opinion on australian drama
Wed, 1 Feb 2006, 10:06 amstudent8 posts in thread
opinion on australian drama
Wed, 1 Feb 2006, 10:06 amhello everyone..
i was wanting to find out everyones feelings on this question.....
"Australian society does not merely chronicle society at the time, it confronts and engages its audience with use of deliberate staging techniques." How accurate is this statement for 20th century australian theatre?
thanks alot
i was wanting to find out everyones feelings on this question.....
"Australian society does not merely chronicle society at the time, it confronts and engages its audience with use of deliberate staging techniques." How accurate is this statement for 20th century australian theatre?
thanks alot
Re: a second opinion on australian drama
Fri, 3 Feb 2006, 10:17 pma Student (or his teacher) wrote:
> "Australian theatre does not merely chronicle society at the time, it
> confronts and engages its audience with use of deliberate staging
> techniques." How accurate is this statement for 20th century australian
> theatre?
Jeff Watkins wrote:
>
> I would say that the statement is true for all theatre in all countries.
> After all, isn't the statement the definition of theatre?
>
> To chronicle society, to confront and engage audiences
> through staging techniques such as direction (blocking),
> dramatic interpretation, sound and lighting.
>
> That is what theatre is all about. It will always be true. It
> is the core of theatre.
Can't you have theatre which DOESN'T particularly chronicle society? And can you not engage audiences without really confronting them?
And are we also considering those efforts of theatre which unfortunately don't even engage...?
Cheers,
Craig
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> "Australian theatre does not merely chronicle society at the time, it
> confronts and engages its audience with use of deliberate staging
> techniques." How accurate is this statement for 20th century australian
> theatre?
Jeff Watkins wrote:
>
> I would say that the statement is true for all theatre in all countries.
> After all, isn't the statement the definition of theatre?
>
> To chronicle society, to confront and engage audiences
> through staging techniques such as direction (blocking),
> dramatic interpretation, sound and lighting.
>
> That is what theatre is all about. It will always be true. It
> is the core of theatre.
Can't you have theatre which DOESN'T particularly chronicle society? And can you not engage audiences without really confronting them?
And are we also considering those efforts of theatre which unfortunately don't even engage...?
Cheers,
Craig
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