Im Jahr 1996 prophezeit die Pariser Zeitung Libération nach dem Besuch der Performance Le Cri du Chaméléon eine dritte Ära des Zirkus: den Zeitgenössischen Zirkus.
Despite its unabated popularity with audiences, slapstick has received rather little scholarly attention, mostly by scholars concentrating on the US theater and cinema traditions.
In 'Die wichtigsten Tragödien von Marlowe' präsentiert der Autor Christopher Marlowe eine Sammlung seiner bekanntesten Werke, darunter 'Tamburlaine', 'Dr.
Seit dem Spätmittelalter entstehen zunehmend differenzierte Theorien der Meditation, denen eine zentrale und konfessionsübergreifende Bedeutung für die Ästhetik des geistlichen Theaters im deutschsprachigen Raum des 16.
Cet ouvrage nous plonge dans l’univers complexe du théâtre traditionnel de l’Iran, du ta’zieh à l’art du conteur, des marionnettes à la farce, dévoilant un monde du spectacle en transition avec les œuvres visionnaires de Bahram Beyzaie (1938-).
Despite its unabated popularity with audiences, slapstick has received rather little scholarly attention, mostly by scholars concentrating on the US theater and cinema traditions.
Im Jahr 1996 prophezeit die Pariser Zeitung Libération nach dem Besuch der Performance Le Cri du Chaméléon eine dritte Ära des Zirkus: den Zeitgenössischen Zirkus.
This long overdue anthology captures the soul of MacIntyre's dramatic canon
– its ethereal qualities, its extraordinary diversity, its emphasis on the poetic and on performance – in an extensive range of visual, journalistic
and scholarly contributions from writers, theatre practitioners.
These two electric pieces of work originated from Brixton House's Housemates Festival in summer 2023, back to grace the stage for Housemates Returns in 2024.
Hailed as one of the most talented playwrights to have emerged in the late 2000s, Mike Bartlett's diverse range of plays strike at the heart of the various crises predominant in the early twenty-first century.
Pour ces jeunes, l’été dernier aurait dû être comme les autres, des feux sur la plage, des bains de minuit, de la musique, de la danse, des câlins, la peau qui bronze, les cheveux qui s’éclaircissent, les idées qui fusent, enfin l’été quoi.
Humour claims no ideological affiliation - its workings merit inspection in any and every individual case, in light of the who, what, where and when of a joke, including the manner of performance, the socio-cultural context, the dynamic amongst participants, and who knows how many other factors particular to the instance.
Hailed as one of the most talented playwrights to have emerged in the late 2000s, Mike Bartlett's diverse range of plays strike at the heart of the various crises predominant in the early twenty-first century.
Dans cette adaptation théâtrale audacieuse et pleine de fantaisie, inspirée librement du chef-d’œuvre de Cervantès, Felicien Chauveau nous transporte dans un voyage rocambolesque où se mêlent humour grinçant, réflexions philosophiques et répliques cocasses.
From The Two Gentlemen of Verona in the early 1590s to The Two Noble Kinsmen at the end of his career around 1614, Shakespeare wrote at least eighteen plays that can be called 'comedies': a far higher number than that for any other genre in which he wrote.
The Elizabethan popular audience had a natural love of clowning, slapstick and the mayhem that was released when the rules of society were relaxed, broken or subverted.
Carla Lane's enchanting autobiography fizzes with the wry humour, sharp insights and fabulous characterization one would expect from the author of such award-winning TV dramas as the Liver Birds, Bread and Butterflies.
'Rabindranath Tagore's Drama in the Perspective of Indian Theatre' maps Tagore's place in the Indian dramatic/performance traditions by examining unexplored critical perspectives on his drama such as his texts as performance texts; their exploration in multimedia; reflections of Indian culture in his plays; comparison with playwrights; theatrical links to his world of music and performance genres; his plays in the context of cross-cultural, intercultural theatre; the playwright as a poet-performer-composer and their interconnections and his drama on the Indian stage.
This latest issue of Irish Theatre International bridges the discourses of theatre practice and research with that of performance studies, and also with the ways in which social, economic, political and cultural activities perform their needs and demands.
Despite the recent turn to affects and emotions in the humanities and despite the unceasing popularity of romantic and erotic love as a motif in fictional works of all genres, the subject has received surprisingly little attention in academic studies of contemporary drama.
Thomas Dekker's singular comic drama, The Shoemakers' Holiday moves through the urban landscape of 16th century apprenticeships and artisan production in this tale of thwarted marriages and class division.
