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A Note on Musicals

By: Christopher Innes

If there is a norm for theatre in the last decade of the previous century -- and indeed still today -- it is the mega-musical. A sign of the times is that currently 20 (out of 41 West End theatres are occupied with musicals, no less than four of these being long-running hits by Andrew Lloyd-Webber; and the vogue is world-wide. Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon and Les Miserables are playing from Sydney to Toronto in productions that exactly reproduce each other: indeed in Toronto out of the eight major theatres, six are filled by musicals.

Submitted by mandy on Wed, 11/19/2008 - 15:58.

A Routledge Literary Sourcebook on Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler

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Since Hedda Gabler exploded onto European and American stages in the1890s, the play and its title character have troubled and transfixed audiences, performers, and critics the world over. This Routledge Literary Sourcebook balances essential reprinted texts with clear, incisive commentary to:

-set the play within the contexts of Norwegian nationalism, the women's movement, and the cultural movement of Naturalism;
-examine -- and emphasize the links between -- the performance and criticism of the play, from 1890 to the present;

Submitted by amanda on Thu, 08/05/2010 - 20:50.

A Sourcebook on Naturalist Theatre

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A Sourcebook on Naturalist Theatre provides essential primary sources which document one of the key movements in modern theatre. Three writers are selected to exemplify the movement, and six plays in particular:

-Henrik lbsen -- A Doll's House and Hedda Gabler
-Anton Chekhov -- The Seagull and The Cherry Orchard
-George Bernard Shaw -- Mrs Warren's Profession and Heartbreak House

The illuminating introduction provides a fascinating overview of naturalist theatre. Key themes include:
-the representation of women
-significant contemporary issues

Submitted by amanda on Thu, 08/05/2010 - 20:29.

Baring The Breast -- Or 'Author! Author!'

By: Christopher Innes

As Pirandello's six characters famously found, the author has traditionally been absent from the theatre -- at best taking a shy curtain call to receive applause (or abuse, and sometimes rotten tomatoes) from a first-night audience. While performershave long been favorite dramatic personae, whether Hamlet's expert actors or incompetent thespians like Bottom and his crew from A Midsummer Night's Dream, up until very recently no playwright put a writer in the spotlight.

Submitted by mandy on Thu, 11/27/2008 - 14:22.

Bazodee at Caribana: 'Caribbean Sea'

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The vanguard section, 'Caribbean Sea', ready to take the stage.

Submitted by ariana on Wed, 11/19/2008 - 18:10.

Bazodee at Caribana: 'Coco Panyol'

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In addition to the Queen and King, most Mas(querade) bands are accompanied by Male & Female Individual costumes. These are smaller than the towering monarchs, but are usually no less intricate and lavish. In 2006, Bazodee Connection’s Individual Female was Coco Panyol.

Submitted by mandy on Tue, 01/13/2009 - 16:26.
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