Theatre Chapter 13
Topics of political theater
-hunger -violence -exploitation
performance elements connected to african rituals
-music and song -dance -costumes
3 points in approaching global theatre
-theatre has a long and illustrious history in many countries -beginning around 1900, Asian and other non european theatres were influenced by developments of Modern Theatre in the west -development of global exchanges in communication, ideas, commerce, and the arts
3 branches of theatre that emerged from japan
-traditional japanese theatre -shingeki; "new theatre"
influences of theater in english speaking africa
-traditional performance forms -popular theatre -indigenous languages
what is at the heart of works by south african playwright, Athol Fugard
concern for political and social equality
two active components of european/british theatre
traditional and establishment, and alternative
realism and departures from realism
western theater forms influenced theater in Asia
Theatre of the Oppressed
written by Augusto Boal, serves as a manifesto for revolutionary and socially conscious theatre