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american theatres Essay Examples

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The Failures of the Wild West Shows in American Theatre (3068 words, 10 pages)

Imagine that you are a Native American and are looking to explore your ancestry. There are pictures, narratives, theatre performances, and many historical accounts with a majority slanted toward the noble savage image. They serve audience expectations rather than shining light on little-known truths of a widespread but heavily erased ... Read More

The Revolution of the Female Character in Post-Civil War American Theatre; Under the Gaslight by Daly and Trifles by Glaspell (1643 words, 6 pages)

The New Woman The Revolution of the Female Character in Post-Civil War American TheatreAfter the American Civil War, American theatre would be drastically altered in regards to the portrayal of female characters onstage. Before the war, women were characterized simply as accessories to the male characters. They were passive, allowing ... Read More

The Role Setting Plays in American Theatre; Desire Under the Elms by O’Neill and Our Time by Wilder (2602 words, 10 pages)

An Essential Foundation The Role Setting Plays in American Theatre For the sake of the audience, a theatre production relies on a well-designed and thematically relevant setting. This is because a setting isresponsible for designating the audience in a particular time and place, inaddition to creating a specific social or ... Read More

Black People in American Theatre History in Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun (2323 words, 8 pages)

"I had never in my life seen so many black people in the theater, and the reason was that never before, in the entire history of the American theater, had so much of the truth of black people's lives been seen on the stage. Black people had ignored the theater ... Read More

Eugene O’Neill’s Contribution to the American Theatre (694 words, 2 pages)

In the summer of 1916, O'Neill made his first appearance as a playwright in a tiny playhouse on the wharf of Provincetown, MA. The playhouse was started as a new experimental theater by a group of young writers and painters. The playhouse produced Bound East for Cardiff, O'Neill's first play. ... Read More

An Introduction to the History of American Theatre from the Beginning of the 20th Century (911 words, 2 pages)

At the beginning of the twentieth century, American theatre was heavily dominated by commercialism. In 1909, an attempt to establish a European-style art theatre in New York City was made (Geisinger, 241). The building was so cavernous and unsuited for experimental work that the project failed after two seasons. Dedicated ... Read More

An Introduction to the History of American Theatre (1884 words, 5 pages)

American Theatre Soon after the American Revolution, Americans began their expansion to the west.It was our Manifest Destiny to tame the wilds of the west and expand our nationfrom coast to coast. Families from all over would load up their belongings andtravel to the newly purchased lands. People from New ... Read More

An Introduction to the History of American Theatre (1036 words, 2 pages)

An Introduction to the Fantastiks the Longest Running Play in American Theatre History (1268 words, 2 pages)

The Fantastiks The Fantastiks is the longest running play in American theatre history. I thought I was not going to enjoy the play, but I couldnt of been more wrong. I thought the play was hysterical it had a simple story line that anyone could understand. I really liked that ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013