The physician : an original play in four acts /

"150 copies only of this edition were printed, December, 1898."

Epic Sea Battle at Night: a Revolutionary Play with the Economic Thinking of Milton Friedman

The play Epic Sea Battle at Night was originally staged in 1967, to commemorate two of China’s People’s Liberation Army’s military triumphs over the Taiwanese navy two years previously. Produced at the height of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, the play is an example of the exploitation of the arts as an ideological instrument, celebrating military heroism and political conviction. Stills from the play were included in, China Pictorial 11, an English language propaganda pamphlet that was distributed to Western Imperialists in order to educate them in Maoist policy. Today, these images are clear representations of ideology. More than forty years after the Cultural Revolution, the ideology under which we live, neo-liberal late-capitalism, deliberately shirks from such blatant displays of propaganda. We have supposedly the freedom to believe whatever we like in a post-ideological age, and yet core beliefs about meritocracy, individualism and competitiveness frequently go unchallenged. By juxtaposing the visual language of ideology with the text of the capitalist manifesto, the re-enactment of a scene from Epic Sea Battle at Night harnesses the aesthetics of the past so as to allow us to reconsider the alleged neutrality of the present. The design of the stage, the positioning of the actors, costumes and props of the current production closely resembled those documented in China Pictorial 11, yet the actors’ monologues belong to a completely different context. No less heroic and utopian in tone than the speech given by the political instructor of gunboat 874 in the original play, the capitalist manifesto was an attempt to give a concrete language to the shapeless ideology of the present, and to force the invisible currents that govern life today, in China as in the West, to the surface. Neither a lecture on neo-liberal economics, nor a theatrical performance of a narrative, the piece appropriated the format of the propaganda play to re-evaluate the relationship between art and politics now.

Uma só palavra: experiência de narrativa dramática: trabalho de projecto

Trabalho de Projecto submetido à Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Teatro - especialização em Artes Performativas (Escritas de Cena).

Writing for the contemporany naturalistic stage: a personal process of creation

El objetivo principal de este proyecto es desarrollar más a fondo y consolidar los objetivos formativos y competencias del grado en Estudios Ingleses a través de un trabajo de escritura creativa, en concreto, la creación de una obra teatral original. Este trabajo consiste en, por un lado, una introducción al Naturalismo, como género literario en un marco cultural y metodológico, y por otro lado, la creación personal de una obra naturalista que incluye la primera parte del manuscrito. Este proyecto incluye un proceso completo de creatividad justificado gracias a las principales teorías de algunos escritores naturalistas, como: Émile Zola – como precursor del Naturalismo – y August Strindberg como uno de los mayores mentores de este género literario. Los resultados obtenidos en este trabajo son: la creación de una obra teatral original, una especialización en el movimiento Naturalista aplicado al teatro contemporáneo, y un profundo conocimiento de la lengua inglesa a través de la perspectiva de un dramaturgo.

David Skene-Melvin papers, 1918, 1995, n.d.

David Skene-Melvin, literary historian and bibliographer, donated his extensive collection of books on Crime, Mystery and Detective fiction to the Popular Culture Program at Brock University in July 2001. The donation forms a significant part of the Skene-Melvin Collection of Crime, Mystery and Detective Fiction, James A. Gibson Library, Brock University.

Shading Silhouettes of Smaller Ones

I am truly honored to have been given the amazing opportunity to create this original piece, this powerful journey through memory and emotive exploration of the loss of childhood. How do we feel about the loss of our child-self? Could we ever get them back? How long, how deep would one have to dig in the graveyards, the playgrounds of memory, to uncover what was buried there... to un-erase what waserased? shading silhouettes of smaller ones will ultimately encourage a reconnection with the Inner Child hidden inside all of us, as well as an intimate awareness of the adult version of the self by looking back to the smaller ones. The main inspiration for this piece is then of course, Inner Child Work. Most people may not be familiar with this therapeutic exploration of childhood... It wasimportant to me then, to present this concept in an imaginative, theatrical way, as a gift to you - a comprehensive and intensely moving gift. Speaking from experience, working on my Inner Child - my little Bianca - has been the most painful, frightening, yetrewarding and powerful experience within my personal life. Some people spend their entire lives trying to love themselves, to prove themselves, or be accepted. Some are too afraid to look back to where it all began. The characters within this piece will face thatfear... in a regression from the complexities of adulthood to the confusion of adolescence, all the way back to the wonder and bliss of childhood. They will reveal memories, of both joy and pain, love and abandonment, journeying backwards through time - through memory - through a playground - back to the beginning... We will enter a world where a push of a merry-go-round spins us to games of Truth or Dare after a high school dance at 16 - or the slam of a metal fence reminds us of the door Dad slammed in our face at 9 - where the sound of chain links swings us back to scrapping our knee by the sandbox at 5 This piece will attempt to connect everyone, both cast and audience, through a universal understanding and discussion of what it means to grow up, as well as a discovery of WHY we are the way we are - how experiences or relationships from our childhood have shaped our adult lives. We will attempt to challenge your honesty and nerve by inviting you to ask questions of yourselves, your past - to remember what it's like to have the innocence and hope of a child, to engage with and discover your Inner Child, to realize when or why you left them behind, and if you want to this magical part of yourself. It is my hope that you will join us in a collective journey - gather the courage to dig up the little kid you buried so long ago...* The creation, design, choreography, and direction for shading silhouettes of smaller ones mark the culminating experience of a year-long independent study in Theatre.

Scène ajoutée au Boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle : pour l'anniversaire de la naissance de Molière : représentée sur le théâtre du Gymnase dramatique, le 15 janvier 1821.

The original play was written by C.F.J.B. Moreau, Eugène Scribe, and Mélesville.

Retrato inacabado: Trabalho de projecto

Partindo de um texto original, o mestrando constrói um espetáculo teatral assumindo a preparação e concretização de todas as fases do processo de forma integrada, contando com o apoio do dramaturgo e da estrutura tisica e humana do grupo de teatro que dirige. O projeto desenvolve-se num contexto de teatro feito a partir da escola para a comunidade e integra-se numa dinâmica de duas décadas de dinamização juvenil e da população em geral, contribuindo para a criação de uma identidade cultural para a região. O relatório estrutura-se como uma abordagem sistémica dos fatores intervenientes no projeto, tendo sempre presente a natureza pragmática das soluções e a preocupação com a receção pelo público. Nele se procura ainda sublinhar os principais aspetos conceptuais e metodológicos que estiveram presentes na preparação e direção global do projeto, fundamentando as opções estéticas e técnicas na experiência pessoal de trabalho, enriquecida agora pela frequência deste Curso de Mestrado. ABSTRACT: From an original play, the author builds up a show from its preparation to its implementation through all the stages of the process thoroughly. On doing so, the author was assisted by the playwright and the company he runs. This project is developed at school seeking its surrounding community, both youth and general population and is part of a cultural dynamic that has been in place for the last couple of decades in the region. This report erupts directly from the project’s prevailing issues which were handled in a very practical way, focusing mainly on audience's perception of the show. An attempt is made to highlight the main conceptual and methodological aspects of preparing and directing a show which emerge from both personal experience and new knowledge obtained on this Master's Degree

The orchid : A new and original musical play /

Mode of access: Internet.

Finnigans̓ fortune; an original comic Irish play in three acts,

Mode of access: Internet.

The complete works of Shakespeare, from the original text: carefully collated and compared with the editions of Halliwell, Knight, and Collier: with historical and critical introductions, and notes to each play; and a lifeof the great dramatist,

Mode of access: Internet.

Vortigern; an historical play; with an original preface.

Mode of access: Internet.

Masaniello, the fisherman of Naples; an historical tale. Upon which is founded the play of that title produced at the Theatre Royal,Drury Lane, 17 Feb.1825. To which is added,a correct account of the scenes and incidents shewing the varations made in adapting the original story to the stage, with the dramatis personae.

[Cover, frontispiece and title-page have been very closely trimmed.]

A country girl : a new and original musical play /

Acc. arr. for piano.

The dramatic works and poems of William Shakspeare : with notes, original and selected, and introductory remarks to each play /

Added title-pages, engraved.