SHAKESPEARE’S THEATRE AND AUDIENCE. Why should we concern ourselves with Shakespeare’s theatre and audience? The vast majority of his readers since the Restoration have known nothing about them‚ and have enjoyed his plays enormously. And if they have enjoyed without fully understanding‚ it was for want of imagination and of knowledge of human nature‚ and not from ignorance of the conditions under which his plays were produced. At any rate‚ such ignorance does not exclude us from the soul of Shakespearean
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Theatre can be a powerful tool to create social change. To the audience witnessing theatre‚ it is a piece of art that can evoke a feeling or provide a message that can cause action. For the actors‚ the effect can be even more profound as they are forced to empathize with their characters in order to portray them accurately. In the case of improv‚ perhaps the most central focus of this course‚ theatre becomes a way to merge the audience with the actors: it forces both into a position of introspection
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| |Theatres: An Introduction |2 | |Theatres: Location |3 | |Theatres: Architecture |4 | |The Opening of the Globe Theatre
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The Globe Theatre “Totus mundus agit historenem” (The world is a playhouse). That is the motto of the Globe Theatre‚ the best playhouse of all. William Shakespeare wrote and performed his greatest plays here with much delight. The Globe Theatre has a great history‚ intriguing stories‚ and a beautiful replica. The Globe Theatre was erected in the year in 1599 after much dispute. The Lord Chamberlain’s Men acting group‚ led by William Shakespeare and the Burbage brothers‚ needed a place to perform
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‘Theatre of 21st Century should be looking forward not back’ discuss this statement in relation to the play you have seen in performance with references to its original performance conditions. The experience of theatre now is comparatively new and modern to the Shakespearean theatre as theatre has changed to reflect its time period. In order to create any theatre it is vital to ‘look back’ in order to see what came before and regain some of what made theatre entertaining. However‚ it is essential
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The Globe Theatre The Globe Theatre was built in 1599‚ on the shore on the Bankside district in London. This “playhouse” was built from timber‚ nails‚ and even stolen playhouse frames. It took four years to build this structure. However‚ this was not the prototype. In fact‚ there was another theatre that took its place beforehand. James Burbage created the original theatre‚ which was basically named “The Theatre‚” in 1576. William Shakespeare himself and the Lord Chamberlain’s Men helped James
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Verbatim Theatre – Devising How is the initial material being researched and developed at significant stages during the process of creating drama‚ in line with the specifics of Verbatim Theatre? One of the key parts of this piece of drama is the quotations used. In verbatim theatre you can only say things that have been said before‚ whether in an article‚ interview or other form of media. Our piece is centred on the London Riots which were extensively reported on in 2011‚ so we had a lot of
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1998 is a brave piece of contemporary Australian Theatre‚ exploring the controversial and much debated issue of immigration in Australia‚ while providing a highly symbolic‚ poignant and emotional experience for the audience. This play is based on the memories of an Iranian refugee (Hamid)‚ his wife (Jhila) and their son (Amir) who settled in Australia in the 1980s‚ focusing on how their cultural background ultimately leads to their persecution by the Australian Government. As this play is told from
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Why knowing the history of theatre so important to actors? This is something I use to ask myself a lot. In this Theatre History coarse I am slowly realizing why just knowing my history will help me as an actor. In this paper I will discuss some. The origin and development of Theatre started well over twenty-five hundred years ago. During that time performances where performed for ritual reasons that did not requires initiation on the part of the spector. A man named Aristotle came along
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The Globe Theatre “All the world’s a stage" The globe theatre is a place with a very rich history. A place that has been graced by some of the most highly regarded playwrights and actors in the world. Including William Shakespeare‚ who in fact was not only one of the theatres most pronoun inspirations but also a founder as well. The globe theatre was in fact the venue that many of Shakespeare’s plays were first produced‚ including his four great tragedies. The theatre itself was built in
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