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Certain Aspects Of The Communal Function And Relations Of The Drama In The Middle Ages, William Thomas Schroder
Certain Aspects Of The Communal Function And Relations Of The Drama In The Middle Ages, William Thomas Schroder
Bachelors’ Theses
Today, such expressions as, "The Community Players", "The Community Play-house", and "The Community Drama", evidence the interest in the revival of the drama as a community enterprise. The drama, in its European infancy, was very decidedly a community affair. It was a community affair from the standpoint both of production and of observation. In this thesis we shall trace the evolution of the Medieval Drama in its popular, social relationships, and endeavor to show how and in what respects it belonged to all of the people.
The Little Theatre Movement In Wisconsin, Austin Norbert Robert Rodeman
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 …
The History Of The Theatre In Poland, Clem J. Zablocki
The History Of The Theatre In Poland, Clem J. Zablocki
Bachelors’ Theses
This thesis is not intended to be an exhaustive ·report and analysis of the Theatre of Poland. It is intended to be a brief History of the Polish Theatre. In studying and discussing the dramatic art and accomplishments of Poland, we find an unusually difficult task, because there are very few writings presenting the history of the Polish Theatre. In the English language, there are not many notable works which would serve_ in the generation of a history. In the Polish language, the worthy material is inaccessible.
The Social And Moral Principles In The Dramas Of Manuel Tamayo Y Baus, Sylvia Potuondo
The Social And Moral Principles In The Dramas Of Manuel Tamayo Y Baus, Sylvia Potuondo
Bachelors’ Theses
Of Tamayo y Baus it may be said as of the poets, that he was born and not made a dramatist. A friendly biographer, who lived in intimate relation with him, tells us that this great genius, like the gods or old, always appeared to him enveloped in a cloud. His actions were ever in conformity with his art-- even his death was as if practiced and rehearsed in anticipation, but on reading his critics we learn how very human was his life.
The Technique Of Shakespeare's Early Comedies, Mary Alice Procissi
The Technique Of Shakespeare's Early Comedies, Mary Alice Procissi
Bachelors’ Theses
In this thesis I have attempted to trace the dramatic technique of the early comedies of Wiilliam Shakespeare. As a setting for the development of my thesis, "The Technique of Shakespeare's Early Comedies" I have given a brief history of the rise of the Shakespearean drama, showing the relation of the early dramatists to Shakespeare as a writer of comedy, including also a sketch of the Elizabethan theatre. Under the definition of the term technique, I include chiefly a division of his plays into acts and scenes, character drawing, source of plot and treatment of plot.
Max Reinhardt: A Study Of A Regisseur, Pearl M. Rogatz
Max Reinhardt: A Study Of A Regisseur, Pearl M. Rogatz
Bachelors’ Theses
Max Reinhardt is the epitome of all great art in the theatre. To him we owe the recreation of the importance and necessity of a knowledge of stagecrafts, the glorification of the dance, the beauty of exquisite costuming and the inspirational effect of music. Germany could not have reached such great heights in world theatre without Max Reinhardt, nor could her dramatic art have enjoyed such widespread fame. Others have been mere followers of the great Reinhardt for nothing accomplished on the German stage is so far removed that it cannot be traced back to this great name in the …
David Garrick And Edmund Kean At The Drury Lane Theatre In London, Dorothy Seegers
David Garrick And Edmund Kean At The Drury Lane Theatre In London, Dorothy Seegers
Bachelors’ Theses
Fame and the actor. All art is a study of life; but there is only one art in which the reward is of life. The poet, the painter, the writer, and the actor, all study and portray truths of human life, the beautiful in universal emotions of mankind. However, the artist of the pen or brush must submit his work to the test of time, to prove its power, its universal appeal or approbation, and thus, through the years, increase or diminish the fame of the creator. The only art in which the artist may glory in his own triumphs …
The Director In The Theatre, Margaret C. Reilly
The Director In The Theatre, Margaret C. Reilly
Bachelors’ Theses
This thesis will attempt to place the director in the modern theatre. His "place" is only a few years old; his very existence as a separate individual is only about twenty years old. Materials on this subject are limited to histories of the theatre and informal discussions on theatrical figures. By quoting authorities and illustrating, by the lives and accomplishments of the most outstanding directors, the development of directing, this thesis will attempt to present the general authoritative impression of the director's place in modern drama.
Jean Giraudoux And His Play Siegfried, Gertrude Zivnuska
Jean Giraudoux And His Play Siegfried, Gertrude Zivnuska
Bachelors’ Theses
What a privilege it is to come in contact with the author Giraudoux by reading detailed accounts of his eventful life and above all be perusing his works in the exquisite language in which they were written. Since we are not one of the fortunate individuals who is a personal acquaintance of the ingenious author, let us consult the articles and books which contain valuable bits of information about his life and his accomplishments.
Shakespere's Histories As A Dramatic Pageant Of The Middle Ages, Janice M. Wolf
Shakespere's Histories As A Dramatic Pageant Of The Middle Ages, Janice M. Wolf
Bachelors’ Theses
"When Shakespeare, Jonson, Fletcher, ruled the stage, They took so bold a freedom with the age, That there was scarce a knave or fool in town Of any note but had his picture down." But William Shakespeare has gone farther than this and has woven into his Histories a beautiful story. A story, or rather a colorful pageant that carries us back several centuries to the time when William Shakespeare lived and Queen Elizabeth ruled England. Between lines he gives us a beautiful picture of merry England and her people. He reveals the customs, beliefs, and ideas of his age …
The Secularization Of The Liturgical Play, Sylvester G. Peters
The Secularization Of The Liturgical Play, Sylvester G. Peters
Bachelors’ Theses
The purpose of this thesis is to trace the origin and development of the drama from the liturgy of the Mass to the time of its complete secularization. I shall endeavor to show the process by which the Church itself, through the introduction of dramatic elements into its liturgy came to make its appeal to mimetic instinct, out of which grew the great popular religious dramas of the miracle plays, with its offshoots in the moralities and dramatic pageants.
The Function Of The Comedians In Shakespeare's Plays, Louise Elizabeth Tennessen
The Function Of The Comedians In Shakespeare's Plays, Louise Elizabeth Tennessen
Bachelors’ Theses
There is an old adage, "It takes a wise man to make a fool", which is familiar to most of us, but the full significance of the proverb will be comprehended only after reviewing several plays in which the fools carry prominent parts. Tracing the history of the court fool back to the early and middle ages, it has been found that it was customary tor a monarch, prince or a powerful noble to have in his retinue a fool or jester, whose office it was to entertain his master and courtiers. He enjoyed privileges and liberties denied the higher …
Divine Justice In Aeschylean Tragedy, Anton C. Pegis
Divine Justice In Aeschylean Tragedy, Anton C. Pegis
Bachelors’ Theses
Briefly, then, I intend to give an exposition of the seven extant plays from the point of view of the conflict between divine justice and moral freedom, with an attempt of reconstructing, in the light of criticism, the Aeschylean solution to the problems involved in the investigation. Maurice Croiset has said of Aeschylus that his dramas were revelations on the stage of the divine will; the Aeschylean meditative genius searched for causes, and thus each trilogy " divine l'expose dramatique d'une grande destinee, et, ainsi concue, elle eveilla desormais autant de peosee que d'emotion."
The Song In Elizabethan Drama With Particular Reference To Its Function In Shakespeare, John Joseph Plamondon
The Song In Elizabethan Drama With Particular Reference To Its Function In Shakespeare, John Joseph Plamondon
Master's Essays (1922 - )
We have approached our study of the song in Elizabethan Drama with the intention of accounting for the abundance of vocal music in the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, and of explaining the use of song as a dramatic device. It has been considered necessary to a proper understanding of the place of song in the Romantic Drama to give a rather broad treatment of the subject, including a brief history of the song in the English theatre, the psychology of its origin, and the cause of its decline. Methods of presenting songs have been discussed to strengthen our …
The Beginnings Of English Dramatic Literature, Clarence Francis Dickopf
The Beginnings Of English Dramatic Literature, Clarence Francis Dickopf
Bachelors’ Theses
No art has been practiced by human beings from the beginning. We only find a gradual development. We have men, however, who were born with a gift of genius, who were unconscious of the laws and rules governing their respective spheres. We read of a Mozart, a Michaelangelo and a host of other gifted men whose art came to them intuitively. These are exceptions. Art has laboriously grown, and so it is with our own dramatic art, we see its gradual development. In order to study English drama intelligently we must know its origins or beginnings, how it arose from …