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Derek Walcott and West Indian Drama: Not Only a Playwright but a Company, the Trinidad Theatre Workshop 1959-1993

Book by Bruce King; Clarendon Press, 1997

Subjects:

Theater--Trinidad and Tobago--History--20th century, Trinidad Theatre Workshop--History, Walcott, Derek--Criticism and interpretation, West Indies--In literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...was re-examining the nature of theatre. He had always been restless...influenced by the Abbey Irish theatre, learned about Method acting...stage conventions, Brecht, the theatre of the absurd, and the American musical; as...
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The Story of Unity Theatre

Book by Colin Chambers; Lawrence & Wishart, 1989

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Unity Theatre (Group)

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...premi6res. Unitys magazine New Theatre carried (in March 1949) an article...Joan Littlewoods production for Theatre Workshop. 6 Following on from...his earlier involvement with the Theatre of the Absurd in order to embrace an imaginative...
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Summer Theatre in London, 1661-1820, and the Rise of the Haymarket Theatre

Book by William J. Burling; Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2000

Subjects:

Haymarket Theatre (London, England)--History, Summer Theater--England--London--History

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...in a complete cessation of theatre operations during summer 1813...prosperous to the Treasury of this Theatre (16 September 1805). As long as the theatre continued to make money...on the premises would be an absurd proposition. For Colman...
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Joseph Holloway's Abbey Theatre: A Selection from His Unpublished Journal, Impressions of a Dublin Playgoer

Book by Robert Hogan, Michael J. O'Neill, Joseph Holloway; Southern Illinois University Press, 1967

Subjects:

Abbey Theatre, Fiction, Theater--Ireland--Dublin--History

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...would be the makings of the theatre, and said Miss Horniman had...Over fifty police were in the theatre, and uproar was frequent...people charged. . . . The theatre was full to-night to witness...and as to the plot it was too absurd for words. All the very nasty...
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The Abbey Theatre, 1899-1999: Form and Pressure

Book by Robert Welch; Oxford University Press, 1999

Subjects:

Abbey Theatre--History, Theater--Ireland--Dublin--History--20th Century

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...playwright, is to create a theatre which becomes an arena for...re-creation of the kind of theatre imagined and realized by Yeats...Frank Grimes. The new Peacock Theatre was to be, amongst other things...conventions of the form to absurd lengths. In the typical Blasket...

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Beckett out of His Mind: The Theatre of the Absurd

Journal article by William S. Haney II; Studies in the Literary Imagination, Vol. 34, 2001

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Absurd (Philosophy)--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Beckett, Samuel--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Consciousness--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Endgame (Theater)--Psychological aspects, Waiting for Godot (Theater)--Psychological aspects

Collections: Psychology, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Beckett out of his mind: the theatre of the absurd. by William S. Haney II INTRODUCTION...transverbal awareness are well known to theatre-goers, even though they may...Consciousness, Literature and Theatre, explain that this state "is...
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Power, Self, and Other: The Absurd in 'Boesman and Lena

Journal article by Craig W. Mcluckie; Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 39, 1993

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Absurd (Philosophy)--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Colored people (South Africa)--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Fugard, Athol--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Oppression (Psychology)--Portrayals, depictions, etc., South African drama (English)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Psychology, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Power, self, and other: the absurd in Boesman and Lena. by Craig W...of criticism about Samuel Becketts theatre attests, it is difficult not to impose...to stave off the madness that their absurd position entails. Boesman denies...
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Camus's "The Silent Men" and "The Guest": Depictions of Absurd Awareness

Journal article by Rob Roy Mcgregor; Studies in Short Fiction, Vol. 34, 1997

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Absurd (Philosophy)--Analysis, Camus, Albert--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Existentialism--Analysis, French literature--Analysis, Self-perception--Analysis, The Guest (Short story)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Silent Men (Short story)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...profound freedom") of the absurd (141), this neophyte, this...learning the great lesson of absurd understanding, of that "understanding...escape it" (La Chute, Camus, Theatre 1549),(48) "despair...a depiction of the birth of absurd awareness, we find that Camus...
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The Scholar and the Theatre

Journal article by L. W. Conolly; Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 35, 2000

Subjects:

Assn for Canadian Theatre History, Assn for Canadian Theatre Research, Canada, Culture, Education, History & criticism, Politics, Theater, Theatre arts

Collections: Education, History, Entire Library

...certain kinds of theatre - theatre usually deriving from a scripted...write histories of Canadian theatre without full knowledge of...actually took place in Canadian theatres, though it seems glaringly...Elizabeth Smiths history of theatre in Saint John is not likely...accomplished. It would be absurd to argue that theatre histories...
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Radical Disengagement and Liquid Lives: Criminology by Arena Theatre Company

Journal article by Denise Varney; Australasian Drama Studies, 2009

Subjects:

Arena Theatre, Collaboration, Drama, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne Victoria Australia, Myers, Rose, Theater, Theater companies, Women

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...directed by Melbourne-based Arena Theatres artistic director. Rose Myers. It was staged at the Malthouse Theatre. Melbourne, in 2007 as a collaboration...the realm of myth, of culture and theatre history where it demands attention...voting man recalls the evil woman from theatres history, but in this article 1 argue...times. Finally, while postdramatic theatre has been a visible presence in Australian...mainstages of state and subsidised theatres. There it comes under the scrutiny...

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Absurd Again

Magazine article by Steven Drukman; American Theatre, Vol. 11, December 1994

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Absurd (Philosophy)--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Theater--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...examples of Theatre of the Absurd, at times mimicking language...reflexive era, due to some absurd logic, the most successful...the play at A Contemporary Theatre in Seattle), and stresses...sense to audiences at resident theatres around the country, where...real world and one in the absurd." However, as in his newest...
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Play It Again, Sam: Samuel Beckett's Bleak, Absurd and Mischievous Vision Revolutionised Theatre, Inspiring Countless Other Artists. Anthony Minghella Recalls Filming One of His Plays While (Right) Leading Figures Pay Tribute

Magazine article by Anthony Minghella; New Statesman, Vol. 135, March 20, 2006

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Authors--Works, Beckett, Samuel--Works, Dramatists--Works, English literature--Criticism and interpretation, Playwrights--Works, Writers--Works

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Samuel Becketts Bleak, Absurd and Mischievous Vision Revolutionised Theatre, Inspiring Countless Other...play I ever directed in the theatre, in a double bill with Happy...repeating the piece twice. In the theatre, a blackout can be used as...
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A Theatre of the Absurd: Nothing Is Completely Settled Yet in Egypt. nor Even Tunisia, Which Led the Way. but That Has Not Stopped the People of Bahrain, Libya, Algeria, or Iran, Syria, and Morocco from Listening to Their Own Heartbeat. Inanity in the Political Affairs of Nations Will Be Ended

Magazine article by Cameron Duodu; New African, April 2011

Subjects:

Dictators--Evaluation, Mubarak, Hosni--Evaluation, Political leadership--Social aspects

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A Theatre of the Absurd: Nothing Is Completely Settled Yet...February 2011 wheeled into a surgical theatre in London for necessary repairs to my...operating table, a sort of "theatre of the absurd" began to be screened in my head...
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Un Stages Theatre of the Absurd

Magazine article by Oliver North; Human Events, Vol. 59, September 29, 2003

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California, Foreign policy, Politics, Terrorism, United Nations--UN

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Un Stages Theatre of the Absurd by Oliver North For those who enjoy politics as entertainment, events this past week provided a great deal of amusement. In California...
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Gone to Seed

Magazine article by Retta Blaney; American Theatre, Vol. 10, May-June 1993

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Absurd (Philosophy)--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Drama--Stories, plots, etc., Dramatists--Works, Howe, Tina--Works

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

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Your Invitation to a Comedy Classic; Preview Absurd Person Singular New Theatre, Cardiff

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), September 11, 2009

Subjects:

Absurd Person Singular (Play), Theater

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...to a Comedy Classic; Preview Absurd Person Singular New Theatre, Cardiff. ONE of the West...Wales by storm. Alan Ayckbourns Absurd Person Singular will be staged...with outrageous characters, Absurd Person Singular follows three...
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Reviews: Dark Humour; Theatre Absurd Person Singular Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton

Newspaper article; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), November 2, 2008

Subjects:

Absurd Person Singular (Play)

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Reviews: Dark Humour; Theatre Absurd Person Singular Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton...and most performed - playwright. Absurd Person Singular was written in 1972...status changes - with a vengeance. Absurd Person Singular is very amusing...
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ARTS: Absurd Amount of Activity to Make the Show Run Smoothly; CULTURE John Slim Finds Everything except the Kitchen Sink at Hall Green Little Theatre

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), April 11, 2007

Subjects:

Absurd Person Singular (Play)

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

ARTS: Absurd Amount of Activity...at Hall Green Little Theatre. Byline: John Slim Hall Green Little Theatres Absurd Person Singular, opening...whose production of Absurd Person Singular was...Friday marks both the theatres 56th birthday and its...and Friends of the theatre greeted with a celebratory...
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Nothing Absurd in Lodestar's Success; THEATRE Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead/ Novas CUC

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), September 3, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Nothing Absurd in Lodestars Success; THEATRE Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are...dimension has been added by Lodestar Theatre Company, which is currently performing...premise that turns the concept of theatre on its head while obeying many of...
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It's Getting Darker; CULTURE 29 Absurd Person Singular Malvern Festival Theatre ***

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), October 22, 2008

Subjects:

Festivals

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Getting Darker; CULTURE 29 Absurd Person Singular Malvern Festival Theatre ***. Byline: Terry Grimley...has darkened over the years, Absurd Person Singular shows that...Saturday. Also at the Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton, from Monday...

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Drama, Western

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...sources of the theater of the absurd are diverse; they can be found...belonging to the theater of the absurd are Jean Genet (French...similar to the theater of the absurd is the so-called theater...Grotowski s Polish Laboratory Theatre were followed by a mixing and...
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Directing

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...beginning with Paul Forts Theatre dArt (1890). The theories...tendency was made by the Group Theatre (1931 41), with Cheryl Crawford...Wroclaws Polish Laboratory Theatre. During the 1950s and 60s the emergence of the theater of the absurd and the theater of cruelty...
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Scene Design and Stage Lighting

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...1548), and in England, the Theatre (1576; later known as the...rise of the "theater of the absurd," trends in scene design...Nicoll, The Development of the Theatre (5th ed. 1967); H. Burris...Meyer et al., Scenery for the Theatre (rev. ed. 1971); J. Rosenthal...
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Genet, Jean

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...ceremony. Considered classic examples of the theater of the absurd, his dramas portray a world of outcasts in revolt against...1962) and Querelle (tr. 1974). See his Reflections on the Theatre (tr. 1972); J.-P. Sartre, Saint Genet (1952, tr...
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French Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Roger Peyrefitte. Theater At the end of the 19th cent. the Theatre Libre was founded, the first of a number of theatrical groups...predicament. The human situation is described as tragically absurd in the theater of Jean Anouilh , Samuel Beckett , Jean Genet...

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