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    Indigenous Theatre as Resistance: Toronto as a Nexus for Canada’s Burgeoning Indigenous Theatre Scene from Late 1980s to Early 1990s by Raphaela Pavlakos

    Published 2023-09-01
    “…By taking a closer look at Canada’s first Indigenous Theatre company, Native Earth Performing Arts, which is based in Toronto, as well as analyzing two fundamental texts, Drew Hayden Taylor’s (Curve Lake First Nations) Toronto at Dreamer’s Rock and Daniel David Moses’ (Delaware/Tuscarora) Almighty Voice and His Wife, this paper will trace the common themes in these two texts that were prevalent in the work of this time, as well as unpack the connection these plays have to place, specifically in their relation to Toronto and the Indigenous Theatre scene there.…”
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    ‘What a perennial delight is in hearing the French language spoken!’: Class, Language and Taste in the Maison de Molière’s French Performances in London (1871–1893) by Ignacio Ramos Gay

    Published 2017-11-01
    “…The responses of theatre professionals inevitably raise the matter of high art by implicitly questioning which of the two theatrical traditions best reflect and recreate, through their language, such cultural standards: How is a language stylized to answer simultaneously to dramatic conventions and to expectations related to national sentiment? …”
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    An alien among aliens: Translating multicultural identities in Singapore’s contemporary theatre by Bei Hu

    Published 2025-01-01
    “… This article explores the conflated roles of translator and playwright embodied by Kuo Pao Kun (1939-2002), a doyen figure acclaimed as the embodiment of Singapore’s contemporary theatre. As a Singaporean arts activist born in China, Kuo reformulated the state identity of Singapore through his self-translated play Descendants of the eunuch admiral (1995a), which examines his perceptions regarding the perils of a homogenised national theatrical realm and the tensions emerging from modernisation — an intriguing standpoint for an ethnically Chinese art activist. …”
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    The French Actor on the London Stage: Charles Fechter by Catherine Quirk

    Published 2017-11-01
    “…Others either dismissed the accent and mannerisms altogether, ignoring Fechter’s nationality to assess both positively and negatively his basic skills as an actor, or saw the particularly French aspects of his representations as adding to the actor’s broader appeal. …”
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    Retrieving, Translating, and Archiving, Hubert Ogunde’s Aye by Adedoyin Aguoru

    Published 2022-07-01
    “…The preservation of this national theatrical form through translations and storing it in a retrievable format will enhance the preservation of this national treasure. …”
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