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This article explores the coincidence between Sarah Bernhardt's role as a theatrical manager in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and her pioneering work in the nascent film industry. I argue that Bernhardt was not only a... more
A special issue of Studies in Musical Theatre offering a range of new critical perspectives on Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton, including: “Is It Like a Beat Without a Melody?”: Rap and Revolution in Hamilton | Jeffrey Severs Rise... more
Lorenzo Mango, Studing acting during avantgards age. Some methodological issues The avantgard theatre of 1900 has changed completely the theatrical style, counterposing the concepts of representation, the mise-en-scene and the centrality... more
Riassunto · Con riferimento a studi filologici e critici accreditati, recenti o meno, si ripercorre la vicenda, editoriale e teatrale, del Tieste foscoliano, contestualizzando la tra-gedia e i suoi temi nella discussione... more
Επιχειρείται μια φαινομενολογική προσέγγιση της νύχτας στην ελληνική δραματουργία, από τη μεταπολίτευση και μετά. Η νύχτα είναι και λειτουργεί ενδοκειμενικά ως μία αναπαράσταση, δηλαδή ως μία ελλιπής ή και παραπειστική επανάληψη μιας... more
Bau- und ritualgeschichtliche sowie literarisch-formgeschichtliche Einordnung Heiligen Grabes (Kloster Neuzelle, Brandenburg) in die Fronleichnamstradition.
The Colonial Public and the Parsi Stage is the first comprehensive study of the Parsi theatre, colonial South and Southeast Asia’s most influential cultural phenomenon and the precursor of the Indian cinema industry. By providing... more
Τὸν Ὀκτώβρη τοῦ 1790 μία ὀθωμανικὴ ἔκτακτη πρεσβεία ἀναχώρησε ἀπὸ τὴν Κωνσταντινούπολη κατευθυνόμενη πρὸς τὸ Βερολίνο προκειμένου νὰ ἐπιτευχθεῖ ἡ συμμετοχὴ τῆς Πρωσίας στὸ πλευρὸ τῆς Πύλης στὸν Αὐστρο-Ρωσο-Ὀθωμανικὸ πόλεμο τοῦ... more
Book Review of Christian DuComb's "Haunted City: Three Centuries of Racial Impersonation in Philadelphia"
Review of our book by Louise Forsyth in alt.theatre Thanks to alt.theatre for the .pdf and permission to post it. Check them out: alt.theatre is Canada's only professional journal dedicated to the intersections of politics, cultural... more
This article tells the story of the friendship between the late Belgian theatre director and author, Eric De Volder, and Turkey, more specifically, the fishing village Karaburun, the most nordic point on the peninsula in the İzmir... more
In this paper we respond to the theme of real-time virtual performance that generates ways to increase embodied and spatial knowledge in the contexts of theatre history, scholarship and related performer education. Through discussing a... more
Две русские танцовщицы, воспитанницы петербургской школы М. Суровщикова-Петипа и М. Муравьева, поочередно гастролировали в Парижской Опере в начале 1860-х годов. Сохранилось много рецен-зий, зафиксировавших отзывы парижских критиков на их... more
Objet de représentations idéalisées tout autant que réalité socio-politique à géométrie variable, le peuple est une pierre de touche de la théorie et de la pratique du théâtre en temps de démocratie. Les trente contributions originales... more
“This is an extremely bold attempt to investigate the cultural history of imagination in a European context and to analyse the cultural enactment of imagination in dramatic texts as potential performance. As a concept imagination is more... more
DocPerform is a multi- and interdisciplinary research project based at City, University of London. Led by members of the Department of Library & Information Science, it comprises scholars and practitioners from the fields of performing... more
El presente trabajo procura una revalorización del teatro de César Vallejo y de su estética teatral (tal y como aparece El arte la revolución) a partir de situar correctamente su obra dentro de los parámetros de teatro político y... more
"We currently find ourselves at a peak moment in the importance and visibility of Spanish baroque drama within the eminently Shakespearean community of Anglophone early modern literary studies. Capitalizing on this momentum , Norton's... more
An assignment that applies the principles of dramaturgy.
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“Dramaturg for a Day.” LMDA’s Dramaturgy SourceBook, Vol. 5 (2018)
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“Dramaturg for a Day.” LMDA’s Dramaturgy SourceBook, Vol. 5 (2018)
1st year survey of global approaches to theatre, dance, and performance C19-21 for production students at X University (formerly Ryerson)
"Ein Archiv-Besuch der Jahre 1969, 1970, 1971 und die an die mitdenkenden Leser*innen übergebene Frage, was aus den damaligen Ansprüchen und Visionen [der Theaterschaffenden und anderer gesellschaftlicher Akteur*innen der BRD]... more
"As You Like It," "Cabaret," and "Hair" are amongst the many plays throughout history to withstand the tests of time and culture. The 1960s were a time of revolutionary thinking, and therefore revolutionary art. Augusto Boal was one of... more
This book deals with one of the most important sources of the Stanislavsky System - Yoga, its practice and philosophy. Sergei Tcherkasski carefully collects records on Yoga in Stanislavsky's writings from different periods and discusses... more
According to Marilyn Ekdahl Ravicz, "[a] complex culture which had produced notable scientific and esthetic creations, as well as a highly evolved social system, was laid low and virtually destroyed. If we are to posit that the indigenous... more
Da C. Vicentini, La teoria del teatro politico (Firenze, Sansoni, pp. 83-124) Sommario: 1 La formula del teatro politico. 2 Teatro e trasformazione storica. 3 Epoca storica e modello teatrale. 4 Unicità e molteplicità del modello. 5... more
介紹當代最新劇場觀念與資訊 十六位專家學者共同撰寫118個關鍵字 延伸詞彙創造有機知識,一通百通 延伸閱讀讓讀者掌握藝術資料庫 本書可說是國內第一本帶有名詞解釋功能的戲劇百科,全書共有118個關鍵字,撰寫者來自全國各大學戲劇系的專家學者(中山、文化、北藝大、台大、台藝大、台南大學等)。 關鍵字涵蓋十大領域,包含華文戲劇(如「小劇場運動」)、編劇(如「高潮點」)、導演(如「跨文化戲劇」)、演員與表演(如「演員訓練」)、舞台(如「舞台燈光」) 、接受(如「戲劇批評」)... more
La Poética de Aristóteles es uno de los documentos más antiguos que se conserva en relación al teatro griego clásico. Sin embargo, a lo largo de la historia ha predominado un abordaje del tratado que centró su estudio en lo referido a la... more
syllabus for Humanities/Theatre & Dance course at Grinnell College 2018
The article explores the metamorphosis of a vampire figure in the beginning of the 19th century, when it evolved from a mindless walking corpse, well-known from Slavic folklore, into a deadly dangerous seducer of aristocratic backgrounds.... more
Grand Guignol was a popular cultural form that first developed in France, notably at the Théatre du Grand Guignol. It was basically a style of macabre, melodrama, generally featuring women in peril, ghosts and horrific stylized murders.... more
Dudley Cocke, Artistic Director of Roadside Theater, reviews a new collection of writing by grassroots American theater pioneer Robert E. Gard, with additional contributions by Maryo Gard Ewell, Robert L. Lynch, and Michael Winslaw;... more
Prikaz knjige sa svjedočanstvima o intenzivnom teatarskom i općenito umjetničkom životu Sarajeva pod opsadom.
Članak opisuje malo poznato redateljsko djelovanje istaknute hrvatske glumice židovskog porijekla Grete Kraus - Aranicki (Osijek, 28. III. 1897 – Zagreb, 10. X. 1956) koja je prvi je put nastupila 1916. u zagrebačkome HNK-u u Straussovu... more