1960:British director peter hall transforms shake spear memorial theatre into royal shake spear company 1954:Joseph pap finds the New York shake spear.

Slides:



Advertisements
Similar presentations
A short history of theatre
Advertisements

Biography: August Wilson Born 1945 Died One of only seven American dramatists to win two Pulitzer Prizes (one for Fences and one for A Piano Lesson)
Phantom of the opera Steven. Background A musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber Originally from the novel The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.
Art and Literature.
1900 AD - TODAY Modern Theatre. Drama also began in colleges and universities. There had been no courses in Drama till although there had been.
Lucille Ball Her Story Her Story Written By: Nina Jacobs Written By: Nina Jacobs.
Langston Hughes and The Harlem Renaissance Presented By: Lizbeth Ortega Javier Magallanes Shian Adams.
Cinema throughout the ages. Test your knowledge of the history of cinema. Find out if you can call yourself a cinema buff. Name the following movies or.
JAZZ DANCE HISTORY. People of African and Caribbean decent, performed dances that represented different cycles of life including; birth, puberty, marriage,
Lorraine Hansberry  Born Lorraine Vivian Hansberry May 19,1930  Place: Chicago, Illinois  Parents: Carl Augustus and Nannie Louise Hansberry (Carl.
History of Drama American Drama.
Unit 20: What can we learn about history by studying the life of a famous person?
BIOGRAPHY: AUGUST WILSON BORN 1945 DIED WHO WAS HE? ONE OF ONLY SEVEN AMERICAN DRAMATISTS TO WIN TWO PULITZER PRIZES (ONE FOR FENCES AND ONE FOR.
Question If you were stuck on a desert island and you could bring one thing with you, what would you bring and why? 2-4 complete sentences.
 Iman was born on July 25,  She is 57 years old.  She was born in Mogadishu.
Shakespeare through the Ages. 17 th century: Restoration : theatres were closed by the Puritans 1660:during the restauration of the monarchy.
SLAVES, BLUES AND JAZZ The history of:. WHAT WAS THE SLAVE TRADE? This map shows where the Americans brought the black African slaves from Africa Thousands.
Iris Hsin-chun Tuan UCLA Ph.D. Associate Professor NCTU CH12 Playwriting and Dramaturgy.
ENGL 6480/7480, Studies in Contemporary Literature: Mad Men and the Sixties Dr. David Lavery Summer 2015 Theatre of the 1960s.
Dates of the Period Modern time 1900s to present.
20th Centaury Theatre By Aya Bseiso My Timeline In 1904 Irish poet W.B Yeats and his friend, playwright and folklorist lady Augusta Gregory, co-founded.
Selected by Tina Bowen Etre.
Washington Chicago Dallas New York Los Angeles.
SEMINAR I: A RETROSPECTIVE Peter Cruciata. BARTLEBY BY HERMAN MELVILLE  I found Bartleby, the Scrivener to be  my favorite reading from Seminar I. 
Z Zhao Ping Li Liping Lei Jie He Xiujuan. Brief introduction Broadway is a street in Manhattan, New York. The street across the island of Manhattan from.
August Wilson & Fences Dr. Moschetta English 12 Advanced.
The Dolls December 21, History Period 19 th century In the West some types of plays included: Romanticism, Melodrama, and the problem plays of Naturalism.
Drama/Theatre Drama is both a literary art, like fiction and a performance art, like music and dance.
WELL TRAVELED AVID A-3 Henry Milligan. JAPANESE  Hello: Konnichiwa (Kon-ee-chee-wa).  Goodbye:Sayonara (Sa-yo-na-ra).
19 th Century to Modern Times. Also known as “-isms” Refers to the way a play is written, produced, and acted. Can also affect other elements such as.
By: Lauren Scullion. History Founded in 1978 by Richard Rose in Toronto produced 50 productions 25 world premieres and 10 North American premieres. the.
Background of August Wilson
TAYA HUMPARTZOOMIAN AND JACQUIE PUGH Melodrama. ˈ m ɛ l ə ( ʊ )dr ɑː m ə / noun 1. a sensational dramatic piece with exaggerated characters and exciting.
The History of Theatre Theatre in America. A late start When Europeans came to the New World, they were slow to adapt theatre into the culture In the.
By Adam and Manon.  Melodrama was very popular in the Victorian Era.  The plays consisted of:  Over dramatic plots.  Outsized emotion.  Over simplified.
MUSIC VIDEO TIMELINE. Georgia Wilson The phonoscene was a combined chronophone sound recording with a chronograph film shot that created.
The story so far... Man’s journeys in space The History Department.
Theater History AMERICAN THEATER HISTORY. American Non-Musical Theatre  First original theater, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, first staged in  Eugene O’Neill.
The Story The Sound of Music is loosely based on The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, written in 1949 by Maria, the main character in the musical.
20 TH CENTURY THEATRE THEATRE HISTORY. THE NEW CENTURY Absurdism: states that the efforts of humanity to find inherent meaning in the universe will ultimately.
The Great Migration  Between 1910 and 1920, the Great Migration saw hundreds of thousands of African Americans move north to big cities  By 1920 over.
American Theater Beg, borrow, and steal. The Puritans were so much fun… Under strict Puritanical control for much of their youth, theatrical performances.
Angelina Jolie Today, Jolie is one of the best known celebrities around the world and selected by Americans as the sexiest female star. Now let me.
Javaughn Zaimara Kenyon Rshonda
Great Artists of Jazz and Blues DUKE Ellington. Great Artists of Jazz and Blues Why did Duke Ellington start playing piano in high school? To get a date!
Medieval Theater Madison, Chloe, Aron, Makayla. What are the dates of the period?
20 th Century Composers: Opera o Samuel Barber Samuel Barber Samuel Barber o Aaron Copland Aaron Copland Aaron Copland o Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein.
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. About the Author August Wilson ( ) -Wrote a series of ten plays depicting the African American experience throughout.
AUGUST WILSON By: Raneicia Quinn. Early Life  He was born: Frederick August Kittel  August Wilson was born on April 27, 1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Fairuz Lebanese Musician MUS266 Shireen Ghaznavi.
The world of the violin Edited by peishan 2004/12/04.
JULIE TAYMOR World renown director. WHO IS JULIE TAYMOR?  Julie Taymor was born in Newton, Massachusetts in December of Julie took an interest.
Remaking a scene!. Sam Mendes directed the movie Skyfall and the newest James Bond movie, Spectre. As well as many other films such as: American Beauty.
Williams Henry Brown ( ) Founded the 1 st African American theater company -The African Grove Theater in NYC (opened in 1816 & closed in 1827)
HARRY LOWE Why Videos?. Andrew Goodwin’s Theoretical Framework Andrew Goodwin identifies 5 key aspects of music videos Synaesthesia - Seeing the sound.
Opera and Musical Theatre Chapters 14 & 15. Opera.
Jazz Quiz Review. Types of Jazz Ragtime - one of the early musical styles that contributed to the development of jazz. It combined a sixteenth-note-based.
LO: To learn about the Modern period of music. To learn about famous composers from this era. Success Criteria To identify where this period fits within.
  Became the head of the department of drama at Atlanta University  Designed a two-story building next to Atlanta University to be used for theatre.
School project Lyceum 64 Saint-Petersburg Actors.
Australian Theatre. YEAR 11/12 DRAMA watch?v=MgRjB8PEDkM watch?v=MgRjB8PEDkM STEREOTYPICAL AUSSIE??? -SAFE.
AMERICAN LITERATURE & ART By: Gabby Kaminski. American Themes ◦Individualism ◦Transcendentalism ◦Countervailing pressures of society ◦Reflection upon.
History at Key Stage 2 Unit 20: What can we learn about recent history by studying the life of a famous person?
By: Wendy Tran, Hanna Tannous, Josh Willie
David Mamet (1947- ? ).
“A candid presentation of the natural world” Eric Bentley
American theater history
VMG Literacy.
August Wilson & Fences.
Sir Peter Hall Born in 1930 in England
Presentation transcript:

1960:British director peter hall transforms shake spear memorial theatre into royal shake spear company 1954:Joseph pap finds the New York shake spear festival. 1972:Sam Shepard's “the tooth of crime” at the open space. David mametts “American buffalo” in Chicago” 1988:Richard eye takes over the national theatre. 2006:Julie Taymor completed production of her latest movie, a musical set in the 1960s entitled Across The Universe, starring Bono and Evan Rachel Wood. The premiere date is scheduled for early 2007.

 In the 20th century realism became a popular form of theatre, often combining it with personal value against wealth topics.  The 20th century also saw new enlightenment with different forms of theatres appearing worldwide. Such as experimental theatre and Hispanic/ American theatre.  In the 20th century Edward Bond and his savagely real plays start a debate that ultimately ended censorship in plays since the Shakespearean era.  In the 20th century realism became a popular form of theatre, often combining it with personal value against wealth topics.  The 20th century also saw new enlightenment with different forms of theatres appearing worldwide. Such as experimental theatre and Hispanic/ American theatre.  In the 20th century Edward Bond and his savagely real plays start a debate that ultimately ended censorship in plays since the Shakespearean era.

 The late 20th century also started a turning point in incorporating homosexual themes in the American theatre.  Caryl Churchhill and other feminine playwrights started to see feminine and socialist aspects in the theatre.  Julie Taymor a famous and gifted playwright also started the fabe of using exotic themes and stories in plays.  The late 20th century also started a turning point in incorporating homosexual themes in the American theatre.  Caryl Churchhill and other feminine playwrights started to see feminine and socialist aspects in the theatre.  Julie Taymor a famous and gifted playwright also started the fabe of using exotic themes and stories in plays.

Neil Simon: Barefoot in the park &the odd couple. August Wilson: Ma Rainey's black bottom. Windy Wassertain: crimes of the heart