Talk:Twentieth-century theatre/Archive 1

Proposals for development of the article
Following S.dedalus's suggestion that this article be developed, perhaps we might begin by outlining what the main sections of the article might be? Hopefully if enough people suggest, we'll avoid a POV organisation; so, awaiting that process of ammendment, here's some of my thoughts:


 * A section that summarises an article on Modernist drama, theatre and performance
 * Broken down into sub-sections on Symbolist drama and theatre, Expressionist drama and theatre, Surrealist drama and theatre, Constructivist drama and theatre, etc. Also to include any major dramatists, directors, etc. who are clearly 'modernist' but who don't fit neatly into these -isms (Gertrude Stein for instance).


 * A section that summarises the article on Postmodern theater (though that article is in a very shoddy state at present).

As far as those two sections are concerned, there is the beginning of a reference guide in their respective categories:


 * Category:Modernist theatre
 * Category:Postmodern theatre

These strands only trace 'experimental theatre' (to a greater or lesser extent) so they're by no means definitive.


 * There is political theatre, experimental theatre, dance theatre.
 * I have an interest in Popular theatre, which also has a germinal category


 * I guess we have to mention Theatre of the Absurd, although I think the term itself is terrible (the dramatists don't belong together, IMHO)


 * Something about how the roles in theatre have changed over the century - rise of the director in the first half, rise of devising in the second.


 * Impact of cinema and multimedia performance, referencing Performance art


 * Emergence of theatre/drama/performance studies as distinct academic disciplines

These suggestions aren't very organised, I know, but are just a first stab. DionysosProteus 15:22, 9 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I realize that the above post is now five years old. However, I think it's about time that this article on twentieth-century theatre was expanded significantly and cleaned up. I agree with Dionysos that the article should contain sections on Modernist and Post-Modernist theatre, as well as the other forms that he raises. In this light, I'd suggest that the article should be formatted into sections similar to what Richard Drain does in his very useful sourcebook: Twentieth-Century Theatre: A Sourcebook. These sections are:


 * Modernism
 * Political
 * Popular
 * Realistic (Drain uses "Inner" but this doesn't particularly work in the context of the article)
 * Global


 * To this could certainly be added a section on post-modernism and on existential theatre (which is certainly a better term than the horrid Theatre of the Absurd). In addition, I'd mention that the Global section is not meant to relegate all non-Western performances into a single category outside the context of the larger article. Rather, it is meant to deal with the theatre that is specifically post-colonial in its focus.


 * Other sections can be added or taken away as chosen. However, I think this gives a good starting point.--Truelight234 (talk) 08:27, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

On-line seat booking
Nichols et al (2013) have reported that people exhibit a leftward preference when booking online seats on an aircraft, but a rightward preference when the booking online seats at the theatre.(Nicholls, M. E. R., Thomas, N. A, and Loetscher, T., An Online Means of Testing Asymetries in Seating Preference Reveals a Bias for Airplanes and Theatres, Human Factirs, Vol. 55, Issue 4 (2), August 2013). Martinevans123 (talk) 11:29, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

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