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Cale Young Rice : A Study Of His Life And Works., Jenny Rose Bere 1900-1987

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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The Dramatic Element In The Gilbert And Sullivan Operettas, Alene F. Koehn

Bachelors’ Theses

I have endeavored in this thesis to create a greater appreciation for the artistic vales found in the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. I have attempted to accomplish this by first presenting a background which consisted to the lives of the two great collaborators, Sir Gilbert and Sir Sullivan. My next step was to relate the stories of the operettas and interesting information concerning each. As a final step I took the important dramatic elements which should be contained in a good drama and showed how they were applied in developing the librettos.

1938 February, Morehead State Teachers College. English Department.

Quill & Quair Magazine

1938 February issue of the Quill & Quair magazine.

A Discussion And Analysis Of The Novels Of Frank Norris, Albert Fred Mazzie

Bachelors’ Theses

In all my attempts to find some material on Frank Norris, I have been balked by tne scarcity of works written on his life and endeavors in the field of fiction. Many books have a chapter or references to discuss his novels. No one has yet written, however, to my knowledge, a book dealing exclusively with him and his untiring labors in writing the stories which he has left behind him.

Coleridge's Idea Of The Drama As The Basis Of His Shakespearean Criticism., Virgina Seabert

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Dickens' Interest In The Theatre, Alberta M. Speicher

Graduate Thesis Collection

In this study I have not been concerned with Charles Dickens as the man, or humorist, or novelist; but I have confined my investigation to Charles Dickens' interest in the theatre.  I shall show how he tried to express his theatrical ambitions by acting, producing, and directing plays though he was really a novelist; and how his entire career was colored by his interest in these various aspects of the theatre.

American Elements In The Drama Of The Revolutionary Period, Geraldine E. White

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Some Trends In The Modern Theatre, Mary Lorenz Buckley

Bachelors’ Theses

It is the purpose of this thesis to show that the most significant of the trends in the theatre are toward the "Left", deriving their inspiration, .and in some cases their very being fro the U.S.S.R.; to show that the first of these theatres were the Workers Theatres, propaganda theatres, whose fountain head is Russia.

The Reactions Of Critics To Modern Historical Plays, Helen Maier

Bachelors’ Theses

Within the last half dozen years there has been a revival in the writing and production of historical plays. The purpose of this thesis is to show how theatre-critics react to the outstanding plays of this type which, incidentally, nearly monopolized the boards for this period. This reaction is gauged by a study of criticisms published in a New York newspaper, two professional theatrical magazines, two non-professional magazines, and a religious magazine. The opinions studied are those of Brooks Atkinson of The New York Times, John Hutchins and Edith J. R. Isaacs of Theatre Arts Monthly, Thomas Craven, …

A Survey Of Dramatic Clubs In Indiana Public High Schools, Leland Brown

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Thomas Moore The Poet, Mary Magdalene Steckel

Bachelors’ Theses

Thomas Moore started writing at an early age. His parents were extremely interested in their son's education and consequently had sent him to school as soon as possible. At the excellent grammar school which he attended young Thomas was well-versed in the fundamentals of grammar and of writing besides being taught and reminded never to neglect the habit of rhyming. To these practices he was ever afterwards indebted and before his fifteenth birthday two of his lyrical verses were printed in a popular Dublin magazine.

The Little Theatre Movement In Wisconsin, Austin Norbert Robert Rodeman

Bachelors’ Theses

The decline of the professional theatre in Wisconsin, and in this country as a whole, has brought with it the rise of what is known as the Little Theatre Movement. This decline of the professional theatre has been brought about by the distraction of modern life, the cost of railroad transportation as it affects traveling companies and especially the diversion of the masses to the motion pictures. With the decline of the commercial trouping companies, many cities found themselves without any spoken drama except the synthetic production, motion pictures, which to the genuine lover of the theatre is, in a …

Lady Augusta Gregory As Patron And Playwright Of The Irish Theatre, Frances Hoban Branson

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Interpretation Of The Social Tendencies Found In Arnold Bennett, Agnes Laye Babcock

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Choral Speaking Movement, Chloe Wade

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

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The History Of The Early Theatre In Kentucky, Mitchell Clarke

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this thesis is to make a study of the pioneer theatre in the early days of Kentucky with emphasis laid on theatrical life in Lexington, Frankfort and Louisville. The end of the first half of the nineteenth century marks the approximate close of the period studied. Theatrical activity first thrived in Lexington and Frankfort, but soon Louisville became the most important scene of dramatic performances and more attention is given the latter city in this study. Information concerning dramatic activity in smaller towns is scarce, and it is not likely that there were many performances given in …

The Principal Women Of Barrie's Plays, Mary Flavia Hale

Bachelors’ Theses

Quite frequently in history, a playwright - like Sophocles, or Shakespeare, or Moliere - has become a man of letters; but not often has the process been reversed and an instance been revealed of a man of letters who has become a playwright. Nearly all of the great English poets of the nineteenth century tried to write plays - Scott, Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Browning, Tennyson; and there is not a good playwright among them. Browning, of course, affords us the most striking instance in the nineteenth century of the failure, as a dramatist, of a really great man of …

Alice Meynell: Her Literary Ideas And Her Relation To The English Essay, Gena Pauline Principati

Bachelors’ Theses

This thesis is offered as a study of Alice Christina Meynell, her literary ideas in regard to prose, and her relation to the English essay. For the most part the illustrations have been selected from material which is available. Several of the quotations are contained in her unpublished works; some other quotations could not be attributed to any author, as they were spoken by Alice Meynell to her intimate friends. This paper was prepared after an examination of the available prose work of Mrs. Meynell and after reading several articles and books and chapters in other books on criticism.

The History And Treatment Of The English Drama During The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries, Leonard Francis Sommers

Bachelors’ Theses

Thia chapter will deal with the earlier sources of information about the dramatic companies. The provincial towns of England are the best sources of information about the English companies of drama. Reference to the drama usually appeared in the Court books of the corporation, also in the account books, or even letter-books. The reason for this is not hard to understand, for when a dramatic company visited a provincial town, their first duty was to present their license to the Mayor and also to his court of Aldermen, so that they could obtain permission to play. It is obvious therefore, …

Oliver Goldsmith And His Relation To The Theory Of British Drama In The England Of His Time, Willella Stats

Bachelors’ Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to discover the relationship of Oliver Goldsmith to the sentimental movement in progress in the England of his time. The author has endeavored to present a clear picture of the times with reference to the theatres, the type of audiences, and popular tastes. In a general way the writer has gone into the period before Goldsmith, which is known as the period of the Restoration and before that into the age of Puritanism. Under the heading of Restoration Drama is included a discussion of the Comedy of Manners and its chief adherents, Etherege, Wycherly, …

The Life And Works Of Edgar Fawcett, Lucille Lietman

Bachelors’ Theses

No abstract provided.

The Rise And Fall Of The London Patent Theaters: Drury Lane And Covent Garden, Robert J. Buer

Bachelors’ Theses

"There must be a reason." How many times has the reader heard that phrase? It has become so popular that a national manufacturer has adopted it as a slogan tor his product. The idea behind the phrase is that everything must have an excuse for its existence; if it did not, it would not exist. And so it is with this thesis.

It is the object of this paper to trace the rise. of the English national theater (as represented by Drury Lane and Covent Garden) from its inconspicuous beginning to its peak in the eighteenth century and then to …

The Significance Of The Influence Of The American One-Act Play On The Little Theatre, John H. Hennessey

Bachelors’ Theses

The purpose of this thesis shall not be t.o prove, that the American one-act play is the only possible type of drama that has a tendency toward a national drama, but rather to bring to light that the American one-act play, through the influence, which it exerted on the Little Theatre, is the driving force, which strives toward this national dramatic movement. That there is a laxity of and a need for a folk­ drama and folk-theatre is taken as an indisputable fact.

The one-act playwrights and their one-act plays are discussed, not from the aspect of a criticism of …

1935 Winter, Morehead State Teachers College. English Department.

Quill & Quair Magazine

1935 Winter issue of Quill & Quair magazine.

Music In George Eliot's Life And Works, Esther H. Cline

Graduate Thesis Collection

In the following thesis the author has attempted to show the importance of music to George Eliot personally, and her response to it as portrayed by the various characters in her books.  In this study it was necessary to point out the various phases of music with which George Eliot was familiar and the interesting way in which she incorporated them in her stories.

Points Of Technique In Shakespearian Plays And Their Relation To The Elizabethan Theatres, Marguerite Anne Butler

Bachelors’ Theses

We shall not be able to understand Shakespeare if we try to judge him by modern standards. His technique is closely bound up with the Renaissance society for which he wrote. In my treatise, I have endeavored to interpret the relation between Shakespeare and the-Elizabethan theatre, and to show the influence of the audience, the actors, and the stage upon his technique.

The Prototypes Of Some Characters In Certain Novels Of George Meredith, Harry Josep Hayes

Bachelors’ Theses

It has been the aim of the author in the course of this treatise on some of the characters in the novels of George Meredith to bring out more clearly the relationship between some of those characters and the friends and contemporaries of the author's. The method used was an analysis of the novels written by the author and a study of the comments and criticism which fellow writers and modern commentaries have added. Besides this, it was necessary to trace the history of the author, that is; his life, and his friendships. In the manner the task has fallen …

The Oberammergau Passion Play As A Survival Of The Medieval Miracle Play, Carolyn Pulciver Timm

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The contributions of the Mediaeval Miracle Play to that of the Passion Play of Oberammergau are like those of a parent to a child. Life and form have been inherited but the development has gone far beyond the origin. Yet certain elements have continually been preserved in this same form and life

The material for the story of the Oberammergau Play was in the Mediaeval Miracle Play. In both cases the dramatic climax was reached on Good Friday with the gospel of our Lord's death upon the cross. Christ's entry into Jerusalem, the story of His birth, His active career, …

The Treatment Of Nature In The Poetry Of Coleridge, Esther S. Brenton

Graduate Thesis Collection

The treatment of nature by the English Romantic poets of the nineteenth century is commonly thought to be confined to the poetry of Wordsworth. Although the bulk of Wordsworth's poetry is concerned with nature, a study of the poetry of the period reveals that the other great Romanticists were also interested in nature. This thesis is written to show how great a factor the treatment of nature is in the poetry of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

The Influence Of Passion Plays On The Modern Revival Of The Amateur Theatre, Terence J. Seery

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.