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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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    For example, a testator might write in the will that "Mary will receive the house held in trust if she is married" or "if she has children," etc. An executory bequest is a bequest that will be granted only if a particular event occurs in the future. For example, a testator might write in the will that "Mary will receive the house held in a ...

  4. Improvisation - Wikipedia

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    Examples of such improvisation was the re-engineering of carbon dioxide scrubbers with the materials on hand during the Apollo 13 space mission, [18] or the use of a knife in place of a screwdriver to turn a screw. Improvised bass drum in Trafalgar Square, London. An improvised cowbell, used for sheep or goats.

  5. History of theatre - Wikipedia

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    Throughout most of history, English belles lettres and theatre have been separated, but these two art forms are interconnected. [103] However, if they do not learn how to work hand-in-hand, it can be detrimental to the art form. [104] The prose of English literature and the stories it tells needs to be performed and theatre has that capacity. [105]

  6. 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 ...

  7. Influence of William Shakespeare - Wikipedia

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    He represented English people more concretely and not as puppets. His skills have found expression in chronicles, or history plays, and tragedies. Shakespeare's earliest years were dominated by history plays and a few comedies that formed a link to the later written tragedies. Nine out of eighteen plays he produced in the first decade of his ...

  8. Inventio - Wikipedia

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    Inventio, one of the five canons of rhetoric, is the method used for the discovery of arguments in Western rhetoric and comes from the Latin word, meaning "invention" or "discovery".

  9. A Child's History of England - Wikipedia

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    A Child's History of England is a book by English author Charles Dickens. It first appeared in serial form in Household Words , running from 25 January 1851 to 10 December 1853. Dickens also published the work in book form in three volumes: the first volume on 20 December 1851, the second on 25 December 1852 and the third on 24 December 1853. [ 1 ]