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  2. Twentieth-century theatre - Wikipedia

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    Twentieth-century theatre describes a period of great change within the theatrical culture of the 20th century, mainly in Europe and North America. There was a widespread challenge to long-established rules surrounding theatrical representation; resulting in the development of many new forms of theatre, including modernism, expressionism, impressionism, political theatre and other forms of ...

  3. History of theatre - Wikipedia

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    The history of theatre charts the development of theatre over the past 2,500 years. ... Modern theatre in Ghana emerged in the early 20th century. [129]

  4. Theatre - Wikipedia

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    A theatre company is an organisation that produces theatrical performances, [4] as distinct from a theatre troupe (or acting company), which is a group of theatrical performers working together. [5] [6] Modern theatre includes performances of plays and musical theatre.

  5. Modernist theatre - Wikipedia

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    View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; View history; ... Modernist theatre was part of twentieth-century theatre relating to the art ...

  6. Realism (theatre) - Wikipedia

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    Realism was a general movement that began in 19th-century theatre, around the 1870s, and remained present through much of the 20th century. 19th-century realism is closely connected to the development of modern drama, which "is usually said to have begun in the early 1870s" with the "middle-period" work of the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen ...

  7. Category:History of theatre - Wikipedia

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    English early modern theatre companies (1 C, 23 P) F. Former theatres (23 C, 20 P) French theatrical figures (1 P) H. ... Pages in category "History of theatre"

  8. The Modern Theatre Is the Epic Theatre - Wikipedia

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    Similarly to how Marx acknowledged the concepts of other philosophers such as Hegel's view on world history, epic theatre as modern establishment rejected the Westernised aesthetic of performance as originally initiated by Aristotle. [12] Aristotle's analysis in what was known as the ‘Poetics’ is the “thesis, with epic theatre the ...

  9. Expressionism (theatre) - Wikipedia

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    Expressionism was a movement in drama and theatre that principally developed in Germany in the early decades of the 20th century. It was then popularized in the United States, Spain, China, the U.K., and all around the world.