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