The key focus of this research project is the marginalisation of radical and alternative politics in modern democratic societies, how they have been presented in a mainstream theatrical context and what strategies a political playwright can employ to present the issues of those politics while overcoming such marginalisation. Referencing cultural theorists including Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein and Howard Zinn, this study argues that contemporary cultures operate within the boundaries of an internalised conservative value set propagated through systems of coercion utilised by the media, governments and corporations. With a specific interest in contemporary theatre, this study proposes that this internalisation functions as an efficient and nearly invisible censor, rendering more complex the task of the political playwright in communicating with a wider and more inclusive audience and that by examining the methods used in the manufacture of consent and then returning to the strategies utilized by political playwrights in the past and at present, we can better identify how to bypass that internal censor and do something more than " preach to the converted." This project comprises two interrelated components; one is an original full length play script, Pornography: The True Confessions of Mandy Lightspeed; the other is an exegesis which compliments and augments the play. The play script represents %60 and the exegesis the remaining %40 of the examinable output of this project, although both are considered integral (and integrate) parts of the whole. Central to both these texts is the question; " How has political theatre been presented in the past and what strategies can the playwright employ to make issues of radical or alternative politics more accessible to a mainstream theatre audience?"

This thesis, comprised of a stage play and exegesis, asks whether the Mike Leigh Method, commonly used by Auteur directors could be adapted to benefit a playwright during the redrafting and development process. I seek to answer this question by examining differing methodologies of drama creation and charting my process as I work to redraft my character driven stage play Deceased Estate through the adaptation and application of the Mike Leigh Method. I contend that Leigh’s method affords a set of honed and proven guidelines that can help the playwright get to the heart of the character driven drama and offer an adapted method template that can be used and furthered by other Playwrights wishing to develop their work in this manner.

Thesis (M.A.) (Hons.) -- University of Western Sydney, Nepean, 1998. / Bibliography : p. [181-188].

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wyoming, 2008. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on July 17, 2009). Includes bibliographical references (p.45).

Thesis (M.A.)--Miami University, Dept. of Theatre, 2007. / Title from first page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-145).

This play demonstrates an interpretation of Nietzsche's philosophy in practice. The main character experiences loss and confusion, however, through this struggle arrives at a discovery of profound truth. If you've ever wondered how to live your life in the best way possible, the main character believes he's found the answer.

Submitted by RAFAEL JOSÉ MASOTTI (rafaelmasotti@gmail.com) on 2016-09-13T02:37:30Z No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertação final em pdf.pdf: 1135928 bytes, checksum: 78585ecfa3b3ea1fa22b445737525bf7 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Felipe Augusto Arakaki (arakaki@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2016-09-14T20:26:02Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 masotti_rj_me_arafcl.pdf: 1135928 bytes, checksum: 78585ecfa3b3ea1fa22b445737525bf7 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-09-14T20:26:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 masotti_rj_me_arafcl.pdf: 1135928 bytes, checksum: 78585ecfa3b3ea1fa22b445737525bf7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-05-13 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) / Segundo o imaginário ocidental, o teatro teria surgido das bacanais dionisíacas na Grécia Antiga. A despeito do caráter repressor de certos períodos da história, também é verdade que sua presumida natureza libertina sempre o acompanhou. No Brasil, por exemplo, não é de surpreender que o teatro nacional tenha se equilibrado entre o sagrado e o profano, afinal, é sabido que a consolidação de nossa moral, de fundo essencialmente católico, patriarcal, se deu em meio às práticas de uma sociedade imersa em uma vida sexual devassa. Atualmente, a temática e a expressão da sexualidade, que ocupam o centro de debates acalorados a respeito dos direitos humanos, marcam presença constante no teatro. Em vista de se ter o foco voltado para a intersecção entre teatro e sexualidade, a dissertação assinalou, no primeiro capítulo, evidências de tal cruzamento e, no segundo, analisou as estratégias dramatúrgicas de Agreste (Malva-Rosa), de Newton Moreno, obra paradigmática das discussões mais atuais tanto sobre dramaturgia quanto sexualidade. Viu-se que a peça carrega, sobretudo, o signo da ambiguidade. De um lado, firme no propósito de legitimar a arte do contar, a peça resgata a tradição da oralidade, elementos da cultura popular e estratégias clássicas das narrativas; estabelece, também, intertextos com cânones da arte. De outro lado, visando desmantelar regras clássicas do teatro, alinha-se com as tendências da dramaturgia contemporânea, criando um pastiche de gêneros e subgêneros que contam amorosamente uma história avessa à moral judaico-cristã vigente. / According to the western imagination, theater has arisen from Dionysian bacchanals in the Ancient Greek. Despite the repressive character of certain historical periods, it is also true that its alleged libertine nature has always accompanied it. In Brazil, for instance, it is not surprising that the national theater has balanced between the sacred and the profane, after all, it is known that the consolidation of our moral, essentially catholic, patriarchal, was established amid practices of a society emerged in a lustful sexual life. Currently, the sexuality theme and expression, which occupy the center of intense debates on human rights, are constantly present in the theater. Due to having the focus turned to the intersection between theater and sexuality, this dissertation pointed out, in the first chapter, evidences of such crossing; in the second one, it analyzed the playwriting strategies of Agreste (Malva-Rosa), by Newton Moreno, paradigmatic work of recent discussions about playwriting as well as sexuality. It was concluded that the play carries the sign of ambiguity. On one side, aimed at legitimating the art of storytelling, the play rescues the tradition of oral expression, elements of popular culture and narratives classical strategies; also, it establishes intertextuality with art canons. On the other side, with the target of dismantling classical rules of theater, it is aligned with the tendencies of contemporary playwriting, creating a pastiche of genres and subgenres to tell a story which is opposed to the ongoing Jewish- Christian moral. / CNPq: 133371/2014-0

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-14T12:39:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 parte1.pdf: 2022840 bytes, checksum: be6666f7bffce7a6d8829806767b9707 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-05-07 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / This dissertation is a brief introduction to the work of one of the most important playwriters of the present time: Lourdes Ramalho (Maria de Lourdes Nunes Ramalho, Jardim do Seridó- RN, 1926). Her literary production for adults (plays and cordéis ) has been thought here considering three aspects that, connected, give to her writing a singular form: the archetypicals images and characters of the european Middle Ages imaginary and of the Northeast of Brazil, the regionalist discourse based on folk culture and the medieval iberian focus on brazilian northeastern culture. At the same time, those marks put the author among a large literary tradition that, during the XXth century, tried to find a cultural identity to the brazilian Northeast. There is also, in this study, a attempt to approach the author style to the grotesque realism of François Rabelais, bringing up the analysis of this author and style made by the Literature theoretician Mikhail Bakhtin. After that, there is a discussion about the theatrical language and it is shown how two of Lourdes Ramalho s plays ( As Velhas and Romance do conquistador ) were brought to the stage through the interpretations of those texts made by one of the most creative directors of contemporary theatre: Moncho Rodriguez (Vigo/Spain, 1951). Those stagings of Lourdes Ramalho s texts become stronger the idea of a brazilian Northeast still immersed into traditions and esthetics that go back to the iberian Middle Ages. Both of the artists see, imaginate and create a brazilian Northeast as a space of traditions (iberians, jewishes, moorishes, africans) and also as an universe where the presence of the supernatural, of the fantastic, is very strong. / Esta dissertação é uma breve introdução à obra de uma das mais importantes dramaturgas da atualidade: Lourdes Ramalho (Maria de Lourdes Nunes Ramalho, Jardim do Seridó-RN, 1926). A sua produção literária para adultos (peças de teatro e/ou cordéis) foi pensada aqui considerando três aspectos que, relacionados, dão à sua escrita uma forma singular: as imagens e personagens arquetípicos do imaginário medieval europeu e do Nordeste do Brasil, o discurso regionalista firmado na cultura popular e o enfoque medieval ibérico sobre a cultura nordestina brasileira. Ao mesmo tempo, essas características colocam a autora em meio a uma extensa tradição literária que, ao longo do século XX, tentou encontrar uma identidade cultural para o Nordeste brasileiro. Existe ainda, neste estudo, a tentativa de aproximar o estilo da autora do realismo grotesco de François Rabelais, recorrendo às análises desse autor e estilo feitas pelo teórico da Literatura Mikhail Bakhtin. Em seguida, após uma discussão sobre a linguagem teatral, é mostrado como duas peças de Lourdes Ramalho (As velhas e Romance do conquistador) foram transpostas para o palco através das interpretações desses textos, feitas por um dos mais criativos diretores do teatro contemporâneo: Moncho Rodriguez (Vigo/Espanha, 1951). Essas encenações dos textos ramalhianos vêm reforçar a idéia de um Nordeste brasileiro ainda imerso em tradições e estéticas que remontam ao medievo ibérico. Ambos os artistas vêem, imaginam e criam um Nordeste brasileiro como espaço das tradições (ibéricas, judaicas, mouriscas, africanas) e também como um universo onde a presença do sobrenatural, do fantástico, é muito forte.

Submitted by MARCOS NOGUEIRA GOMES null (marcosncv@hotmail.com) on 2017-07-17T21:45:59Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Marcos Nogueira Gomes.pdf: 1082427 bytes, checksum: 42234af9dad12dcdff68cf2d20eb4374 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luiz Galeffi (luizgaleffi@gmail.com) on 2017-07-19T16:53:29Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 gomes_mn_me_ia.pdf: 1082427 bytes, checksum: 42234af9dad12dcdff68cf2d20eb4374 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-19T16:53:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 gomes_mn_me_ia.pdf: 1082427 bytes, checksum: 42234af9dad12dcdff68cf2d20eb4374 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-06-19 / A proposta desta dissertação é analisar textos de dramaturgos contemporâneos paulistanos, entre os anos de 2005 e 2015, tendo em vista a relação entre texto e cena no interior dessas dramaturgias, identificando e refletindo sobre a presença de elementos incorporados de uma gramática cênica que evocam materialidades em suas estruturas textuais. A análise parte do debate sobre a mudança de status do texto ao longo do século XX, considerando o duplo movimento de emancipação do texto e da cena em relação à tutela do gênero dramático, o que configura novas possibilidades de escrita e encenação mais permissíveis entre si. Com base nas referências teóricas cotejadas no primeiro capítulo, cria-se uma grade de análise para o exame das dramaturgias selecionadas, com o objetivo de posicioná-las, no terceiro capítulo, entre dois polos: mythos e opsis – e posteriormente serem consideradas polaridades recorrentes entre dispositivos dramatúrgicos encontrados nos textos. O corpus desta dissertação, analisado no segundo capítulo, é composto por textos de autores vencedores do Prêmio Shell de Teatro em São Paulo na categoria de Melhor Autor no período de onze anos – até o início desta pesquisa. Este recorte é retomado no final do terceiro capítulo com o objetivo de estabelecer conexões entre o processo de legitimação de bens culturais por instâncias de consagração, segundo a conceituação do sociólogo Pierre Bourdieu, e as estruturas dramatúrgicas analisadas, pensando sobre os desdobramentos entre teoria e prática na contemporaneidade, bem como sobre a função do autor e da noção de autoria no contexto do novo status do texto teatral – e do lugar do dramaturgo – no processo de criação. / The purpose of this dissertation is to analyze texts written by contemporary playwrights from the city of São Paulo, between the years of 2005 to 2015, considering a relationship between text and the scene within the dramaturgies, identifying and reflecting on a presence of incorporated elements of a scenic grammar that evoke materialities in its textual structures. The analysis starts from the debate about the change in the state of the text throughout the twentieth century, considering the double movement of emancipation of the text and the scene in relation to the tutelage of the dramatic genre, which sets up new possibilities of writing and staging more permissible among themselves. Based on theoretical references in the first chapter, an analysis evaluation is created for the examination of selected dramaturgies, with the aim of positioning, in the third chapter, between two poles: mythos and opsis - and later considered recurrent polarities between devices found in the texts. The corpus of this dissertation, analyzed in the second chapter, is composed of texts by authors who won the Shell Prize of Theater in São Paulo in the category of Best Author in the period of eleven years - until the beginning of the research. This methodological cut is resumed at the end of the third chapter with the aim of establishing connections between the process of legitimation of cultural goods by instances of consecration, according to a conception of the sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, and the dramaturgical structures analyzed, on the unfolding between theory and practice in contemporaneity, as well as on the function of the author and the notion of authorship, in the context of the new state of the theatrical text - and in the place of the playwright - in the process of creation.

Submitted by Marlene Santos (marlene.bc.ufg@gmail.com) on 2016-09-08T21:04:05Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Carlos Afonso Monteiro Rabelo - 2016.pdf: 767805 bytes, checksum: 4ac3de5ea55c18e530919a245d8b1748 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2016-09-09T15:21:26Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Carlos Afonso Monteiro Rabelo - 2016.pdf: 767805 bytes, checksum: 4ac3de5ea55c18e530919a245d8b1748 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-09-09T15:21:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Carlos Afonso Monteiro Rabelo - 2016.pdf: 767805 bytes, checksum: 4ac3de5ea55c18e530919a245d8b1748 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-04-26 / This master thesis proposes a method for teaching playwriting based on my literary and stage practice, offering students of different communities a way of artistic, political and human expression. Based on my personal experience in writing new dramaturgy, and teaching playwriting in workshops, this project will organize a way of teaching playwriting, without relying on specific languages, much less normative ideas. For my examples, I will use Gota d’água by Chico Buarque and Paulo Pontes, as well as some classical Brazilian plays, written by Gonçalves Dias, Hilda Hilst, Nelson Rodrigues, Gianfrancesco Guarnieiri and Martins Penna, easy to find in libraries and websites, to introduce the students to the Brazilian dramatic literature. This research is based on authors in playwriting teaching, such as David Edgar, Renata Pallottini, Robert McKee and Jean-Pierre Ryngaert, looking for a way of developing new plays. Finally, how play readings in the classroom, theatrical and dramatic games, writing exercises and group work, how all that combined can encourage the appearance of new playwrights, new theatergoers, new theater groups, providing emotional, cultural and human development. / Essa dissertação de mestrado é uma proposta de método para o ensino em dramaturgia a partir de uma prática cênica e literária, com o objetivo de oferecer a diversas comunidades um meio de expressão artística, política e humana. Baseado em experiência e trajetória pessoal com a criação de novos textos teatrais, e do ensino da escrita para o teatro em oficinas, esse projeto procura sistematizar um possível modo de ensino da escrita teatral, sem se apegar em linguagens específicas, muito menos ideias normativas. Usarei como exemplo Gota d’água de Chico Buarque e Paulo Pontes, e outros clássicos da dramaturgia brasileira, de autores como Gonçalves Dias, Hilda Hilst, Nelson Rodrigues, Gianfrancesco Guarinieri, Paulo Pontes e Martins Penna, de fácil acesso em bibliotecas e acervos virtuais, para tentar estimular o contato dos estudantes com a literatura dramática brasileira. Essa pesquisa se baseia em teóricos do ensino da dramaturgia como David Edgar, Renata Pallottini, Robert McKee, and Jean-Pierre Ryngaert, para encontrar um modo de desenvolver novas peças de teatro. E por fim, como a leitura dramática em sala de aula, jogos teatrais e dramáticos, exercícios de escrita e trabalho em grupo, podem estimular o surgimento de novos dramaturgos, novos frequentadores do teatro, novos grupos de teatro, oferecendo desenvolvimento emocional, cultural e humano.