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The figure of the widow in Jacobean drama /Sutherland, Christine Thetis. January 1975 (has links)
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The Corpus Christi plays as dramatizations of ritual : an examination of the decline of the medieval theatreBeauchamp, Pauline. January 1985 (has links)
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The appeals of evil in �M�a�n�k�i�n�d : a rhetorical analysisBrown, Vincent J. January 1984 (has links)
The purpose of this study was to arrive at conclusions regarding the nature and background of the anonymous playwright of the medieval morality play Mankind (composed c. 1470). The presumed audience for this study is the group of readers who criticize, produce, or perform medieval English drama. An analysis was conducted according to the precepts of classical rhetoric as it appeared in the dialogue of the evil characters Nought, New-Guise, Nowadays, Mischief, and Titivillus. The lines of these characters were closely read for clues as to the rhetorical perspective of the playwright.In addition to the classical evidence, the study gathered textual evidence of Germanic pagan influences upon the playwright. The researcher arrived at the conclusion that the classical and Germanic influences were significant in the playwright's choice of actions and dramatic devices. The study includes a review of literature and a synopsis of the action of the play.
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Audience, playhouse and play in Restoration theatre, 1660-1710Botica, Allan Richard January 1986 (has links)
This thesis addresses three aspects of the relationship between audience, playhouse and play in Restoration theatre from 1660 to 1710. It provides a comprehensive account of the composition of the Restoration audience, an examination of the effect this group of men and women had upon the plays they attended and an account of the ways in which the plays and playhouses of the Restoration touched the lives of London's inhabitants. In the first part of this dissertation I identify the audience. Chapter 1 deals with London's playhouses, their location, archictecture and decoration. It shows how the playhouses effectively created two sets of spectators: the visible and the invisible audience. Chapter 2 is a detailed examination of those audiences, and the social and occupational groupings to which they belonged. Chapter 3 deals with the support the stage received. It analyses attendance patterns, summarizes evidence of audience size, presents case studies of attendance patterns and outlines the incidence and effects of recurrent playgoing. In the second part of the dissertation I deal with theatricality, with the representation of human action on and off the stage. I examine the audience's behaviour in the playhouses and the other public places of London. I focus on the relationships between stage and street to show how values and attitudes were transmitted between those two realms. To do this, I analyse three components of theatrical behaviour--acting, costume, and stage dialogue and look at their effect on peoples' behaviour in and ideas about the social world. Chapter 4 is an introduction to late seventeenth century ideas of theatricality. Chapter 5 examines contemporary ideas of dress and fashion and of their relationship to stage costuming. Chapter 6 considers how contemporary ideas about conversation and criticism affected and were in turn affected by stage dialogue.
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A Plurality of Identities: Ulster Protestantism in Contemporary Northern Irish DramaMacbeth, Georgia, School of Theatre, Film & Dance, UNSW January 1999 (has links)
This thesis examines the ways in which Ulster Protestant identity has been explored in contemporary Northern Irish drama. The insecurity of the political and cultural status of Ulster Protestants from the Home Rule Crises up until Partition led to the construction and maintenance of a distinct and unified Ulster Protestant identity. This identity was defined by concepts such as loyalty, industriousness and ???Britishness???. It was also defined by a perceived opposite ??? the Catholicism, disloyalty and ???Irishness??? of the Republic. When the Orange State began to fragment in the late 1960s and early 1970s, so did notions of this singular Ulster Protestant identity. With the onset of the Troubles in 1969 came a parallel questioning and subversion of this identity in Northern Irish drama. This was a process which started with Sam Thompson???s Over the Bridge in 1960, but which began in earnest with Stewart Parker???s Spokesong in 1975. This thesis examines Parker???s approach and subsequent approaches by other dramatists to the question of Ulster Protestant identity. It begins with the antithetical pronouncements of Field Day Theatre Company, which were based in an inherently Northern Nationalist ideology. Here, the Ulster Protestant community was largely ignored or essentialised. Against this Northern Nationalist ideology represented by Field Day have come broadly revisionist approaches, reflecting the broader cultural context of this thesis. Ulster Protestant identity has been explored through issues of history and myth, ethnicity, class, gender and sexuality. More recent explorations of Ulster Protestantism have also added to this diversity by presenting the little acknowledged viewpoint of extreme loyalism. Dramatists examined in this thesis include Stewart Parker, Christina Reid, Frank McGuinness, Bill Morrison, Ron Hutchinson, Marie Jones, Graham Reid, Robin Glendinning and Gary Mitchell. The work of Charabanc Theatre Company is also discussed. What results from their efforts is a diverse and complex Ulster Protestant community. This thesis argues that the concept of a singular Ulster Protestant identity, defined by its loyalty and Britishness, is fragmented, leading to a plurality of Ulster Protestant identities.
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The theatrical and dramatic form of the swordfight in the chronicle plays of Shakespeare /Edelman, Charles. January 1988 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Adelaide, 1988. / Typescript. Errata slip inserted. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 360-385).
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The rôle of the Virgin Mary in the Coventry, York, Chester and Towneley cyclesCornelius Luke, January 1933 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Catholic University of America, 1933. / At head of title: The Catholic university of America. "A bibliography of works referred to in this study": p. 119-121.
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Drama and liturgyCargill, Oscar, January 1900 (has links)
Thesis--Columbia University, 1930. / Includes bibliographical references.
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Drama and liturgyCargill, Oscar, January 1900 (has links)
Thesis--Columbia University, 1930. / Includes bibliographical references.
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Enter Shakespeare der Dramatiker als Figur im modernen Drama /Schubert, Berit Bettina, January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (doctoral)--Universität München, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-303).
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