This thesis will document the process of rehearsing and performing a one-woman show based on the life of the poet Emily Dickinson. The script is a cutting of the full-length play, The Belle of Amherst, written in 1976 by William Luce. This self-directed project will document the process that all actors use when developing a role. The first part of developing a role includes historical research, character analysis, and script analysis. The second phase is the rehearsal process. This includes developing the physical and vocal qualities of the character and staging the action of the play. Because this performance is self-directed and self-produced, this thesis will also discuss production aspects that a director or producer usually addresses: set design, lighting, sound design, costuming, publicity, and dramaturgy. A portion of the thesis is also devoted to analyzing the cuts made to the script, a task normally reserved for a playwright. A one-person show has some unique challenges for a performer. These challenges involve making choices about how to interact with the audience, how to transition from scene to scene, and how to incorporate imaginary characters into a one-sided conversation. The question of how to portray an historical figure in an accurate and entertaining way will also be discussed.

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Le motif de la « chambre close », considéré comme emblématique du roman policier, a été exploité par de nombreux écrivains depuis le XIXe siècle. Chez les pères fondateurs du genre, tels Edgar Allan Poe et Arthur Conan Doyle, il s’est d’abord incarné sous une forme simple, celle d’un mécanisme permettant la mise en scène d’un « défi à la raison » (Christiane Cadet, 2008), avant de se complexifier à la Belle Époque. Sous la plume de Gaston Leroux, la simplicité cède la place à l’hybridité alors que la « chambre close », en s’emplissant d’un étonnant parfum de femme, devient le lieu où se croisent le crime et la passion, le privé et le public, la raison et la superstition. Dans Le Mystère de la chambre jaune (1907) et Le Fantôme de l’Opéra (1910), le romancier articule ses intrigues autour d’espaces atypiques, destinés à bouleverser les codes du genre policier. Ce mémoire s’attache ainsi à la manière dont un roman populaire, malgré son recours à un motif largement exploité, peut déplacer et transgresser l’horizon d’attente auquel il est associé. Plutôt que d’être figée à la manière d’un cliché photographique, la « chambre close » évolue sans cesse dans les récits à l’étude. Influencée par le phénomène d’hybridité générique qui sous-tend les romans, elle se dote de nouvelles significations qui la singularisent par rapport à l’emploi qu’en ont fait les prédécesseurs. En s’intéressant, dans un premier temps, à la trajectoire empruntée par les corps féminins et à leur influence sur les décors et, dans un deuxième temps, à la manière dont l’espace canalise un certain imaginaire propre à la littérature du XIXe siècle, il s’agira de voir comment Leroux parvient à faire éclater les murs d’un lieu qui, jusqu’alors, était clos « comme un coffre-fort » (Gaston Leroux, 1925). / The "locked room" concept, generally considered symbolic of detective fiction, has been used by many writers since the 19th century. Amongst the authors of the genre, it was integrated as a simple mechanism to generate a mental challenge for the reader (Thomas Narcejac, 1975). The concept became more complex with the advent of the Belle Époque. The "locked room", under Gaston Leroux’s influence, became the central place where crime and passion, public and private, reason and superstition meet, when filled with the perfume of a woman. In The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1907) and The Phantom of the Opera (1910), Gaston Leroux built his intrigues around atypical "locked rooms" with the intent of upending the codes of detective fiction. This research focuses on the elements through which a popular novel can break its commonly associated expectations, despite the use of a widely exploited pattern. Instead of being frozen in time, the "locked room" is always evolving ; influenced by the novels’ underlying generic hybridity, it acquires new meanings that distinguish it from its predecessors. By first focusing on the path of female bodies and their influence on the decor, and then on the way the "locked room" reuses components associated with literature from the 19th century, we will see how Leroux manages to break the walls of a place that has been considered as closed as a safe (Gaston Leroux, 1925).

Esta monografia analisa a propriedade imobiliária urbana, no Brasil, com ênfase nos séculos XIX e XX. No intuito de compreender a evolução legislativa do instituto da propriedade, nesses dois últimos séculos, procurou-se estudar, na primeira parte da obra, o tratamento que lhe deram os sistemas jurídicos que tiveram maior influência sobre o Direito brasileiro, a saber: Direito romano, cujo sistema adotamos, Direito germânico, Direito francês e Direito português. Este último, com maior ênfase, em virtude das Instituições Filipinas terem sido nosso diploma normativo até o século XIX. A segunda parte do estudo é dedicada à análise da cidade e sua evolução histórica, com ênfase na formação e no desenvolvimento da cidade medieval, em virtude da grande influência que esse tipo de concentração urbana exerceu sobra nossas primeiras cidades, cuja fundação data do século XVI. Finalmente, é estudado o sistema de propriedade adotado no Brasil, desde a implantação do regime de sesmarias, no século XVI, até o Código Civil de 2002, com especial destaque à Lei de Terras de 1850, ao Código Civil de 1916, às Constituições Brasileiras, ao Decreto-lei n. 58 de 1937, ao Decreto-lei n. 311 de 1938, ao Estatuto da Cidade e ao Código Civil de 2002, procurando destacar, nos citados diplomas, as normas que, direta ou indiretamente, regulamentam as cidades e a propriedade imobiliária urbana no país. / Questa monografia analizza Ia proprietà immobiliaria urbana in Brasile con enfasi nei secoli XIX e XX. Per capire l\'evoluzione legislativa dell\'instituto della proprietà in questi due ultimi secoli, abbiamo analizzato, nella prima parte del nostro lavoro, la sistematica che gli hanno dato i sistemi giuridici che hanno influenzato maggiormente il Diritto brasiliano, cioè: il Diritto romano, il cui sistema abbiamo adottato, il Diritto germnico, il Diritto francese e il Diritto portoghese. Quest\'ultimo con maggiore profundità, dovuto al fatto che le Instituzioni Filippine sono state il nostro sistema normativo fino al secolo XIX. La seconda parte del nostro lavoro è dedicata allo studio della città e della sua evoluzione storica, con particolare rilievo alla formazione e sviluppo del borgo medioevale, dovuto alla grande influenza che questo tipo di concentrazione urbana ha avuto sul sorgimento delle nostre città, la cui fondazione risale al secolo XVI. Finalmente, abbiamo studiato il sistema di proprietà adottato in Brasile, a partire dal regime cosidetto sesmarias, nel secolo XVI fino al Codice Civile datato del 2002, con particolare attenzione alla Legge delle Terre deI 1850, al Codice Civile del 1916, alle Constituzioni brasiliane, al Decreto-legge n. 58 del 1937, al Decreto-Iegge n. 311 del 1938, allo Statuto della Città e infine al Codice Civile del 2002, cercando di mettere in evidenza nei sopracitati diplomi, le norme che, diretta o indirettamente, regolano le città e le proprietà immobiliaria urbana nel paese.

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This dissertation investigates CsI(Tl) pulse shape discrimination (PSD) as a novel experimental technique to improve challenging areas of particle identification at high energy $e^+ e^-$ colliders using CsI(Tl) calorimeters. In this work CsI(Tl) PSD is implemented and studied at the Belle II experiment operating at the SuperKEKB $e^+ e^-$ collider, representing the first application of CsI(Tl) PSD at a $B$ factory experiment. Results are presented from Belle II as well as a testbeam completed at the TRIUMF proton and neutron irradiation facility. From the analysis of the testbeam data, energy deposits from highly ionizing particles are shown to produce a CsI(Tl) scintillation component with decay time of $630\pm10$ ns, referred to as the hadron scintillation component, and not present in energy deposits from electromagnetic showers or minimum ionizing particles. By measuring the fraction of hadron scintillation emission relative to the total scintillation emission, a new method for CsI(Tl) pulse shape characterization is developed and implemented at the Belle II experiment's electromagnetic calorimeter, constructed from 8736 CsI(Tl) crystals. A theoretical model is formulated to allow for simulations of the particle dependent CsI(Tl) scintillation response. This model is incorporated into GEANT4 simulations of the testbeam apparatus and the Belle II detector, allowing for accurate simulations of the observed particle dependent scintillation response of CsI(Tl). With $e^\pm$, $\mu^\pm$, $\pi^\pm$, $K^\pm$ and $p/\bar{p}$ control samples selected from Belle II collision data the performance of this new simulation technique is evaluated. In addition the performance of hadronic interaction modelling by GEANT4 particle interactions in matter simulation libraries is studied and using PSD potential sources of data vs. simulation disagreement are identified. A PSD-based multivariate classifier trained for $K_L^0$ vs. photon identification is also presented. With $K_L^0$ and photon control samples selected from Belle II collision data, pulse shape discrimination is shown to allow for high efficiency $K_L^0$ identification with low photon backgrounds as well as improved $\pi^0$ identification compared to shower-shape based methods. / Graduate

L’accouchement et ses conséquences demeurent une des principales causes d’incapacité et de décès pour les femmes dans les pays en développement et comprendre l’utilisation tardive des soins obstétricaux d’urgence au moment d’une complication obstétricale constitue un véritable défi en santé publique. La présente étude qualitative relate l’expérience d’accouchement difficile au Mali, en milieu rural. Dans un contexte de pluralité de systèmes de soins, l’objet de cette étude consiste à déterminer les raisons de l’arrivée tardive des femmes au centre de santé de 1ier ligne, à saisir la compréhension qu’elles ont de l’utilisation des services sanitaires, enfin à reconstruire les processus de prise de décisions de recourir aux soins modernes. Cette étude s’inscrit dans une démarche de type ethnographique. Des entretiens semi dirigés et l’observation des interactions entre les femmes et les professionnels de santé ont constitué le corpus de données. Nous retenons qu’une série de facteurs entrent en jeu pour comprendre le problème de l’utilisation tardive des soins obstétricaux d’urgence. Des contraintes exogènes liées à la distance et l’immédiateté de l’urgence obstétricale c'est-à-dire la mobilisation des ressources et des moyens de transport, accompagnées de contraintes endogènes telles que la subordination des femmes au consentement familial, la perception de la qualité des soins et de la compétence des soignants, influencent systématiquement le choix de recourir aux soins modernes. Le phénomène de gestion collective de la complication obstétricale s’inscrit dans un contexte d’intéractions complexes où l’opinion des femmes est totalement minimisée. / Childbirth and its consequences remain a leading cause of disability and death for women in developing countries and the late use of emergency obstetric care during obstetric complications is a challenge in public health. This qualitative study describes the experience of difficult childbirth in Mali, in rural areas. In a context of multiple systems of care, the purpose of this study is first to determine the reasons for the late arrival of women in the health center, to grasp their understanding of the use of health care services, and finally to reconstruct the decision making process to use modern health care. This study is part of an ethnographic approach. Semi-structured interviews and observation of interactions between women and health professionals were conducted. Numerous factors come into play to understand the problem of late use of emergency obstetric care. Exogenous constraints related to the distance and immediacy of the obstetric emergency that is to say the mobilization of resources and means of transport, influence the choice of women to use modern obstetric cares. In the same way, endogenous constraints such as the subordination of women in the family consent, perception of quality of care and skill of caregivers, systematically influence the choice to use modern health care. Collective management of obstetric complications we have observed, occur in a context where the opinion of women is completely minimized.

En France, le XIXe siècle est témoin d’un renouveau de la littérature orale. Alors que les dialectologues accomplissent un important travail de documentation et de préservation des sources orales au XIXe siècle, les littéraires mettent en scène les patois. Les contes populaires de Gaston Demongé, auteur normand (Aux gars de Normandie, 1917 ; Les Terreux, 1925 et 1955) ont marqué l’imaginaire de son époque. Auteur engagé dans le débat sociopolitique sous la Troisième République, Gaston Demongé opte par son choix de retranscription du patois de rester fidèle à ses convictions profondément régionalistes. L’œuvre de l’auteur normand offre une disparité dans sa façon d’aborder le patois cauchois et le discours social qu’il transmet sur le paysan entre le début du XXe siècle et la période de l’après guerre. De fait, il manifeste dans son écriture, dès 1925, son désaccord avec le discours imposé sur le paysan et son langage.

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This Master Thesis describes the Expérience Grand-Guignol project, consisting on the one hand of research of the texts preserved in the Parisian Theatre Grand-Guignol (1897 – 1963) and on the other hand of a graduation performance in Theatre DISK which staged four plays from the repertory of this famous theatre of horrors. The Expérience Grand-Guignol project explored in practice various approaches to the historical material of Grand-Guignol placed in a contemporary context. It examined limits of the genre and methods of staging favorable to the Grand-Guignol experience today. The thesis is structured in three parts. The first part presents the Grand-Guignol theatre phenomenon, its history and theory compiled from accessible literature. The second part is dedicated to a detailed preparation and realization of the project. It presents four performed shows, including the overall set design and storyline, which provides the frame for the cycle. The last part presents a short reflection on fear as an effect of a theatre performance, a summary of observations from the practical examination, and an evaluation of project.