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  2. Devised theatre - Wikipedia

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    The history of collaboratively devised performance is as old as the theatre: we see prototypes of contemporary devising practice in ancient and modern mime, in circus arts and clowning, in commedia dell'arte; some cultural traditions, indeed, have always created performance through predominantly collectivist methods (theatre scholar and performance maker Nia Witherspoon, for instance, has ...

  3. Devise and bequeath - Wikipedia

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    Part of the will of William Shakespeare, which uses "give, device, and bequeath." A devise is the act of giving real property by will, traditionally referring to real property. [1]

  4. Glossary of history - Wikipedia

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    Also eon. age Age of Discovery Also called the Age of Exploration. The time period between approximately the late 15th century and the 17th century during which seafarers from various European polities traveled to, explored, and charted regions across the globe which had previously been unknown or unfamiliar to Europeans and, more broadly, during which previously isolated human populations ...

  5. Jean de Wavrin - Wikipedia

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    As a historian, he put together the first chronicle intended as a complete history of England, very extensive but largely undigested and uncritical. [1] Written in French, in its second version it extends from 688 to 1471, though the added later period covering the Wars of the Roses shows a strong bias towards Burgundy's Yorkist allies.

  6. Improvisation - Wikipedia

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    Improvisation, in theatre, is the playing of dramatic scenes without written dialogue and with minimal or no predetermined dramatic activity. The method has been used for different purposes in theatrical history. [11] The Ligue d'improvisation montréalaise (LIM) is a league of improvisational theatre based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  7. Inventio - Wikipedia

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    The question of definition means to define what, exactly, the issue of concern is, and what, if any, biases or preconceptions our arguments hold. Then, categorizing the problem is the next focus, agreeing on the class of the event and therefore the attitude with which it should be approached.

  8. Radicals (UK) - Wikipedia

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    The latter expanded later to disestablishmentarianism which replaced the old local government units of the simple parish unit vestry by the mid-nineteenth century, devising instead civil (non-religious) parishes for almost all areas. Thirdly, the Radicals were always more a body of opinion than a structured force. [13]

  9. Event management - Wikipedia

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    Event planner Wedding at a vineyard. Event management is the application of project management to the creation and development of small and/or large-scale personal or corporate events such as festivals, conferences, ceremonies, weddings, formal parties, concerts, or conventions.