Portal:Theatre
 Theatre is that branch of the performing arts concerned with the creation of stories or narratives for (or with) an audience using combinations of acting, speech, gesture, music, dance, object manipulation, sound and spectacle — indeed, any one or more elements of the other performing arts. In addition to standard narrative dialogue style, theatre takes such forms as opera, musicals, ballet, mime, kabuki, classical Indian dance, Chinese opera, mummers' plays, and pantomime.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found. The Restoration spectacular, or elaborately staged "machine play", hit the London public stage in the late 17th-century Restoration period, enthralling audiences with action, music, dance, moveable scenery, baroque illusionistic painting, gorgeous costumes, and special effects such as trapdoor tricks, "flying" actors, and fireworks. These shows have always had a bad reputation as a vulgar and commercial threat to the witty, "legitimate" Restoration drama; however, they drew Londoners in unprecedented numbers and left them dazzled and delighted. Basically home-grown and with roots in the early 17th-century court masque, though never ashamed of borrowing ideas and stage technology from French opera, the spectaculars are sometimes called "English opera". The expense of mounting ever more elaborate scenic productions drove the two competing theatre companies into a dangerous spiral of huge expenditure and correspondingly huge losses or profits.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found.  A lithograph for "William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee" from 1900, showing the blackface transformation of Billy Van, "the Monologue Comedian". Originating in the United States, blackface theatrical makeup was used to take on the appearance of an archetype of American racism—that of the darky or coon. Template:/box-header Template:/Selected anniversaries/June 
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found. Vivien Leigh was an English theatre and film actress. Although her film appearances were relatively few, she won two Academy Awards playing "Southern belles", Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire, a role she had also played in London's West End. She was a prolific stage performer, frequently in collaboration with her husband, Laurence Olivier, who directed her in several of her roles. During her thirty-year stage career, she played parts that ranged from the heroines of Noël Coward and George Bernard Shaw comedies to classic Shakespearean characters such as Ophelia, Cleopatra, Juliet and Lady Macbeth. Lauded for her beauty, Leigh felt that it sometimes prevented her from being taken seriously as an actress, but ill health proved to be her greatest obstacle. Affected by bipolar disorder for most of her adult life, she gained a reputation for being difficult, and her career went through periods of decline. She was further weakened by recurrent bouts of tuberculosis, which was first diagnosed in the mid-1940s. She and Olivier divorced in 1960, and Leigh worked sporadically in film and theatre until her death from tuberculosis.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found.
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History: Sanskrit Plays • Natya Shastra • Natya Shastra of Bharata • Koodiyattam • Bhasa • Kālidāsa • Kathakali • Bhavabhuti • Harsha • Chinese theatre • Cantonese Opera • Beijing Opera • Ramakien • Noh • Bunraku • Kabuki • Butoh • Theatre of Ancient Greece • Theatre of ancient Rome • Medieval theatre • Commedia dell'Arte • English Renaissance theatre • Restoration comedy • Restoration spectacular • Neoclassicism • Twentieth century theatre  Types: Comedy • Drama • Musical theatre • Hip-Hop theater Philosophy: Aristotle • Poetics • Konstantin Stanislavski • Antonin Artaud • Bertolt Brecht • Orson Welles • Peter Brook • Jerzy Grotowski • Meisner technique • Stanislavsky System • Method acting • Presentational acting Organization: Community theatre • Dinner theatre • Fringe theatre • Summer stock theatre • Regional theatre • Off-Off-Broadway • Off-Broadway • Off West End • Broadway theatre • West End theatre Unions: Actors' Equity Association • Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers • International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Awards: Back Stage West Garland Awards • Drama Desk Award • Evening Standard Awards • Green Room Award • Hans-Reinhart-Ring • Helpmann Award • Joseph Jefferson Award • Laurence Olivier Awards • London Critics' Circle Theatre Awards • Lucille Lortel Award • Manchester Evening News • Matilda Award • New York Innovative Theatre Awards • Molière Award • Obie Award • Ovation Awards • Sangeet Natak Academy Award • Theatre Pasta Theatre Awards • Tony Award Stagecraft: Theatre director • Playwright • Actor • Production team • Set designer • Lighting designer • Costume designer • Sound design • Dramaturg • Stage management • Production manager • Technical theatre Template:/box-footer Template:/box-header Template:/Things you can do Template:/box-footer
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