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Intended For The Stage?: Samson Agonistes In Performance, Timothy Burbery

Timothy J. Burbery

The year 2000 marked the centenary of an important but overlooked milestone in Milton studies, namely the first staging of Samson Agonistes, by William Poel, in 1900. While many scholars may be aware of isolated productions of the tragedy, the extent and variety of its stage history is perhaps less well-known. The work was successful as a dramatic reading throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, yet it had never been attempted on the boards until Poel’s landmark production. That event ushered in a range of performances throughout the twentieth century, and nearly every decade saw several dramatizations. At least fifteen …

John Milton, Blackfriars Spectator?: "Elegia Prima" And Ben Jonson's The Staple Of News, Timothy Burbery

Timothy J. Burbery

In the spring of 1626 John Milton was temporarily expelled from Cambridge University, perhaps over a quarrel with his tutor William Chappell, and sent home to London, where he remained for at least several weeks. There, the seventeen-year-old poet composed his first elegy, a Latin verse-letter to his closest friend, Charles Diodati. In it, Milton claims to be enjoying his unexpected holiday by reading, girl watching, and attending the theater. Milton scholars have never reached consensus about his alleged playgoing, for while the young man speaks as a spectator, the plots and characters he mentions-these include comic types such as …

Jared Brown, Jared Brown

Jared Brown

The Shipment (Directed By Young Jean Lee), Raquel Davis

Raquel Davis

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Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead (Directed By Mike Baltzell), Raquel Davis

Raquel Davis

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Iron Chef Boise, Raquel Davis

Raquel Davis

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Hamlet (Directed By Gordon Reinhart), Raquel Davis

Raquel Davis

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'Hamlet', Boise State University, Gordon Reinhart

Gordon Reinhart

Shakespeare’s masterpiece “Hamlet” is considered to be one of the most profound plays written in the English language. As the Prince of Denmark struggles to revenge his father’s murder, Shakespeare offers a compelling meditation on human destiny and the dark perplexity of world events.

Feminist Realism In Canada: Then And Now, Kim Solga, Susan Bennett

Kim Solga

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New Canadian Realisms: New Essays On Canadian Theatre Vol. 2, Kim Solga, Roberta Barker

Kim Solga

New Essays in Canadian Theatre Volume 2: New Canadian Realisms gathers writing by celebrated scholars and artists from both Canada and the US in order to explore what this much-debated genre might be doing for political performance in Canada today. Topics range from Hollywood’s influence on the look and feel of the contemporary Canadian “real,” to the power and the pitfalls of a “realism of redress” in intercultural Canadian theatre, to the apparently oxymoronic notion of “devised” realism, to the complexities of Indigenous realism(s). Together, this book’s authors suggest that Canada’s theatrical realisms are, like so much else among us, …

New Canadian Realisms: Eight Plays, Kim Solga, Roberta Barker

Kim Solga

New Canadian Realisms: Eight Plays collects works of contemporary theatre, each of which may be defined as “realist” through both a crucial link to the past and a zest for re-tooling old definitions. Grounded by Gwen Pharis Ringwood’s pioneering Still Stands the House, the anthology also features trey anthony’s ’da Kink in my hair, Tara Beagan’s Miss Julie: Sheh’mah, Madeleine Blais-Dahlem’s sTain, Hillar Liitoja’s The Last Supper, selections from the Impromptu Splendor series by National Theatre of the World, Theatre Replacement’s BioBoxes, and Zuppa Theatre’s Penny Dreadful, as well as a series of text-specific introductions and a resource page for …

Introduction: Reclaiming Canadian Realisms, Part 2, Kim Solga, Roberta Barker

Kim Solga

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Review Of "Isaac's Eye," By Lucas Hnath, Ensemble Studio Theater, Karen Gevirtz

Karen Bloom Gevirtz

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"Pocket Gamelan - Mobile Voices", Greg Schiemer, Janys Hayes, Lotte Latukefu

Janys Hayes

The Pocket Gamelan is a consort of microtonal instruments designed as software for mobile phones. Phones produce sustained pitches and, like gamelan instruments, are easy to play and quick to learn. Each phone is mounted in a fabric pouch and swung gently using a 1-metre cord. Or, by pressing keys a player may control sound on another phone. (Able to access the website to listen/view to piece)

What Matters/What's Matter, Samuel Solomon

Samuel Solomon

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Introduction: Reclaiming Canadian Realisms, Kim Solga, Roberta Barker

Kim Solga

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