Certainties are few: every living thing is related to every other living thing; our actions have consequences; change is continual and inevitable. The National Theatre asked four of the country's most exciting writers to investigate. The team spent six months interviewing key individuals from the worlds of science, politics, business and philosophy to create a fast-paced and provocative new play. Greenland premiered at the National Theatre, London, in February 2011.

The Musical Theatre Writer's Survival Guide

Author : David Spencer
Publisher : Heinemann Drama
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Musical Theatre Writer's Survival Guide written by David Spencer and published by Heinemann Drama. This book was released on 2005 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning musical dramatist and teacher David Spencer provides a guide-to-the-game that helps you negotiate aspects of the musical theatre business and more.

The Theory of The Theatre

Author : Clayton Meeker Hamilton
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781021081988
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (819 download)

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Download or read book The Theory of The Theatre written by Clayton Meeker Hamilton and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic work explores the principles and practices of theatre with a focus on the art of acting. It covers a range of topics from the physical and technical aspects of performance to the creative and psychological elements of character development. Hamilton's insightful analysis has been a valuable resource for actors and directors for over a century. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Selected Theatre Criticism

Author : Anthony Slide
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Selected Theatre Criticism written by Anthony Slide and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Theatre is Not Safe

Author : Gordon Rogoff
Publisher : Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Theatre is Not Safe written by Gordon Rogoff and published by Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reimagining American Theatre

Author : Robert Brustein
Publisher : Hill and Wang
ISBN 13 : 1466805412
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Reimagining American Theatre written by Robert Brustein and published by Hill and Wang. This book was released on 2003-12-31 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his collection of essays and reviews, Robert Brustein makes the argument that the American Theatre is enjoying a renaissance that has not been unacknowledged.

A Formalist Theatre

Author : Michael Kirby
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812205448
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book A Formalist Theatre written by Michael Kirby and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2011-06-07 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Kirby presents a penetrating look a theater theory and analysis. His approach is analytically comprehensive and flexible, and nonevaluative. Case studies demonstrate this unique approach and record performances that otherwise would be lost.

The Theatre and Films of Martin McDonagh

Author : Patrick Lonergan
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408136120
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book The Theatre and Films of Martin McDonagh written by Patrick Lonergan and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin McDonagh is one of the world's most popular dramatists. This is a highly readable and illuminating analysis of his career to date that will appeal to the legions of fans of his stage plays and the films Six Shooter and In Bruges. As a resource for students and practitioners it is unrivalled, providing an authoritative and enquiring approach to his work that moves beyond the tired discussions of national identity to offer a comprehensive critical exploration. Patrick Lonergan provides a detailed analysis of each of his plays and films, their original staging, critical reception, and the connections within and between the Leenane Trilogy, the Aran Islands plays and more recent work. It includes an interview with Garry Hynes, artistic director of Druid Theatre Company, and offers four critical essays on key features of McDonagh's work by leading international scholars: Joan Dean, Eamonn Jordan, Jose Lanters and Karen O'Brien. A series of further resources including a chronology, glossary, notes on McDonagh's use of language and a list of further reading makes this the perfect companion to one of the most exciting dramatists writing today.