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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 …

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

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

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

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

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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.

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.

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.

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

Master's Theses

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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 The Masque On The Plays Of Shakespeare, Mary Philippa

Bachelors’ Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to indicate the significance of the masque as a formative influence in the plays of Shakespeare. After a brief consideration of the Tudor and the Jacobean masques, attention will be directed to those plays in which the masque element is dominant.

A Comparison Of The Fables Of La Fontaine With The Fables Of Aesop, Mary Louise Dougherty

Bachelors’ Theses

In this Thesis, La Fontaine and Aesop will be studied and compared by means of those works of theirs which are, perhaps, the best remembered: The Fables.

La Fontaine's and Aesop's Fables are well known for the moral inculcated in each. They have always in mind one purpose ... to teach the reader. La Fontaine used many of the Fables of Aesop as a background for his own Fables. Those of Aesop possessed no graces of style, and so La Fontaine added graces of style to those he wrote.

The Oriental Theatre, Marylouise Hempstead

Bachelors’ Theses

Most students of drama would never consider the oriental drama of much consequence to the development of occidental drama and literature. Yet out of the east rises the mother of all drama, the ritualistic dance. Although this thesis s. in no wise a complete treatment of oriental drama and its theatre for that would take yea.rs of research, however, it presents a brief development of the drama of India, China, Japan and Java, the outstanding asiatic countries. The treatment of the mythi­cal and legendary origins or acted drama up to the modern legiti­mate stage took over 3,000 years if not …

A Study Of "Konigliche Hoheit" -- Thomas Mann, Anne Marie Druml

Bachelors’ Theses

The object of my thesis is to study Konig­liche Hoheit and through it come to a knowledge of the personality and character of the writer. In the first chapter I have discussed his life and his works and the second, third and fourth chapters are devoted to a study of the "Konig­liche Hoheit". My intention is first to give the content of the novel and then follow it up by a criticism of character - and in this the reader can obtain a clear notion of the attri­butes of Mann's writings as well as his understanding of human emotions. The …

Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Her Lyric Qualities, Miriam Benyas

Bachelors’ Theses

In this work I have attempted to give you a glimpse of the life and the exquisite lyric poetry which flows from the heart of Marceline Desbordes-Valmore. I hope that after reading this thesis you will have a better appreciation of the verses which are the expression of her soul and her life.

Goethe And Beethoven By Roman Rolland, Lillian S. Thekan

Bachelors’ Theses

Goethe, the great poet and Beethoven, the likewise great musician had known each other for a long time, but only from a distant. Beethoven, no doubt, had the greatest comprehension of the two. From his infancy he nourished himself with the works of Goethe. He read his works every day and finally Goethe occupied the place of Klopstock in his heart. Beethoven remarks, "Klopstock always wished to die and this happened very soon. Goethe, on the other hand, lived and we all must live with him. This is the reason that his works can be so easily set to music."

Women Characters In Dickens' Early Novels, Virginia Anna Mogensen

Bachelors’ Theses

In this thesis on Women Characters in Dickens' Early Novels, I have endeavored to deal with the importance of the women as characters. This necessitates a consideration of their sources in real life, their number and description, influence upon the novel’s outcome, social class, characteristics, and relationship with the men characters. The source of Dickens’ characters is a chapter in itself. The other points mentioned above are dealt with in chapters entitled: Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, Barnaby Rudge, and David Copperfield. These are the most important of Dickens’ early novels. They are treated consecutively, and the women …

Menander As A Source Of Terence, Jane F. Kramer

Bachelors’ Theses

The present work is an attempt to survey the ancient comedy of the classical stage, by a study of its most outstanding exponents, Aristophanes, Menander, and Terence. The author hopes that this thesis may be acceptable to some of those, who without being professed scholars, are yet interested in the ancient Greek and Roman authors, and their conception of the comic art.

Besides the plays of Aristophanes, Menander, and Terence, the works of Willard Smith, Philippe Legrande, and Alfred Croiset are among the more important sources consulted in the writing of this thesis.

The Influence Of Milton's Blindness On Paradise Lost., Harrell N. Tague

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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The Educational Trend In Social Science With A Course Of Study In Sociology For The Senior High School, Clyde Parker

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The Villan - Hero In Elizabethan Drama, Wilmer G. Traxel

Bachelors’ Theses

An imposing and tremendous number of books have been written to criticize some phase or other of that variegated mass of plays, loosely termed Elizabethan drama, written between the coronation of Elizabeth in 1558 and the restoration of Charles II in 1660; This thesis deals with a definite series of tragedies produced in that period, all well known and discussed, yet possessing a peculiar characteristic which has to a great extent escaped the searching eye of the critics, a character-type which exerts an interesting influence upon dramatic construction and upon tragic emotion.