This thesis explores Weill and Green's Johnny Johnson, produced by the Group Theatre in 1936. The play is an example of gestic theatre, first seen in the works of Brecht and Weill and continued by Weill after his arrival in the United States. The purpose is to determine the gestic quality of the play by first exploring the many theories and identifying a clear definition of gestus, and then by highlighting moments in the texts that exhibit qualities of that definition. By using both published material and archival documents from the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a detailed reading was performed to determine moments within the play that meet the criteria established in the paper. The material reviewed included the text of the play as well as Weill's musical score. The research determined four variations of gestus either created by Brecht and Weill or adapted by Weill and Green: musical, lyrical, visual and social. Johnny Johnson contains several examples of these variations. Johnny Johnson is a clear example of Brecht and Weill's legacy, the next step in their theories, which has its influence in current musical theatre. / A Thesis submitted to the School of Theatre in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts. / Spring Semester, 2004. / March 29, 2004. / Weill, Johnny Johnson, Green / Includes bibliographical references. / Anita Gonzalez, Professor Directing Thesis; Carrie Sandahl, Committee Member; Gayle Seaton, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_180834 |
| Contributors | Nolan, Michael Patrick (authoraut), Gonzalez, Anita (professor directing thesis), Sandahl, Carrie (committee member), Seaton, Gayle (committee member), School of Theatre (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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