Download or read book Passionate Amateurs written by Nicholas Ridout and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2013-10-14 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Passionate Amateurs tells a new story about modern theater: the story of a romantic attachment to theater’s potential to produce surprising experiences of human community. It begins with one of the first great plays of modern European theater—Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya in Moscow—and then crosses the 20th and 21st centuries to look at how its story plays out in Weimar Republic Berlin, in the Paris of the 1960s, and in a spectrum of contemporary performance in Europe and the United States. This is a work of historical materialist theater scholarship, which combines a materialism grounded in a socialist tradition of cultural studies with some of the insights developed in recent years by theorists of affect, and addresses some fundamental questions about the social function and political potential of theater within modern capitalism. Passionate Amateurs argues that theater in modern capitalism can help us think afresh about notions of work, time, and freedom. Its title concept is a theoretical and historical figure, someone whose work in theater is undertaken within capitalism, but motivated by a love that desires something different. In addition to its theoretical originality, it offers a significant new reading of a major Chekhov play, the most sustained scholarly engagement to date with Benjamin’s “Program for a Proletarian Children’s Theatre,” the first major consideration of Godard’s La chinoise as a “theatrical” work, and the first chapter-length discussion of the work of The Nature Theatre of Oklahoma, an American company rapidly gaining a profile in the European theater scene. Passionate Amateurs contributes to the development of theater and performance studies in a way that moves beyond debates over the differences between theater and performance in order to tell a powerful, historically grounded story about what theater and performance are for in the modern world.

Download or read book The Amateur Stage written by and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Amateur Theatricals written by John Kenrick and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: KENRICK/CIG AMATEUR THEATRICALS

Download or read book Revolutionary Acts written by Lynn Mally and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Russian Revolution and Civil War, amateur theater groups sprang up in cities across the country. Workers, peasants, students, soldiers, and sailors provided entertainment ranging from improvisations to gymnastics and from propaganda sketches to the plays of Chekhov. In Revolutionary Acts, Lynn Mally reconstructs the history of the amateur stage in Soviet Russia from 1917 to the height of the Stalinist purges. Her book illustrates in fascinating detail how Soviet culture was transformed during the new regime's first two decades in power. Of all the arts, theater had a special appeal for mass audiences in Russia, and with the coming of the revolution it took on an important role in the dissemination of the new socialist culture. Mally's analysis of amateur theater as a space where performers, their audiences, and the political authorities came into contact enables her to explore whether this culture emerged spontaneously "from below" or was imposed by the revolutionary elite. She shows that by the late 1920s, Soviet leaders had come to distrust the initiatives of the lower classes, and the amateur theaters fell increasingly under the guidance of artistic professionals. Within a few years, state agencies intervened to homogenize repertoire and performance style, and with the institutionalization of Socialist Realist principles, only those works in a unified Soviet canon were presented.

Download or read book Practical Stage Directing for Amateurs written by Emerson Gifford Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Amateur Stage written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Amateur and the Theatre written by Bonamy Dobrée and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Amateur Stage written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book In the Name of Theatre written by Cheryl Threadgold and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part One: The history of amateur theatre in Victoria, commencing in 1788 in New South Wales, from Melbourne in 1842 and working through decades to modern day, based on an award-winning PhD thesis. Live cultural performances presented by First Nations People for over sixty years are respectfully acknowledged.Part Two: The Culture and Voices of Victorian musical and non-musical amateur theatre are represented by individual stories from 129 currently operating theatre companies in urban and regional Victoria. Known past theatre companies are listed to honour their existence and some research data collated from interviews with representatives from 70 theatre companies gives insight into the transformative benefits of amateur theatre, and perceived strengths, threats and weaknesses of companies.

Download or read book The Methuen Drama Amateur Theatre Handbook written by Keith Arrowsmith and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Amateur Theatre Handbook is the essential handbook for anyone involved in amateur dramatics. Keith Arrowsmith guides the reader through the potential pitfalls of putting on a production, from preliminary planning and choosing a play, through stage management, to first night. There are sections on staging a show, group organisation and special performances, covering legal rights and obligations, health and safety, budgeting, copyright law, choosing a venue, stage management and front-of-house, plus a comprehensive reference section. Using personal anecdotes, checklists and clear guidelines, this is a comprehensive and accessible handbook for all aspects of amateur production.

Download or read book History of the Amateur Theatre written by George Taylor and published by Melksham : Venton. This book was released on 1976 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book 100 Plays to Save the World written by Elizabeth Freestone and published by Theatre Communications Group. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a guide to One Hundred Plays addressing the most urgent and important issue of our time: the climate crisis 100 Plays to Save the World is a book to provoke as well as inspire—to start conversations, inform debate, challenge our thinking, and be a launchpad for future productions. Above all, it is a call to arms—to step up, think big, and unleash theatre’s power to imagine a better future into being. Each play is explored with an essay illuminating key themes in climate issues: Resources, Energy, Migration, Responsibility, Fightback, and Hope. 100 Plays to Save the World is an empowering resource for theatre directors, producers, teachers, youth leaders, and writers looking for plays that speak to our present moment.

Download or read book The Amateur Or Guide to the Stage Containing Lessons for Theatrical Novices By a Retired Performer written by AMATEUR. and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Light Burns Blue written by Silva Semerciyan and published by Platform Plays. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new play from the Platform initiative, which comprises big-cast plays with predominantly female casts, written specifically for youth performers.

Download or read book The Amateur Theatre written by and published by . This book was released on 194? with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Play Production and Stage Management for Amateurs written by Leslie Howard Gordon and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Theatre and Stage written by Harold Downs and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: