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Family Systems Theory in Chekhov’s ‘Big Four’ Plays
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
This thesis discusses the Bowen family systems theory and its application to character
analysis and family relationships in drama. Chekhov’s plays are renowned for their
psychological realism. Each character has his ...
The legacy behind Literature to Life: a history and narrative of Wynn Handman, The American Place Theatre and Literature to Life
(2013)
Literature to Life is a performance-based literacy program developed under the
auspices of The American Place Theatre in New York City (1994). The American Place
Theatre was founded in 1964 and stewarded by the artistic ...
Directing Molière: Presenting the French Master to American Audiences
(2016)
This thesis examines the presentation of the plays of Molière by American directors
for American audiences. How have his works been produced and reimagined by directors
from his own country? What are the qualities ...
(In)Visible: performances of gay and lesbian dramatic literature on the American stage from 1910 to 1969
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-05-01)
(In)Visible: Performances of Gay and Lesbian Dramatic Literature on the American Stage from 1910 to 1969 provides a decade-by-decade analysis of plays with queer content from the 1910s to the 1960s. The aim is to chronicle the emergence of gay...
Redating Pericles: A Re-examination of Shakespeare’s Pericles as an Elizabethan Play
(2015)
Pericles's apparent inferiority to Shakespeare’s mature works raises many questions for
scholars. Was Shakespeare collaborating with an inferior playwright or playwrights? Did he
allow so many corrupt printed versions ...
Joanna Baillie: The Theory in Her Plays on the Passions and an Analysis of Four Dramas Within that Series
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2010)
This thesis examines the theatre theory as outlined by Joanna Baillie in the Introductory Discourse to her Series of Plays in Which it is Attempted to Delineate the Stronger Passions of the Mind: Each Passion Being the ...