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Expanding Theatre: Directing Approaches from Contemporary Chilean Women Directors
(2020)
This thesis examines the careers, theatrical ideologies, and directing methodologies of three contemporary Chilean women stage directors: Andrea Giadach, Alexandra von Hummel, and Ignacia González. Respective chapters ...
No Way Out: Violence in Selected American Expressionist Plays
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
This thesis discusses the American expressionist plays of the 1920s and the acts of
violence that occur in several of them. The expressionist plays of Eugene O’Neill, Elmer Rice,
Sophie Treadwell, and Susan Glaspell ...
The changing face of Joan of Arc: the appropriation of Joan of Arc in twentieth-century American theatre
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-08-24)
The Changing Face of Joan of Arc: The Appropriation of Joan of Arc in Twentieth-century American Theatre shows that the evolution of Joan of Arc's image reflected the culture of each era, and illustrated the changing social ...
We are our Heroes: Understanding Western Culture through Faust, Don Juan, and Joan of Arc
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
The purpose of this work is to identify and analyze patterns in three of the most
popular characters in Western (Europe and the Americas) theatre history. Faust/Faustus, Don
Juan, and Joan of Arc are the subjects of ...
The application of Jungian archetypes to the analysis of character in three early plays by W. B. Yeats
(2014-07-16)
The purpose of the following study is to explore and examine three early plays authored by the iconic late-19th and 20th-century Irish poet-playwright W. B. Yeats (1865-1939) through the identification and conscious ...
Setting the Stage for Kansas City talent and Diversity The KC Meltingpot Theatre
(2015)
This thesis aims to chronicle the origins of The KC MeltingPot Theatre Company, owned and operated by Kansas City area couple Harvey and Linda Williams. The primary focus will be on the works produced by The KC MeltingPot ...
Picasso : theatre artist
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-09-27)
Picasso: Theatre Artist is centered upon Pablo Picasso‟s work in the theatrical field. Pablo Picasso is internationally known as a Spanish painter who championed the Cubist perspective in graphic art. However, his extensive ...
StoneLion: A Narrative of a Kansas City Puppet Theatre
(2014)
StoneLion: A Narrative of a Kansas City Puppet Theatre documents a vital Kansas City, Missouri, non-profit arts organization from its inception to the year 2014. The thesis includes the company’s mission, its evolution ...
Bloodlines
(2015-08-12)
A drama in two acts, Bloodlines centers upon a traditional farm family in Iowa,
several years in the future. The climate has changed, and though they struggle to
maintain the centuries-old family home and traditions ...
(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 ...
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 ...