Mosammet Mashiat Tasnim Akthar Mosammet.akthar@baruchmail.cuny.edu Epic Theater
The twenty-first century is developing into a time of technological developments and the beginning of the Modern Era. The early Modern Era was known as a time of exploration and globalization. Globalization is the interconnection of countries; there is an active exchange of commodities, ideas, and philosophical thoughts. With the development in technology such as cell phones, airplanes, Internet, and social media; it has made the growth of transportation and communication networks possible and much more advanced. In other words, people and countries can exchange information, ideas, and goods more quickly and efficiently. The worldwide spread of technology
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He proposed the idea of the Epic Theater. In 1924, after moving to Berlin, Brecht started to work with Erwin Piscator. Piscator was known for practicing forms of political and social epic theater. After working with Piscator for some time, Brecht subjectively created a theory who’s grounds stemmed from epic theater. In 1924, Brecht moved to Berlin, and soon thereafter began working with the communist director Erwin Piscator, who practiced a form of epic theater, in which he engaged contemporary social and political concerns. Brecht developed his own theory of the epic theater on the basis of his work. The epic theater became an ideal tool for Brecht to portray his growing political interest in Marxism. Soon after, Brecht officially sparked an interest in communism around 1926 and considered himself a Marxist in 1928. Brecht discretely utilized music to further the audience from the main plot and this became a characteristic of the theory of epic theater and he would also later on compare it to dramatic theater as …show more content…
He hears that there will be gods arriving to the world in search for a good person. He waits along the gates of the city to greet them when they arrive. Soon, the three gods appear and Wong recognizes them immediately. He tries to find them a place to stay, but everyone keeps rejecting them. Wong helps the three Chinese gods in search for a noble person. If the three Gods cannot find a good person, they would destroy and rebuild the world. Finally, they found Shen the, a poor young prostitute. She was the only virtuous person in the world. The three Gods presented her one thousand silver dollars to reward for her kindness and hospitality. She used the money to purchase a tobacco shop and aided other people to maintain her goodness. However, this money would not help her survive in the world, only greediness, immoral, corruption, and selfishness will. Under the living conditions, she is forced to become her imaginary cousin, Shui Ta as overseer and protector of her interests. Shui Ta is apathetic and hardheaded, even spiteful. Shui Ta made her survival in this world in which they live and built her shop into a full-blown tobacco factory with many employees. In the end, one employee accused Shui Ta killed Shen Te; And Shui Ta revealed herself that Shui Ta is Shen Te in front of the
People have dreams of what they want to do or accomplish in life, but usually musical theatre is just pushed into the non-realistic void. It isn’t a dream for me. In the past four years, musical theatre has been clarified as my reality. Musical theatre has been the only thing I have seen myself wanting to do. My first love was The Phantom of the Opera, seeing how I watched it almost every day and it was one of the first shows I saw. Of course, I started doing all of those cute shows in middle school and making a huge deal about it to my family and friends, but I have never felt so passionate about something. The minute I get up on that stage I throw away Riley for two and a half hours and it’s the most amazing feeling! Being able to tell a story
The production of new ideas spark momentum for thought, the fabrication of machinery paves the way for innovations, and the expansion of human connection has led to new forms of participation. Historically, eras have been defined by the highlights of its period: the Stone Age allowed the development of tools while the Gold Age refined methods already produced to be more efficient in their purposes. If these are the things that define these eras, what has defined the twenty first century? In the later parts of the twentieth century, new technology like computer software ignited the world in a way never seen before. People all around the world were given access to connect with one another through the click of a button, and from there, the possibilities
Consider for example, the radio and television. The radio and television (before the advent of the internet) were monumental in their effects on transmitting culture, products, and ideas accross vast distances of the United States. Suddenly American’s could relate to the horrors of war overseas, as well as they could learn of each other’s culture, or product. Of course, this was not the same as being able to transport them there, though newer, better, faster forms of mass transit would be developed to help facilitate just this. But all of these developments pale in comparison to almost a half-century later, with the rise of the internet, and with the increasing array uses for it, in the modern day. +++====
The 21st century is the era of technology and modernization. Through extremely efficient and rapid communication systems, businesses are being conducted across the globe from one single point of command and coordination. Through strong and reliable networks, it is very easy for a person to be in one corner of the world in the morning and in the other corner in the evening. Processes are becoming more and more effective and efficient and the world is coming closer as if it were a global village. This phenomenon is called globalization.
I went to see Around the World in eighty Days with a very open mind as it was the first professional play I have gone to see and after I left I was absolutely stunned. After experiencing the dynamic magic that is professional theatre I became positive I would never pay to see a film in a theatre ever again. I never thought film actors and stage actors were the same but now I know unequivocally that the two are on separate planets. The vast differences in both planets truly makes one appreciate theatre for all of its’ glory. While I never thought much of or respected actors, and why would anyone; stage actors are true workers, stage actors are true artists, stage actors are actual actors.
The Great Depression of the 1930s put many Americans out of work and left people searching for hope. After his election, Roosevelt's New Deal programs began to help better the lives of many jobless people. Unfortunately, many of these programs never reached their ultimate goals, and some failed without anything having been accomplished. The Federal Theatre Project (FTP) was one of many programs that could not fulfill what it had intended. The FTP was short-lived and plagued by severe censorship, all while being a major target of the House Committee to Investigate Un American Activities (HUAC).
During the time period of and between World War I and World War II, major societal changes began to occur. Fascism, totalitarianism, and socialism began to take hold in certain societies, and economies began to fall. The general social unrest that was occurring throughout the world was also being reflected in theatre, which is when new forms of theatre such as expressionism, futurism, Dadaism, surrealism, and epic theatre began to emerge. Among the pioneers of these avant-garde forms of theatre was Bertold Brecht, a philosophical dramatist who was known for his socialist ideals. He believed that theatre was meant to instruct, not to provide the means for emotional stimulation and purging. Brecht’s ideal form of strictly intellectual epic theatre is not possible, because without catharsis and some form of emotional attachment to theatre, society will be unmotivated to effect change without some element of care for the piece of theatre that they are experiencing.
literary. Hereby, Bertolt Brecht created his Epic Theatre based on Marxist view and tried to bring
Theatre has heavily evolved over the past 100 years, particularly Musical Theatre- a subgenre of theatre in which the storyline is conveyed relying on songs and lyrics rather than dialogue. From its origination in Athens, musical theatre has spread across the world and is a popular form of entertainment today. This essay will discuss the evolution and change of musical theatre from 1980-2016, primarily focusing on Broadway (New York) and the West End (London). It will consider in depth, the time periods of: The 1980s: “Brit Hits”- the influence of European mega musicals, the 1990s: “The downfall of musicals”- what failed and what redeemed, and the 2000s/2010s: “The Resurgence of musicals”- including the rise of pop and movie musicals. Concluding
Cell phones are among the most innovative gadgets of the 20th century. Traditionally, people relied on cumbersome methods to transmit information and data over long distance, which usually made the communication process ineffective and slow. The ability to communicate deferred from one society to another and some societies had advantage over others due to their superior methods of communication. It was problematic to send urgent messages due to the lack of reliable and fast techniques of communication. The cell phone invention solved most of these issues. It introduced a platform through which parties could communicate instantaneously regardless of their location or distance. In addition, the cell phone technology is globally accepted hence it is a uniform medium of communication, making it both fast and efficient in any given community. Moreover, cell phones opened up room for more technological in...
In this paper, I will be focusing briefly on my knowledge and understanding of the concept of Applied theatre and one of its theatre form, which is Theatre in Education. The term Applied Theatre is a broad range of dramatic activity carried out by a crowd of diverse bodies and groups.
Before I started Introduction to Theatre class, I had been only to a couple of plays in my life. Just in this semester I’ve been to about ten plays and have learned so much about the art of theatre. The information I retained from class will help out a lot in the future, but the most important part of this class was the shadowing experience of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. With being able to get an inside look at this play during rehearsal and then going to see the performance was an incredible experience. By going to the rehearsal and then seeing the show, I was able to learn and understand more on how the theatre works. From there, I could understand the long process the actors and directors have to go through before the opening show happens.
Theatre as we know it now was born more than two thousand years ago and has gone through many streams until it reached the current modernity. Among these streams is the avant-garde theatre. This theatre achieved a break in the traditional theatre and became the forefront of a new experimental theatre. Therefore it is necessary to ask how this theatre started, what impact it had on society and if this type of theatre is still common in our modern era.
My experience watching a live theatre performance on stage was a fascinating one, most especially since it was my first time. I attended a staged performance of “The History Boys” in a small theatre called “The Little Theatre of Alexandria” at 8:00 pm on Wednesday June 8, 2016 in Alexandria, Virginia. The overall production of the play was a resounding experience for me particularly the performance of the actors and the design of the scene made the play seem real.
Shui Ta, a male character who is brave, tough and selfish just like any man in her society. He is able to solve tough situation done like bargaining the best deal of the shelves from the Carpenter. The carpenter complies with Mr Shui Ta who at last says to him ‘’ take the shelves. Pay what you want’’(26) after a long bargaining conversation. Shen Te taking a role of masculine, is taken more serious by the carpenter. She feels more powerful when acting like man, and use it to her own advantage to settle down the rent with Mrs Mi Tzu and protect herself from men who wants to marry her with wrong reasons that include the policeman, Shu fu and Yang Sun. ‘’I need my bad cousin’’ (104), Shen Te cries to the Gods who just wants her to be only good. After everything that her bad double self, Mr Shui Ta does, it is clear that she needs Shui Ta often and pleads to God that she can not do without him. Although it is difficult, she manages to play both roles as feminine and a masculine to help her break through gender and social status and financial