The History of the Theatre From Caveman To Internet Age

Kabuki

European Theatre

What is the Theatre? It is … The playwright The script The actors The set The props The makeup The designers The costumes AND The building It is Not… just the building

The Egyptians

Greek and Roman Theatre

Thespis

Medieval Theatre

Church’s miracle plays

Renaissance Theatre

The Restoration & 18th Century

19 th Century

20 th Century RADIO TELEVISION MOVIES

RADIO THEATRE

Movies

Kinescope: The First Moving Pictures

Silent Movies

The first feature-length film with synchronized Vitaphone sound effects and musical soundtrack (canned music and sound effects recorded on large wax discs), but without spoken dialogue, was Warner Bros.' romantic swashbuckler adventure Don Juan (1926) SOUND

the first feature-length talkie (and first musical), The Jazz Singer (1927), adapted from Samson Raphaelson's successful musical stage play (that starred George Jessel in the Broadway role). It was also the most expensive film in the studio's history, at a budget of about $500,000. TALKIES

Animation

TV Then now

INTERNET AGE DVD VHS Streaming video

CITATION PAGE: Info Dirks, Tim. “Film History Before 1920.” Filmsite. (10/24/05). “History of Animation.” Amimazing Gallery. (10/24/05) “History of the Theatre.” Know it All. (10/24/05) “History of the Theatre.” Tupelo Community Theatre. (10/26/05) "King's Men." Shakespeare's World and Work. Ed. John F. Andrews Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. May October (10/25/05) “Naturalism” Wikipedia. (10/26/05) “Realism” Wikipedia. (10/26/05)

CITATION PAGE: INFO Rivers, Dennis. The Shadow Knows! (10/26/05) Roseblade, Chris. “A History of the Theatre ”. Merchant Taylors' School, Department of Theatre Studies. (10/26/05) Sanes,Ken. Tranparency. (10/26/05) Trumbull, Eric W. “Introduction to Theatre Online Course.” Northern Virginia Community College. (10/26/05).

CITATION PAGE: PICTURES Masks : br/clubs/thespis/ br/clubs/thespis/ Blue curtain: friendsinthehills.com/ eveningoutatthetheatre.htmlfriendsinthehills.com/ eveningoutatthetheatre.html Kabuki: Masks: marco6.htmwww.radioactivefuture.com/ marco6.htm Single dancer: web-japan.org/factsheet/ kabuki/history.htmlweb-japan.org/factsheet/ kabuki/history.html Multiple dancers: detail.php?i=403www.asiagrace.com/ detail.php?i=403 European theatre: Couple: Man: Girl/woman: weekwas.htmwww.was.qld.edu.au/ weekwas.htm Cave men: Egyptians: Couple: Group: mervyntap.htmwww.g6cqb.freeserve.co.uk/ mervyntap.htm Greek and Roman: Greek theatre: Roman Theatre: Thespis:

CITATION PAGE: PICTURES Video Clip: Medieval Theater: Musicians: /08/08.htmlwww.quebecurbain.qc.ca/ 2003/08/08.html Theatre: Churches Miiicale Plays: With baby: Without: Renisance theatre: Globe: Stage view: Video Clip: Restoration: Ollie: oliver_cromwell.htmwww.ferdinando.org.uk/ oliver_cromwell.htm Anne bracegridle: Building: Stage View 1: Stage View 2:

CITATION PAGE: PICTURES 19th Century actors: Gas light: Electric light: education/images/ education/images/ 20th Centry: tv: radio: movie: Radio theatre: Orson Wells: archives/history/ archives/history/ Actors: The shadow: Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy: Agnes Moorehead: Kinescope: Black Maria: Kinescope parlor: Inside:

CITATION PAGE: PICTURES Movie: Lone ranger: Monty Python: Around the world in 80 days: Silent Movies: Caveman: There you are: silent film: Mary Pickford: Sound: Don Juan: Talkies: Info about the pictures: Becky Sharp: Animation: Emperor’s New Groove: Flix: Gumby: Steamboat Willie: shopping.animazing.com/ gallery/timeline.htmshopping.animazing.com/ gallery/timeline.htm Final Fantasy: fantasy-fan.net/FF-Movie/fantasy-fan.net/FF-Movie/ Wallacce and gromitt:

CITATION PAGE: PICTURES TV Then; Now: te_bg.jpg Internet age: Fat Albert: 130&st=%2A&v=glance The Rescuers: Streaming video: stream_video.aspwww.gmstc.com/ stream_video.asp

CITATION PAGE: PICTURES