- In-Yer-Face theatre emerged in the 1990s in Britain and used explicit representations of violence, extreme language, and subjects like sex, drugs, mental health, and trauma to confront audiences with urgent social issues.
- It was influenced by a history of shocking theatre and enabled by the abolishment of theatre censorship. Playwrights like Sarah Kane, Mark Ravenhill, Jez Butterworth, and Martin Crimp wrote influential In-Yer-Face plays.
- While In-Yer-Face was dominant, not all 1990s British plays used its shock tactics. The document provides context on 1990s Britain and examples of several influential In-Yer-Face plays and playwrights
The document discusses the origins and development of social realism in British film and television from the 1930s-1960s. It began with documentary films showing working class lives, and was further developed through kitchen sink dramas in the 1950s exploring social issues through stories of working class people. John Osborne's influential 1956 play Look Back in Anger, set in a cramped flat, helped establish the angry young man genre. This led to socially realistic films of the 1960s adapting novels and plays about working class northern English life. Television drama also increasingly portrayed social issues through plays and soap operas like Coronation Street.
The document discusses the origins and development of social realism in British film and television from the 1930s-1960s. It began with documentary films of the 1930s showing working class lives. In the late 1950s, "kitchen sink" dramas emerged depicting working class people in gritty domestic situations and exploring social issues. John Osborne's influential 1956 play "Look Back in Anger" was a key work, as were 1960 films like "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" which adapted novels depicting working class life. These works influenced other plays and films into the 1960s that used a documentary style to represent working class stories and controversies.
The document discusses the development of social realism in British art, theater, film, novels, and television between the 1930s-1960s. It highlights John Osborne's influential 1956 play "Look Back in Anger", which was set in a working class flat and explored social issues, as well as film adaptations of works by Alan Sillitoe and Shelagh Delaney dealing with working class life. Television programs like Armchair Theatre and The Wednesday Play also portrayed social issues in plays and drama serials during this period.
The document discusses the development of social realism in British art, literature, film and television between the 1930s-1960s. It began with documentary films showing working class lives, and the 1956 play Look Back in Anger popularized the "kitchen sink drama" genre depicting working class domestic lives and social issues. This led to films like Saturday Night and Sunday Morning set in northern English industrial towns, depicting working class protagonists and controversies. Television drama also began prominently featuring working class stories dealing with social issues, influencing soap operas like Coronation Street.
This document provides a summary of representations of social issues in British TV drama over time, including:
1) Social class was traditionally depicted through drawing room comedies but plays by the Angry Young Men in the 1950s brought working class experiences to the forefront.
2) Regional identity became prominent in the 1960s with shows like Coronation Street depicting working class life in the North. Regional dialects and cultures have since shaped many TV shows.
3) Representations of race historically involved offensive stereotypes but shows from the 1980s like Desmond's were produced by Black British people and depicted Black British identity without focusing on otherness.
Candida was written by George Bernard Shaw in 1894. It questions Victorian notions of love and marriage. The play centers around Candida, her husband Reverend James Morell, and young poet Eugene Marchbanks, who tries to win Candida's affection. Shaw uses the characters and plot to discuss political and social issues of the time, like Christian Socialism. The play was controversial but gained popularity in the early 1900s, with productions in both London and New York experiencing great success and sparking "Candidamania". Candida must decide between staying with her devoted husband or pursuing a relationship with the passionate but unstable Eugene.
This document provides an overview of George Bernard Shaw's play Candida. It discusses the plot, characters, production history, themes, and Shaw's background. The play, written in 1894, questions Victorian notions of marriage and love. It was controversial but became very popular after its New York production in 1903 launched a phenomenon called "Candidamania". The document summarizes Shaw's socialist political views that influenced the play and the themes it explores regarding women's roles and Christian Socialism.
The document discusses the origins and development of social realism in British film and television from the 1930s-1960s. It began with documentary films showing working class lives, and was further developed through kitchen sink dramas in the 1950s exploring social issues through stories of working class people. John Osborne's influential 1956 play Look Back in Anger, set in a cramped flat, helped establish the angry young man genre. This led to socially realistic films of the 1960s adapting novels and plays about working class northern English life. Television drama also increasingly portrayed social issues through plays and soap operas like Coronation Street.
The document discusses the origins and development of social realism in British film and television from the 1930s-1960s. It began with documentary films of the 1930s showing working class lives. In the late 1950s, "kitchen sink" dramas emerged depicting working class people in gritty domestic situations and exploring social issues. John Osborne's influential 1956 play "Look Back in Anger" was a key work, as were 1960 films like "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" which adapted novels depicting working class life. These works influenced other plays and films into the 1960s that used a documentary style to represent working class stories and controversies.
The document discusses the development of social realism in British art, theater, film, novels, and television between the 1930s-1960s. It highlights John Osborne's influential 1956 play "Look Back in Anger", which was set in a working class flat and explored social issues, as well as film adaptations of works by Alan Sillitoe and Shelagh Delaney dealing with working class life. Television programs like Armchair Theatre and The Wednesday Play also portrayed social issues in plays and drama serials during this period.
The document discusses the development of social realism in British art, literature, film and television between the 1930s-1960s. It began with documentary films showing working class lives, and the 1956 play Look Back in Anger popularized the "kitchen sink drama" genre depicting working class domestic lives and social issues. This led to films like Saturday Night and Sunday Morning set in northern English industrial towns, depicting working class protagonists and controversies. Television drama also began prominently featuring working class stories dealing with social issues, influencing soap operas like Coronation Street.
This document provides a summary of representations of social issues in British TV drama over time, including:
1) Social class was traditionally depicted through drawing room comedies but plays by the Angry Young Men in the 1950s brought working class experiences to the forefront.
2) Regional identity became prominent in the 1960s with shows like Coronation Street depicting working class life in the North. Regional dialects and cultures have since shaped many TV shows.
3) Representations of race historically involved offensive stereotypes but shows from the 1980s like Desmond's were produced by Black British people and depicted Black British identity without focusing on otherness.
Candida was written by George Bernard Shaw in 1894. It questions Victorian notions of love and marriage. The play centers around Candida, her husband Reverend James Morell, and young poet Eugene Marchbanks, who tries to win Candida's affection. Shaw uses the characters and plot to discuss political and social issues of the time, like Christian Socialism. The play was controversial but gained popularity in the early 1900s, with productions in both London and New York experiencing great success and sparking "Candidamania". Candida must decide between staying with her devoted husband or pursuing a relationship with the passionate but unstable Eugene.
This document provides an overview of George Bernard Shaw's play Candida. It discusses the plot, characters, production history, themes, and Shaw's background. The play, written in 1894, questions Victorian notions of marriage and love. It was controversial but became very popular after its New York production in 1903 launched a phenomenon called "Candidamania". The document summarizes Shaw's socialist political views that influenced the play and the themes it explores regarding women's roles and Christian Socialism.
The browning version by terrence rattingankanikab1
This document provides information about the novel "The Browning Version" and its film adaptations. It includes a plot synopsis of the novel, which focuses on a classics teacher facing retirement. Biographical information is given about the author Terence Rattigan. Details are given about two film adaptations from 1944 and 1951, including casts and awards.
This document provides biographical information on several post-modern dramatists, poets, and fiction writers. It discusses the works and styles of British playwrights Harold Pinter and Edward Bond, American dramatist Sarah Kane, Czech-born British playwright Tom Stoppard, and American playwright G.L. Horton. It also profiles Irish poets Seamus Heaney and Paul Muldoon, English poets Carol Ann Duffy, Geoffrey Hill, and Craig Raine. In addition, it summarizes notable British novelists Graham Swift, Muriel Spark, J.G. Ballard, Fay Weldon, John Fowles, Margaret Drabble, Martin Amis, Ian McEwan.
ENG125 Introduction to Literature Types of Conflicts.docxSALU18
ENG125: Introduction to Literature
Types of Conflicts Found in Literature
Below is a list of possible conflicts found in literature. Select each conflict to learn more. To help you
better understand each conflict and how it might be apparent, examples from popular culture have been
provided. Please also note that it is possible for a text to have more than one conflict at work. The
repeated references to conflicts in The Simpsons provide further context on how multiple conflicts might
be present in a single work. Other examples of conflict are also provided.
Click on each type of conflict to learn more.
Individual versus Individual
Individual versus Nature
Individual versus Society
Individual versus Technology
Individual versus Self
Individual versus Individual (Kahn vs. Captain Kirk, Tom vs. Jerry) Return
Example: Homer Simpson’s profound dislike of Ned Flanders in The Simpsons is
unavoidably obvious. The two men are as different as night and day. Though Ned Flanders
seems unaware that he is Homer Simpson’s antagonist, to everyone who watches, it is
obvious that Ned plays this role.
Example: One of the funniest movies about individuals opposing each other is called The
Ref, where a cat burglar gets caught in a house with a warring husband and wife. Other
members of this dysfunctional family also add to the conflict. View The Ref (1994) fan
trailer or explore the film on the Internet Movie Database (IMDB).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_26ROmuSyTQ&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_26ROmuSyTQ&feature=youtu.be
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110955/
ENG125: Introduction to Literature
Individual versus Nature Return
Example: One of the first episodes of The Simpsons features a hilarious scenario in which
Homer takes the family camping in the woods. Things end disastrously for Homer and Bart,
while Marge, Lisa, and Maggie successfully brave the wild. This episode has an interesting
underlying argument at work about the relationship between humans today and nature.
Example: Several books and movies show mountain climbers daring to scale the most
formidable and highest mountains on earth where they face extremely difficult climates and
terrain. These accounts are usually full of adventure, action, and hardship. Here is an
example of human versus mountain in the video Touching the Void Atheism. You may also
explore the article “Mt. Everest: Why do people keep climbing it?”
Example: Many horror films feature scary and dangerous animals. One of the most popular
movies of all time is Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds. Watch Crows Attack the Students - The
Birds (6/11) Movie CLIP (1963) HD.
Example: One of the most famous American novels, Moby Dick, features Captain Ahab
determined to kill the large white whale that took his leg.
Individual versus Society (V for Vendetta, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 1984) Return
...
This document provides an overview of different play genres and theatrical terms:
- Comedies are designed to be humorous and use elements like wit, unusual characters, and mistaken identities. Common genres include farces, satires, and restoration comedies.
- Tragedies have darker themes like death and contain a tragic flaw that leads to the protagonist's downfall.
- Other genres include historical plays, musical theatre, theatre of cruelty, and theatre of the absurd.
- The document also defines key terms like "play" and discusses Shakespeare's plays which fall into categories of tragedies, comedies, histories, and romances.
Queen Elizabeth I ruled England during Shakespeare's lifetime. Shakespeare wrote plays in London for the theater, which was a new business that attracted ambitious young men. His plays were initially paid little, but he found success and became a shareholder in a theater company. A Midsummer Night's Dream, written in the 1590s, combines the storylines of Athenian lovers, actors rehearsing in the woods, and fairy magic. The play examines themes of reality versus illusion, love, and order versus confusion through its contrasting worlds.
This document provides a critique of the play and movie Rent. It discusses how the film and musical focus on a group of artists living in New York City during the HIV/AIDS epidemic and dealing with issues like addiction, disease, and poverty. The critique praises the film for tackling important themes and showing "the grittiness of living with addiction and disease." It also notes that major themes in Rent include love, acceptance, and showing how individuals can overcome challenges through strength of character.
The Brothers Quay are identical twin brothers known for their stop-motion animation films. Some of their most notable films include Street of Crocodiles from 1986. They were influenced by Eastern European literature and classical music and are known for creating surreal films using inanimate objects and a dark, textured style. Tim Burton is also known for his stop-motion animated films and for blending themes of fantasy and horror. Some of his most famous works include The Nightmare Before Christmas and Frankenweene. Both the Quay Brothers and Tim Burton are recognized as masters of surreal stop-motion animation.
краткая биография всемирно известных актеров великобританииАлексей Галахов
This document provides biographical information on several famous British actors:
- Charlie Chaplin was a famous actor, director, composer and producer born in London in 1889 who starred in many silent films and is known for his "Little Tramp" character.
- Roger Moore starred as James Bond in 7 films from 1973 to 1985 and was also known for roles in other action films, having become an international star.
- Sean Connery, born in Edinburgh in 1930, is famous for first playing James Bond and establishing the template for the character. He has had a long career in both serious and action films.
Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-American actress and inventor. She was born in 1914 in Vienna to a wealthy Jewish family. As a young woman, she began acting in films and became famous for her controversial role in Ecstasy where she performed the first nude scene in a mainstream film. She later escaped an abusive marriage and fled to America where she had a successful film career but also studied engineering. In the 1940s, she co-invented an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping which laid the foundation for modern Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and cellular networks. She spent her later life in poverty despite the importance of her invention. Hedy Lamarr lived a remarkable life as both an actress and inventor
This document provides background information on the play "Reunion" by John Caine. It will be produced by Polpo Productions at Jermyn Street Theatre. The one-act play takes place over 24 hours as a married couple, Antonia and Raymond, discuss Raymond's decision to end his life through assisted suicide due to a degenerative disease. Antonia, a practicing Catholic, struggles with the moral issues while Raymond believes it is his right to end his suffering. The document outlines the characters, creative team, and examines the ethical questions around assisted dying that the play will explore.
The Ladies of the Camellias at Ross Valley PlayersGregg Le Blanc
What happens when rivals in the Belle Epoque theatre scene meet up and create some drama? Sarah Bernhardt and Eleonora Duse both vie for top billing in this comedy - but there is surprising twist!
Verbatim theatre uses the exact words from real people to create scripts. It is a technique that can be applied to many genres, not a genre itself. Famous examples include The Laramie Project and Come From Away. Verbatim theatre seeks to present the truth and represent different voices on a subject or event. Practitioners collect interviews and have to carefully edit them down while keeping the original intention and not adding anything new. Staging can be challenging due to the static nature of interview material.
This document provides guidance on writing essays, self-reflective works, and portfolios about performances and practice. It discusses starting an essay by considering the central argument, case studies, concepts, and structure. The PEEL model is introduced as a way to make persuasive arguments with a point, evidence, explanation, and link. Research techniques, scheduling, and essay formatting are also covered. For self-reflective works, it recommends using Gibbs' reflective cycle of describing, documenting feelings, evaluating, and making conclusions. Finally, it provides submission tips like editing, peer reviewing, and checking learning objectives have been met.
The document discusses modern Black British theatre and some of its key characteristics and goals. It explores the use of the choreopoem form, which combines poetry, dance, and music to tell stories and engage audiences on an emotional level. The choreopoem allows for collaboration and incorporating multiple perspectives, and is used to give voice to marginalized communities. The document also summarizes a few modern plays that showcase themes relevant to Black British experiences, such as cultural appropriation, political violence, and mental health issues affecting Black men.
Aiden and Conor meet in the park and laugh together as Aiden tries to scare and kiss Conor, though he pulls back. They go for a walk where Aiden becomes more comfortable with public displays of affection, their hands brushing against each other. Later, Conor writes a letter about his true love for Aiden and plans to tell him. The two boys go on another walk to a beautiful place to watch the sunset, where they kiss with the sun setting behind them in hues of red, purple and pink, solidifying their love.
This document discusses adaptation and translation in creative works. It provides definitions of translation as transferring content literally from one language to another, while adaptation involves reinterpreting or rendering the original work in a new cultural context. Examples are given of adaptations in film and theater that update original stories for modern audiences. The challenges of adapting works to include diverse representations are also addressed, noting the lack of translations and multicultural stories presented in UK theater. Adapting narratives allows stories to reach new audiences and share different cultures and languages.
The poem is a request for a special type of sock called a "grip-top sock" that is durable and practical, unlike other socks that are described as flimsy, flashy, or poorly made. Over the course of 14 lines, the poem uses rhyming pairs of nonsense words to emphasize the desired qualities of a grip-top sock and contrast it with socks that would slip off, wear out quickly, or be low quality.
This document provides information about a performance practices module, including learning objectives, assessment details, and session topics. Over the semester, students will develop investigative skills to explore foundational performance concepts and principles within the context of their chosen field. They will examine different performance styles and the industry context. Assessments include a rehearsal journal linking semester studies to practice. Sessions will cover various performance genres and eras as well as assessment brief details. Students are asked to keep a journal and give a short presentation applying the four principles of performance to an example.
The browning version by terrence rattingankanikab1
This document provides information about the novel "The Browning Version" and its film adaptations. It includes a plot synopsis of the novel, which focuses on a classics teacher facing retirement. Biographical information is given about the author Terence Rattigan. Details are given about two film adaptations from 1944 and 1951, including casts and awards.
This document provides biographical information on several post-modern dramatists, poets, and fiction writers. It discusses the works and styles of British playwrights Harold Pinter and Edward Bond, American dramatist Sarah Kane, Czech-born British playwright Tom Stoppard, and American playwright G.L. Horton. It also profiles Irish poets Seamus Heaney and Paul Muldoon, English poets Carol Ann Duffy, Geoffrey Hill, and Craig Raine. In addition, it summarizes notable British novelists Graham Swift, Muriel Spark, J.G. Ballard, Fay Weldon, John Fowles, Margaret Drabble, Martin Amis, Ian McEwan.
ENG125 Introduction to Literature Types of Conflicts.docxSALU18
ENG125: Introduction to Literature
Types of Conflicts Found in Literature
Below is a list of possible conflicts found in literature. Select each conflict to learn more. To help you
better understand each conflict and how it might be apparent, examples from popular culture have been
provided. Please also note that it is possible for a text to have more than one conflict at work. The
repeated references to conflicts in The Simpsons provide further context on how multiple conflicts might
be present in a single work. Other examples of conflict are also provided.
Click on each type of conflict to learn more.
Individual versus Individual
Individual versus Nature
Individual versus Society
Individual versus Technology
Individual versus Self
Individual versus Individual (Kahn vs. Captain Kirk, Tom vs. Jerry) Return
Example: Homer Simpson’s profound dislike of Ned Flanders in The Simpsons is
unavoidably obvious. The two men are as different as night and day. Though Ned Flanders
seems unaware that he is Homer Simpson’s antagonist, to everyone who watches, it is
obvious that Ned plays this role.
Example: One of the funniest movies about individuals opposing each other is called The
Ref, where a cat burglar gets caught in a house with a warring husband and wife. Other
members of this dysfunctional family also add to the conflict. View The Ref (1994) fan
trailer or explore the film on the Internet Movie Database (IMDB).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_26ROmuSyTQ&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_26ROmuSyTQ&feature=youtu.be
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110955/
ENG125: Introduction to Literature
Individual versus Nature Return
Example: One of the first episodes of The Simpsons features a hilarious scenario in which
Homer takes the family camping in the woods. Things end disastrously for Homer and Bart,
while Marge, Lisa, and Maggie successfully brave the wild. This episode has an interesting
underlying argument at work about the relationship between humans today and nature.
Example: Several books and movies show mountain climbers daring to scale the most
formidable and highest mountains on earth where they face extremely difficult climates and
terrain. These accounts are usually full of adventure, action, and hardship. Here is an
example of human versus mountain in the video Touching the Void Atheism. You may also
explore the article “Mt. Everest: Why do people keep climbing it?”
Example: Many horror films feature scary and dangerous animals. One of the most popular
movies of all time is Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds. Watch Crows Attack the Students - The
Birds (6/11) Movie CLIP (1963) HD.
Example: One of the most famous American novels, Moby Dick, features Captain Ahab
determined to kill the large white whale that took his leg.
Individual versus Society (V for Vendetta, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 1984) Return
...
This document provides an overview of different play genres and theatrical terms:
- Comedies are designed to be humorous and use elements like wit, unusual characters, and mistaken identities. Common genres include farces, satires, and restoration comedies.
- Tragedies have darker themes like death and contain a tragic flaw that leads to the protagonist's downfall.
- Other genres include historical plays, musical theatre, theatre of cruelty, and theatre of the absurd.
- The document also defines key terms like "play" and discusses Shakespeare's plays which fall into categories of tragedies, comedies, histories, and romances.
Queen Elizabeth I ruled England during Shakespeare's lifetime. Shakespeare wrote plays in London for the theater, which was a new business that attracted ambitious young men. His plays were initially paid little, but he found success and became a shareholder in a theater company. A Midsummer Night's Dream, written in the 1590s, combines the storylines of Athenian lovers, actors rehearsing in the woods, and fairy magic. The play examines themes of reality versus illusion, love, and order versus confusion through its contrasting worlds.
This document provides a critique of the play and movie Rent. It discusses how the film and musical focus on a group of artists living in New York City during the HIV/AIDS epidemic and dealing with issues like addiction, disease, and poverty. The critique praises the film for tackling important themes and showing "the grittiness of living with addiction and disease." It also notes that major themes in Rent include love, acceptance, and showing how individuals can overcome challenges through strength of character.
The Brothers Quay are identical twin brothers known for their stop-motion animation films. Some of their most notable films include Street of Crocodiles from 1986. They were influenced by Eastern European literature and classical music and are known for creating surreal films using inanimate objects and a dark, textured style. Tim Burton is also known for his stop-motion animated films and for blending themes of fantasy and horror. Some of his most famous works include The Nightmare Before Christmas and Frankenweene. Both the Quay Brothers and Tim Burton are recognized as masters of surreal stop-motion animation.
краткая биография всемирно известных актеров великобританииАлексей Галахов
This document provides biographical information on several famous British actors:
- Charlie Chaplin was a famous actor, director, composer and producer born in London in 1889 who starred in many silent films and is known for his "Little Tramp" character.
- Roger Moore starred as James Bond in 7 films from 1973 to 1985 and was also known for roles in other action films, having become an international star.
- Sean Connery, born in Edinburgh in 1930, is famous for first playing James Bond and establishing the template for the character. He has had a long career in both serious and action films.
Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-American actress and inventor. She was born in 1914 in Vienna to a wealthy Jewish family. As a young woman, she began acting in films and became famous for her controversial role in Ecstasy where she performed the first nude scene in a mainstream film. She later escaped an abusive marriage and fled to America where she had a successful film career but also studied engineering. In the 1940s, she co-invented an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping which laid the foundation for modern Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and cellular networks. She spent her later life in poverty despite the importance of her invention. Hedy Lamarr lived a remarkable life as both an actress and inventor
This document provides background information on the play "Reunion" by John Caine. It will be produced by Polpo Productions at Jermyn Street Theatre. The one-act play takes place over 24 hours as a married couple, Antonia and Raymond, discuss Raymond's decision to end his life through assisted suicide due to a degenerative disease. Antonia, a practicing Catholic, struggles with the moral issues while Raymond believes it is his right to end his suffering. The document outlines the characters, creative team, and examines the ethical questions around assisted dying that the play will explore.
The Ladies of the Camellias at Ross Valley PlayersGregg Le Blanc
What happens when rivals in the Belle Epoque theatre scene meet up and create some drama? Sarah Bernhardt and Eleonora Duse both vie for top billing in this comedy - but there is surprising twist!
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Verbatim theatre uses the exact words from real people to create scripts. It is a technique that can be applied to many genres, not a genre itself. Famous examples include The Laramie Project and Come From Away. Verbatim theatre seeks to present the truth and represent different voices on a subject or event. Practitioners collect interviews and have to carefully edit them down while keeping the original intention and not adding anything new. Staging can be challenging due to the static nature of interview material.
This document provides guidance on writing essays, self-reflective works, and portfolios about performances and practice. It discusses starting an essay by considering the central argument, case studies, concepts, and structure. The PEEL model is introduced as a way to make persuasive arguments with a point, evidence, explanation, and link. Research techniques, scheduling, and essay formatting are also covered. For self-reflective works, it recommends using Gibbs' reflective cycle of describing, documenting feelings, evaluating, and making conclusions. Finally, it provides submission tips like editing, peer reviewing, and checking learning objectives have been met.
The document discusses modern Black British theatre and some of its key characteristics and goals. It explores the use of the choreopoem form, which combines poetry, dance, and music to tell stories and engage audiences on an emotional level. The choreopoem allows for collaboration and incorporating multiple perspectives, and is used to give voice to marginalized communities. The document also summarizes a few modern plays that showcase themes relevant to Black British experiences, such as cultural appropriation, political violence, and mental health issues affecting Black men.
Aiden and Conor meet in the park and laugh together as Aiden tries to scare and kiss Conor, though he pulls back. They go for a walk where Aiden becomes more comfortable with public displays of affection, their hands brushing against each other. Later, Conor writes a letter about his true love for Aiden and plans to tell him. The two boys go on another walk to a beautiful place to watch the sunset, where they kiss with the sun setting behind them in hues of red, purple and pink, solidifying their love.
This document discusses adaptation and translation in creative works. It provides definitions of translation as transferring content literally from one language to another, while adaptation involves reinterpreting or rendering the original work in a new cultural context. Examples are given of adaptations in film and theater that update original stories for modern audiences. The challenges of adapting works to include diverse representations are also addressed, noting the lack of translations and multicultural stories presented in UK theater. Adapting narratives allows stories to reach new audiences and share different cultures and languages.
The poem is a request for a special type of sock called a "grip-top sock" that is durable and practical, unlike other socks that are described as flimsy, flashy, or poorly made. Over the course of 14 lines, the poem uses rhyming pairs of nonsense words to emphasize the desired qualities of a grip-top sock and contrast it with socks that would slip off, wear out quickly, or be low quality.
This document provides information about a performance practices module, including learning objectives, assessment details, and session topics. Over the semester, students will develop investigative skills to explore foundational performance concepts and principles within the context of their chosen field. They will examine different performance styles and the industry context. Assessments include a rehearsal journal linking semester studies to practice. Sessions will cover various performance genres and eras as well as assessment brief details. Students are asked to keep a journal and give a short presentation applying the four principles of performance to an example.
Microbial characterisation and identification, and potability of River Kuywa ...Open Access Research Paper
Water contamination is one of the major causes of water borne diseases worldwide. In Kenya, approximately 43% of people lack access to potable water due to human contamination. River Kuywa water is currently experiencing contamination due to human activities. Its water is widely used for domestic, agricultural, industrial and recreational purposes. This study aimed at characterizing bacteria and fungi in river Kuywa water. Water samples were randomly collected from four sites of the river: site A (Matisi), site B (Ngwelo), site C (Nzoia water pump) and site D (Chalicha), during the dry season (January-March 2018) and wet season (April-July 2018) and were transported to Maseno University Microbiology and plant pathology laboratory for analysis. The characterization and identification of bacteria and fungi were carried out using standard microbiological techniques. Nine bacterial genera and three fungi were identified from Kuywa river water. Clostridium spp., Staphylococcus spp., Enterobacter spp., Streptococcus spp., E. coli, Klebsiella spp., Shigella spp., Proteus spp. and Salmonella spp. Fungi were Fusarium oxysporum, Aspergillus flavus complex and Penicillium species. Wet season recorded highest bacterial and fungal counts (6.61-7.66 and 3.83-6.75cfu/ml) respectively. The results indicated that the river Kuywa water is polluted and therefore unsafe for human consumption before treatment. It is therefore recommended that the communities to ensure that they boil water especially for drinking.
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In 2022, the first commercial application of MetaArray™ was performed at the site. MetaArray™ utilizes statistical analysis, such as principal component analysis and multivariate analysis to provide evidence that reductive dechlorination is active or even that it is slowing. This creates actionable data allowing users to save money by making important site management decisions earlier.
The results of the MetaArray™ analysis’ support vector machine (SVM) identified groundwater monitoring wells with a 80% confidence that were characterized as either Limited for Reductive Decholorination or had a High Reductive Reduction Dechlorination potential. The results of MetaArray™ will be used to further optimize the site’s post remediation monitoring program for monitored natural attenuation.
Evolving Lifecycles with High Resolution Site Characterization (HRSC) and 3-D...Joshua Orris
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1. IN-YER-FACE
THEATRE
LEARNING
OBJECTIVES
- You will understand the
context and background
of In-Yer-Face theatre.
- You will engage with
theories that inform the
styles of In-Yer-Face
theatre.
TRIGGER WARNINGS
- Non-explicit mentions of sexual assault, addiction,
and loss; discussion of the representation of violence.
3. REPRESENTATIONS OF VIOLENCE
DON’T SHOW IT
= IT’S BAD! DO SHOW IT
= IT’S LIFE
AS IT
REALLY IS
SHOW IT =
BUT NOT IN AN
OVERLY
SPECTACULAR
WAY
4. THE 1990S: THEATRICAL CONTEXT
-Why, in the 1990s, did many new British
theatre-makers use explicit representations
of violence?
-Theatre censorship had been abolished in the
UK in 1968 - think of Edward Bond’s Saved
(1965).
-Theatre-makers had slowly been
experimenting with conceptions of what was
appropriate to show onstage – think of
Howard Brenton’s The Romans in Britain (1980).
-Newer theatre audiences would not have
lived through censorship, and so had less
conservative tastes in terms of the
representation of violence.
-Since the neoliberal reforms of Margaret
Thatcher in the 1980s, theatres were less
beholden to the state and more to the
consumer – theatres would increasingly put on
what audiences would want to see and pay
for, rather than worry about public education.
William
Stewart
(Barry),
Richard Butler
(Harry), Dennis
Waterman
(Colin), and
John Bull
(Mike) in
William
Gaskill’s
production of
Edward Bond’s
Saved (1965)
at the Royal
Court Theatre.
Photo by Zoe
Dominic.
The cast of Michael Bogdanov’s
production of Howard Brenton’s The
Romans in Britain (1980) at the
National Theatre. Photo by Rex
images.
5. 1990S
LIFE IN BRITAIN
Decline of the ‘traditional’ family, rise of the ‘two-earner’.
Cappuccino at Costa: £1; pint of milk: 26p; beer: £1.73;
average West End theatre ticket: £28; average price of
a new house: 1992 – £70,000; 1999 – £112,000.
The Black teenager Stephen Lawrence is killed by a gang
of white racists in 1993. In 1999, an inquiry around his
death finds the Met. Police to be institutionally racist.
Age of consent for homosexuality reduced from 21 to 18 in 1994.
Lots more queer representation in the media.
Princess Diana dies in a car crash in 1997 – crisis of public support
for the monarchy.
In 1997, ‘New’ Labour win a landslide election under Tony Blair,
ending 18 years of Tory rule under Thatcher and John Major.
Films: Lion King (1994); Titanic (1997); Pulp Fiction (1994).
Music: Britney Spears; Prodigy; acid house and rave culture;
‘Britpop’ like Oasis and Blur – not to mention the Spice Girls – help
sell British culture to the world as ’Cool Britannia’.
6. -Just as Martin Esslin defined ‘Theatre of the Absurd’ in response to theatre-
makers doing similar things and exploring related themes, so did Aleks
Sierz coin the term ‘In-Yer-Face Theatre’ and define it in his book (2001) to
categorise a wave of new playwrights in the 1990s. Though the limits of
putting such definitions on theatre has been criticised (Zarhy-Levo, 2011),
they are useful for generally referring to styles of plays.
-‘In-yer-face theatre is the kind of theatre which grabs the audience by the
scruff of the neck and shakes it until it gets the message. […]
It implies being forced to see something close up, having your personal
space invaded. It suggests the crossing of normal boundaries. In short, it
describes perfectly the kind of theatre that puts audiences in just such a
situation.
In-yer-face theatre shocks audiences by the extremism of its language and
images; unsettles them by its emotional frankness and disturbs them by its
acute questioning of moral norms. […]
Most in-yer-face plays are not interested in showing events in a detached
way and allowing audiences to speculate about them; instead, they are
experiential - they want audiences to feel the extreme emotions that are
being shown on stage. In-yer-face theatre is experiential theatre’
(Sierz, 2010; emphasis in original).
IN-YER-FACE
THEATRE
http://www.inyerfacetheatre.com/what.html
8. SIERZ’S IN-YER-FACE PLAYS
Baby (Ben Wishaw), Sweets (Rupert Grint), Skinny (Colin
Morgan), Potts (Daniel Mays), and Mickey (Brendan Coyle) in
Jez Butterworth’s Mojo (1995), directed by Ian Rickson at the
Harold Pinter Theatre, London (2014). Photo by Geraint Lewis.
Philip Ridley - Ghost from a Perfect Place (1994)
Phyllis Nagy – Butterfly Kiss (1994)
Tracy Lett – Killer Joe (1993)
Harry Gibson – Trainspotting (1995)
Anthony Neilson – Normal (1991); Penetrator (1993);
The Censor (1997)
Mark Ravenhill – Shopping and Fucking (1996); Faust is Dead
(1997); Sleeping Around (1998); Handbag (1998); Some Explicit
Polaroids (1999)
Naomi Wallace – The War Boys (1993)
Jez Butterworth – Mojo (1995)
Simon Block – Not a Game for Boys (1995)
David Eldridge – Serving it Up (1996)
Nick Grosso – Peaches and Sweetheart (1996)
Patrick Marber – Closer (1997)
Che Walker – Been So Long (1998)
Richard Zajdlic – Dogs Barking (1999)
Joe Penhall – Some Voices (1994)
Judy Upton – Ashes and Sand (1994); Bruises (1995)
Martin McDonagh – The Beauty Queen of Leenane (1996)
Rebecca Prichard – Yard Gal (1998)
9. David Woods (Ian) and Eloise Mignon (Cate)
in Blasted, directed by Anne-Louise Sarks at
the Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne (2018).
Photo by Pia Johnson.
SARAH KANE One of the most influential British playwrights.
Known for her lyricism, unflinching look at depression, representations and
issues of violence, and her deep dive into the human psyche.
Wrote 5 full-length plays before her suicide in 1999.
Nicholas Shaw (Hippolytus) in Phaedra’s Love,
directed by Bronwen Carr at the Arcola,
London (2011). Photo by Simon Kane.
Phaedra’s Love
(1996)
Adaptation of
Seneca’s
Phaedra: issues
of desire,
passion, and
excess.
Blasted (1995)
Issues of the
media, war, and
sexual violence:
the Yugoslavian
war is ‘blasted’
onto the stage.
Cleansed
(1998)
Set in a torture
institution:
mixes love and
violence.
Peter Hobday (Carl) in Cleansed,
directed by Katie Mitchell at the
National Theatre (2016). Photo by
Stephen Cummiskey.
The cast of Crave, directed by Tinuke Craig at
the Chichester Festival Theatre (2020). Photo by
Marc Brenner.
Crave
(1998)
Four dis-
connected
voices:
despair,
loneliness,
love.
The cast of 4.48 Psychosis, directed by Andy
Ng at the Drama Centre, Singapore (2020).
Photo by Bernie Ng.
4.48
Psychosis
(2000)
Depression
and mental
health,
alienation,
salvation.
11. Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Cosmo Disney) and Mariah Gale (Haley) in Edward
Dick’s production at the Arcola, London (2012). Photo by Scott Rylander.
PHILIP RIDLEY –
THE PITCHFORK DISNEY
(1991)
First performed at the Bush Theatre, London
A four-hander between the twins Presley and Haley;
and the mysterious Cosmo Disney with his silent
assistant Pitchfork Cavalier.
The twins live an agoraphobic life where tell each
other stories and occasionally leave the house to buy
chocolate. After Haley falls asleep, a showman
(Cosmo) enters their flat and begins enticing Presley
with his beauty and glamorous lifestyle.
Issues of consumerism, trauma, alienation, sexuality,
and narratives.
Created by Philip Ridley after writing two monologues
for two different characters (Presley and Cosmo) then
writing a play placing the two characters together.
Has extended monologues full of unsettling, surreal,
violent imagery.
12. Alex Arnold (Mark), Sam Spruell (Robbie), and Sophie Wu (Lulu) in Sean Holmes’ production at the
Lyric Hammersmith, London (2016). Photo by Tristram Kenton.
MARK RAVENHILL –
SHOPPING AND FUCKING (1996)
First performed at the Royal Court, London.
Follows five characters: Robbie, Lulu, Mark,
Gary, and Brian (most of them named after
the members of Take That).
Robbie, Lulu, and Mark are flatmates; Mark
leaves for rehab, but checks out and hooks
up with a teenage sex worker, Gary; Lulu
tries to get a job with Brian (a gangster),
who tasks her with selling pills; Robbie loses
them all and they have to raise the money to
give back to Brian; Robbie and Lulu lead
Gary through a violent sex game in return
for his money; the play ends with Robbie,
Lulu, and Mark back together in their flat
after having paid Brian off.
Issues of consumerism, violence, and sex.
Writing is funny, fast-paced, and merges
high art with popular culture.
13. Liza Walker (Alice) and Clive Owen (Dan) in Patrick Marber’s original production at the National
Theatre, London (1997). Photo by Tristram Kenton.
PATRICK MARBER–
CLOSER (1997)
First performed at the National Theatre.
A four-hander between Alice, Anna, Dan, and
Larry.
A searing look at love and relationships: the
four characters change (hetero) relationships
throughout the play.
The writing is punchy and overtly sexual.
Dan meets Alice when she nearly gets run
over; he writes a book about her life, but
starts an affair with the photographer Anna;
as a joke, he poses as a horny woman on an
online chatroom and talks to Larry; Larry and
Anna later meet and begin a relationship;
Dan and Anna then get together; Alice and
Larry have sex; Dan and Alice then get back
together, but Alice leaves him; at the end of
the play, Larry, Anna, and Dan meet after
Alice has been killed crossing the road.
14. Sharon Duncan-Brewster (Boo) and Amelia Lowdell (Marie) in Gemma Bodinetz’s original
production at the Royal Court, London (1998). Photo from Clean Break.
REBECCA PRICHARD–
YARD GAL (1998)
First performed at the Royal Court.
A two-hander between the best friends Boo and
Marie.
They speak in short monologues, re-enacting and
telling the story of their life as teenagers in
Hackney getting high, shoplifting, clubbing,
hanging out, and aspiring to be ‘yard gals’
(girlfriends of drug dealers).
By the end of the play their friendship has
disintegrated and their language becomes more
‘grown up’.
Focuses on young, lower-class women in east
London and the transition from adolescence to
adulthood and the loss of close friendships.
Fast-paced dialogue full of ’90s east London
slang, fearlessly speaks about drugs, sex, crime,
and violence.
15. The cast of Rough Magic theatre company’s production, directed by Tom Creed at the Project
Arts Centre, Dublin (2007). Photo by Ros Kavanagh.
MARTIN CRIMP–
ATTEMPTS ON HER LIFE (1997)
First performed at the Royal Court.
Made up of various different scenes with no
place or time referenced, with no character
names and no lines assigned to characters.
Each scene has different styles (monologue,
realism, surrealism, musical number) and
contexts (producers discussing a film, a car
advert, a terrorist plot, an answering machine).
All the scenes revolve around a central figure –
Anne – who is variously described as a
terrorist, a film star, or a new car. Each scene is
an ‘attempt on her life’: to define who she is.
Has shocking and violent dialogue to do with
consumerism, globalisation, and war.
Is postdramatic in form: the text allows the
creatives to shape the performance; and is less
about story.
16. Peter McDonald (Brendan), Brian Cox (Jack), Ardal O'Hanlon (Jim), Risteard Cooper
(Finbar) and Dervla Kirwan (Valerie) in Josie Rourke’s production at the Donmar
Warehouse, London (2014). Photo by Alastair Muir.
CONOR MCPHERSON–
THE WEIR (1997)
First performed at (you guessed it) the Royal
Court.
A five-hander set in a pub in Ireland.
Each male character tells a ghost story related to
local folklore as Valerie – who has recently
moved to the area from Dublin – sits somewhat
distantly from them. She then tells her own story,
of her child drowning, who then haunted her.
The writing is not In-Yer-Face like the other plays
explored, but deals with difficult and violent
themes such as child death and personal loss.
Themes of trauma and interdependency.
Demonstrates how even though not all new plays
in 1990s British theatre were In-Yer-Face, they
still often dealt with difficult themes.
17. CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY
-In-Yer-Face theatre is the most recognised form from 1990s British theatre: using shock
tactics like explicit representations of violence, extreme language, and subjects around
sex, drugs, consumerism, mental health, and trauma.
-This is to ‘wake the audience up’ and present them with urgent socio-political issues.
-In-Yer-Face theatre practices have influenced British, European, and American writers
since the 1990s, and many ’90s British playwrights are still writing and popular today.
-Informed by a long history of shock and violence in theatre (the Ancient Greeks,
Seneca, Shakespeare, avant-garde writers, Edward Bond, Howard Brenton)
-Although In-Yer-Face was the dominant form of new British theatre in the ’90s, not all
new plays used its shock tactics (The Weir).
-British theatre has arguably now moved away from explicit representations of violence
onstage, instead focusing on structural and systemic violence after the movements of
Black Lives Matter, Occupy, and MeToo, for example.
18. Reference List
Sierz, A. (2001) In-Yer-Face Theatre: British Drama Today. London: Faber & Faber.
Sierz, A. (2010) ‘In-Yer-Face Theatre’ (online). 5 Oct. Available at:
http://www.inyerfacetheatre.com/what.html (Accessed 07.03.23).
Sierz, A. (2012) Modern British Playwriting: The 1990s. London: Methuen.
Tinker, J. (1995) ‘This disgusting feast of filth’. Daily Mail. 19. Jan.
Zarhy-Levo, Y. (2014) ‘Dramatists under a label: Martin Esslin's The Theatre of the Absurd
and Aleks Sierz' In-Yer-Face Theatre’. Studies in Theatre and Performance, 31 (3). pp. 315-
326.
19. FOR THE SEMINAR
You will have an In-Yer-Face/’90s
monologue allocated to you.
Look into the play from which the
monologue is from: read it if you
can, and research the
play/character.
Practice the monologue, and be
ready to perform it on Thursday.
No, you don’t need to know it off-
script!
The cast of Crave, directed by Tinuke Craig at the Chichester
Festival Theatre (2020). Photo by Marc Brenner.