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The purpose of this study is to investigate stressors among soon-to-be graduating instrumental, vocal, and theatre performance majors. Seventy-two possible performance stressors were compiled into 8 categories: Creative, Intellectual, ...
The post-war World War Two years were an exciting period of theatrical history. This particular era was one of great theatrical activity and experimentation. American writers and painters were a part of the post-war boom that shifted the...
The South is a region of mystery, of tradition, of shifting identity. As a cultural region within the United States, the South has always defined (and redefined) itself in such a way that it remains distinctive from, even oppositional to...
The state-wide tours of the Florida Federal Theatre Project, October, 1937-June, 1939: A description and evaluation of two seasons on the road for the "People's Popular Theatre"
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This is a detailed account of the Florida Federal Theatre's State-Wide Touring Company, starting with the formation of the Jacksonville Repertory Company in 1936, through its transformation into a touring theatre company in October, 1937...
EGYPTIANIZING THEATRE IN EGYPT, 1963-1970: A DESCRIPTIVE AND CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE CLASH BETWEEN A QUEST FOR AUTHENTICITY AND A TENDENCY TO ASSIMILATE WESTERN METATHEATRE
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This research examines the movement of the 1960's to develop a genuine Egyptian theatre which would be recognized on the international level; this movement is herein termed the "movement to Egyptian theatre." The title itself points up... This thesis argues that the movement could not bring a divorce from Western influences, that the movement instead represented a new phase in the apprenticeship of Egyptian theatre wherein the playwrights departed from realism and turned... The core of this argument is that it was not possible for Egyptian playwrights to satisfy the long quest for a national theatre rooted in Egypt's indigenous theatrical practices because these practices were rudimentary and formless, and... This study includes, in addition to the historical background and survey of the different stages of the movement, a study of selected literature of the movement: three theoretical documents and eleven plays. Also, a detailed analysis of... Although I conclude that in its purpose to develop a truly Egyptian drama the movement failed, it is credited with (1) promoting the assimilation rather than the imitation of the Western theatrical model, (2) initiating the use of...
This project engages Antonin Artaud's highly influential critical volume, The Theater and Its Double, through the dual critical lenses of Psychoanalysis and Deconstruction in order to generate responses to questions posed by Artaud’s...
Repossessing Spectatorship in Immersive Theatre and Virtual Reality proposes that material constructions borne by the ambitions of “immersion” do not fulfill their intended purpose: total passage to the reality of the performance. These...
CONCEPTS ABOUT THEATRE: A SURVEY OF SOME COLLEGE STUDENTS IN THE FLORIDA COUNTIES OF BROWARD, DADE, AND PALM BEACH COMPARING THOSE WHO HAVE HAD A THEATRE AND DRAMA APPRECIATION COURSE WITH THOSE WHO HAVE NOT
A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF AUDIENCE ATTITUDES: A SURVEY OF SELECTED AUDIENCES IN PROFESSIONAL, EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY THEATRES IN DADE, BROWARD, AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA
During the fall season of 2014, the three shows produced by Theatre Tallahassee were studied to determine the most effective marketing techniques for this particular theatre's audience and how accurately the marketing used at that time...
Nigeria's pre-colonial, British colonial and postcolonial history colors every aspect of its art and literature. The values and practices of the cultural groups that inhabit this country have been in flux since the beginning of the...
Only written from 1660-1714, intrigue plays provide a unique window into the social, political and theatrical milieu of early modern England. They were more successful than many plays now considered necessary to university curricula, yet...
THE FUNCTION OF THE CHOREOGRAPHER IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONCEPTUAL MUSICAL: AN EXAMINATION OF THE WORK OF JEROME ROBBINS, BOB FOSSE, AND MICHAEL BENNETT ON BROADWAY BETWEEN 1944 AND 1981 (NEW YORK)
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The conceptual musical and the all-powerful conceiver/director/choreographer are two significant recent advances in musical theatre. These phenomena are the focus of this study. While different interpretations of what constitutes the... The study is divided into six chapters. The three major chapters cover Jerome Robbins, Bob Fosse, and Michael Bennett, focusing on their conceptual musicals. These chapters also include a less detailed examination of their background and... Throughout the advent and tenure of the conceptual musical, collaborative book musicals have remained successful. This type of musical also benefits from the work of innovators like Robbins, Fosse, and Bennett, who have made musical...
La presencia de la Virgen en las obras dramaticas de Tirso de Molina
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the presence of the Virgin in the dramatic works of Tirso de Molina based on two premises: the sources utilized, and the presence, images and miracles of the Virgin. This investigation... that is very much allegorical, full of imagination and of veneration of the Virgin to whom he was very devoted.
GROUP DYNAMICS AND THE EVOLUTION OF CREATIVE CHOICE IN THE PERFORMANCE GROUP'S NEW YORK PRODUCTION OF "DIONYSUS IN 69"
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An examination of the Performance Group's origins and subsequent development as one of the leading theatrical companies in the Off-Off Broadway movement of the late 1960's was undertaken by the author, one of the Group's founding members... Three principal areas of study were thus identified: (1) the Group dynamic founded on the libidinal, emotion-based ties between members of the collective; (2) the Group Mind, or intentionality of the whole as distinguished from its parts... The sociocultural significance of Dionysus in 69 was examined in terms of the Group's use of "environmental theatre" staging techniques and moments of audience participation where spectators were encouraged to interact with the...
During the 1990s, a sudden outpouring of new musical talent flooded both Broadway and off-Broadway. Dubbed at the time by both critics and scholars as creating New Theater Music, these challenging composers were and continue to be drawn...
Locating American Masculinity with(out)in the Male: Sam Shepard's Kicking a Dead Horse, Neil Labute's Reasons to Be Pretty, and Sarah Ruhl's Late: A Cowboy Song
This thesis focuses on the representation of the crisis of masculinity and how that crisis, real or imagined, both calls for and automatically creates a renegotiation of the masculine identity. Specifically, it interrogates three...
THE NECESSARY ROLE OF THE COLLEGE AND THE UNIVERSITY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOL DRAMA PROGRAM IN FLORIDA: A SURVEY AND ANALYSIS OF THE NEEDS OF THE FLORIDA SECONDARY SCHOOLS, AND AN EXAMINATION OF THE ROLE OF THE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY IN THE DRAMA PROGRAMS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN SELECTED STATES
This thesis takes as its foundational assumption that televised sporting events are not mere documentations of games as they unfold, but carefully constructed performances whose conventions are geared to its ideal spectator â the white...
This dissertation seeks to create a vocabulary and a theoretical framework with which to examine the political implications of nonlinear, non-realistic depictions of time in recent English history plays. I explore plays by Howard Barker, ...
Throughout her time as a member of the famed Provincetown Players, for which she penned three successful plays, playwright Djuna Barnes simultaneously wrote twelve short closet dramas, none of which saw the light of the stage. Despite...
Inspired by the plays and performance art pieces of many Latina/o and African American artists who seek to resurrect indigenous beliefs as a method of political resistance, this thesis seeks to imagine possibilities for male individuals...
The use of commercial manufactured wireless lighting control relays is financially inhibitive. The aim of this study is to explore the development of a wireless lighting control link that will operate within an IEEE 802.11 network and...
This dissertation examines the transformation of the heroic ideal from the literary, quasi-historical standards of Homeric society, in which the self-interested desires of the individual, male warriors are paramount, through the Archaic... Primarily, though, the investigation revolves around the activities of literary, and historical, women as they relate to the changing criteria of the heroic ideal. In Homer, I have a brief overview of his treatment of women. In Chapter 3... After a brief overview of political life in fifth-century Athens, the functions of tragedy, and the characterization of women in tragedy, in Chapters 4-6 I engage those plays of the three tragedians whose female characters act according...
This dissertation illuminates how fear of the undead constitutes an integral part of the surviving ancient Greek tragedies, while also yielding dramaturgical research that can revivify contemporary productions. Following a survey of...
Trance and acting: A theoretical comparative study of acting and altered states of consiousness and a survey of the implications in current actor training and craft
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This dissertation proposes to demonstrate a correlation between the experiences of trance and acting and to illustrate that this interrelationship extends from theatre's origins to a contemporary reunion in actor training today.... A comparative survey revealed that trance and acting share a similar historical evolution and common phenomenological characteristics as well. Furthermore, each chapter discovered a favorable theoretical and practical relationship...
From 1993 until 1999, I worked with my colleagues at Florida State University to develop a series of workshops and presentations to advance some new approaches to teacher training for graduate teaching assistants. In these workshops, we...
My thesis argues that a critical study of the gay themes and issues in Finn’s work – both obvious and otherwise latent – elucidates historically specific and significant queer texts and subtexts, along with queer modes of reception....
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