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Links from Case Studies
The case studies supporting each chapter of Theatre Histories help you to understand in depth theatre and performance in other cultures, other times. These online links to useful websites related to each case study assist you in your culture and time travel with photos, theory, video clips, key concepts. The authors and Routledge are grateful to Angela Chnapko for researching these sites. Enjoy the trip!
CHAPTER ONE
Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/rhone-alpes/chauvet/anglais/lettre3/index1.htm
Clicking on the “album” section of this website will take you to an excellent
collection of photos of the drawings in the Chauvet and Lascaux Caves in France.
Yoruba Ritual as “Play,” and “Contingency” in Ritual Process
Yoruba Ritual Archive
http://www.international.ucla.edu/africa/yra/
This site contains over sixty video clips of three orisha festivals in Ayede-Ekiti in Ondo State, Nigeria, recorded by Andrew Apter of UCLA’s African Studies Center and Department of History in 1990 and 1993. It includes written summary descriptions of each clip.
The World of the Yoruba
http://server1.fandm.edu/departments/Anthropology/Bastian/ANT269/yoru.html#skip
The World of the Yoruba is a collaborative online project by Franklin and Marshall College students. It includes descriptions of the Yoruba religion, Yoruba divination, the Mande, West African cosmology, photos of Yoruba ritual objects, and a bibliography for further reading.
The concept of play
http://humlink.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~didemusm/play/essay.html
Brief introduction to theories of play.
Afrocaribbean Religions Glossary
http://religions.caribbeaninside.com/hcpRelGlossary.do
Glossary of common terms and words related to the rituals practiced in Afrocaribbean regions.
Korean Shamanism and the Power of Speech
Dancing on Knives
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Rampart/2627/knives.html
Introduction to the politics of sexuality and gender and in Korean Shamanism, by Heinz Insu Fenkl, Director of the Interstitial Studies Institute at SUNY New Paltz.
Late-Chosŏn Society as Reflected in a Shamanistic Narrative
http://muse.jhu.edu/demo/korean_studies/v024/24.1pettid.pdf
Michael J. Pettid, Professor of Korean Studies at SUNY Binghamton, examines the social values and criticism contained in a traditional shaman narrative.
Korean Shaman Songs, Storehouses of Folk Literature
http://english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/20040402/301900000020040402085829E6.html
Short article on the history of and regional differences of Korean Shaman songs.
Speech Acts
http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/hopkins_guide_to_literary_theory/speech_acts.html
Short introduction to speech act theory.
CHAPTER TWO
Classical Greek Theatre: Looking at Oedipus
Didaskalia Reviews
http://didaskalia.open.ac.uk/issues/vol2no3/barone.html
Caterina Barone of the University of Padova compares two productions of Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus, performed in Milan. From Issue 2.3 of the journal Didaskalia.
Oedipus as Evidence—The Theatrical Background to Freud’s Oedipus Complex
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/ipsa/journal/articles/psyart1999/oedipus/armstr01.htm
Richard Armstrong of the University of Houston’s Department of Modern and Classical Languages examines Freud’s argument concerning the universality of the psychological condition through a discussion of three stagings of the Oedipus drama: Jean Mounet-Sully’s 1885 performance in Paris; Adolf Wilbrandt’s 1886 production in Vienna; and Max Reinhardt’s 1911 production in Vienna.
Yale-New Haven Teacher’s Institute Curriculum guide for Oedipus
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1984/2/84.02.03.x.html
This site provides an introduction to the physical aspects of the Greek theater, the structure of Greek tragedy, and an interpretation of Oedipus Rex. Included on the site are a variety of suggestions for teaching strategies, along with bibliographies for teachers and students.
Perseus Classics Collection
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Soph.+OT+1
This site contains the full text of Oedipus Rex, with interspersed links to related primary and secondary texts, site plans, digital images, and maps. It also contains extensive linguistic tools for understanding Greek and Latin terminology in context. The site is part of The Perseus Classics Collection, which is an online project funded by Tufts University and The Annenberg Foundation.
Christians and Moors: Medieval Peformance in Spain and the New World
Máscaras
http://www.sfsu.edu/~treganza/mascaras.htm
Description and photograph of masks and costumes worn in contemporary moros y christianos dances, from the Hohenthal Gallery of the Treganza Anthropology Museum at San Francisco State University.
Multiculturalism Gone Wrong: Spain in the Renaissance
http://www.dean.sbc.edu/ingber.html
Discussion of the political currents behind the Medieval and Renaissance Spanish caste system, and the way that cultural hierarchy was reflected in the poetry and theatre of the time, by Alix Ingber, Professor of Spanish at Sweet Briar College.
The Fiestas of Ostula
http://les1.man.ac.uk/sa/jg/Ostula/page%2004.html
This site contains photos, short explanations, and video clips of religious fiestas in Ostula, a community in the state of Michoacán in Mexico. The website is written and maintained by John Gledhill, Max Gluckman Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester.
CHAPTER THREE
Plautus’s Plays: What’s so Funny?
Theatre History.com
http://www.theatrehistory.com/ancient/plautus.html
Excellent portal of links to articles about Plautus: biographical information, analysis, and indexes of his writings.
Henri Bergson
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/bergson/#Oth
Short biography of Bergson, along with brief descriptions of his basic theories.
Playing around with Plautus, or “How Can I Be Expected to Act in Front of All These People”
http://didaskalia.open.ac.uk/issues/vol5no1/beacham.html
Richard Beacham of the University of Warwick considers framing audience perception in the plays of Plautus. From issue 5.1 of Didaskalia.
Kutiyattam Sanskrit Theatre of India: Rasa-Bhava Aesthetic Theory and the Question of Taste
Kutiyattam
http://ignca.nic.in/kuti0001.htm
Description and analysis of Kutiyattam theatre, along with a fifteen-minute video of a Kutiyattam performance and description of Kutiyattam acting techniques. Written by Sudha Gopalakrishnan of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.
Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity
http://www.unesco.org/culture/intangible-heritage/masterpiece.php?lg=en&id=10
In 2001 UNESCO proclaimed Kutiyattam Sanskrit Theatre a “Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.” This site includes video and slides of Kutiyattam performance, as well as an outline of the UNESCO plan of action to preserve the art.
Reception Theory
http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/hopkins_guide_to_literary_theory/reception_theory.html
Brief introduction to reception theory.
The Silent Bell : The Japanese Noh Play, Dôjôji
Noh Plays
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/noh/
Contains links to the full text of thirteen Noh plays (original Japanese text and English translations), an introduction by Thomas Rimer of the University of Pittsburgh, a listing of technical terms used in Noh productions, stage diagram, a glossary of Japanese Noh terms, and an interactive searching feature for words and characters in Noh plays. Site is part of the Japanese Text Initiative, co-sponsored by The University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center and the University of Pittsburgh East Asian Library.
The Feminist Theory Website
http://www.cddc.vt.edu/feminism/enin.html
Research materials and information for understanding feminist theory across a range of sub-disciplines and as practiced throughout all regions of the world.
CHAPTER FOUR
Molière and Carnival Laughter
The Heirs of Molière
http://web.gc.cuny.edu/mestc/otherpublications/HeirsMoliereIntro.htm
Marvin Carlson, Distinguished Professor of Theatre at the Graduate Center of CUNY, discusses Molière’s influence on French theatre during the period between his death and the start of the French Revolution.
Site-Molière
http://www.site-moliere.com/index.html
Website with links to the texts of all Moli è re’s plays, a detailed biography, and information on many of his contemporaries. Please note that all of the text is in French.
Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of Comic
http://www.authorama.com/laughter-14.html
Henri Bergson’s essay on the meaning of the comic.
The Bakhtin Centre
http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/A-C/bakh/bakhtin.html
Extensive portal for papers, bibliographical databases, email discussion, news lists, and conferences concerning Bakhtin’s work. Maintained by the Bakhtin Centre at the University of Sheffield.
Kabuki and Bunraku: Mimesis, Hybridity, and the Body
An Introduction to Bunraku
http://www2.ntj.jac.go.jp/unesco/bunraku/en/
Website maintained by the Japan Arts Council includes history of Bunraku, stage plans, many photographs and detailed descriptions of puppets, and video clips of Bunraku performances.
Barbara Curtis Adachi Bunraku Collection
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/eimages/eastasian/bunraku/
Columbia University ’s extensive collection of documents pertaining to Bunraku. Contains an extensive number of photographs of performances.
Kabuki for Everyone
http://www.fix.co.jp/kabuki/kabuki.html
Contains history of Kabuki, bibliographies, video clips and photographs of Kabuki performances, audio clips of instruments used in Kabuki theatre and kakegoe, and a page on the application of Kabuki makeup.
Kabuki 21
http://www.kabuki21.com/
Information on Kabuki actors, timeline, glossary of Kabuki terms, information about Kabuki theatres, characters, images, bibliography, and extensive list of popular and scholarly links.
Mimesis
http://chicagoschoolmediatheory.net/glossary2004/mimesis.htm
History of concept of mimesis, including bibliography. From the University of Chicago’s Chicago School of Media Theory website.
Shakespearean Sexuality in Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night study guide
http://absoluteshakespeare.com/guides/twelfth_night/twelfth_night.htm
Includes plot summary, commentaries, and a character analysis by William Hazlitt.
Marjorie Garber on Bisexuality
http://prelectur.stanford.edu/lecturers/garber/viceversa.html
Excerpt from Marjorie Garber’s Vice Versa: Bisexuality and the Eroticism of Everyday Life, in which she discusses sexuality in Shakespeare’s plays.
Queer Theory
http://www.queertheory.com/
Portal for academic and popular links concerning queer theory.
CHAPTER FIVE
Theatre Iconology and the Actor as an Icon: David Garrick
David Garrick
http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?linkID=mp01730
Collection of images of David Garrick from London’s National Portrait Gallery.
David Garrick – Encyclopedia Britannica page
http://search.eb.com/shakespeare/micro/227/51.html
Biography of actor David Garrick.
PeoplePlayUK
http://www.peopleplayuk.org.uk/guided_tours/drama_tour/18th_century/garrick.php
Photos of objects created with the image of David Garrick.
David Garrick Collection at the Folger Shakespeare Library
http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=1548
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC maintains a collection of papers, drawings, and paintings pertaining to David Garrick. This page shows materials from an exhibition about Garrick’s life.
Kathakali Dance-Drama: Divine “Play” and Human Suffering on Stage
Kathakali, Classical Dance Drama of Kerala, India
http://www.cyberkerala.com/kathakali/
Includes video clips and photos of Kathakali performances; audio clips of Kathakali songs; collection of Navarasas (facial expressions) by Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair; illustrations of Mudras (Kathakali hand gestures); descriptions of props, rituals, and customs of Kathakali; and a database of Kathakali actors.
Kathakali and Greek Drama
http://didaskalia.open.ac.uk/issues/vol4no1/freis.html
Catherine Freis of Millsaps College analyzes a series of slides of Kathakali performance, using the performance as a way to look at gender representation in Indian and ancient Greek drama. From issue 4.1 of Didaskalia.
The Art of Kathakali
http://members.rediff.com/skanair/kathakali.htm
Includes descriptions of Kathakali actor training, photos and descriptions of Kathakali make-up, stage sets, and music.
Ethnography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnography
Brief introduction to the ethnography method of research.
Theatre and Hegemony: Comparing Popular Melodramas
Dion Boucicault: An Overview
http://www.victorianweb.org/mt/boucicault/index.html
Contains biography, chronological list of works, and critical essays on the work of Boucicault.
Boucicault Collection at University of Kent
http://library.kent.ac.uk/library/special/html/specoll/bouclife.htm
Website for University of Kent’s Richard Fawkes Dion Boucicault Collection .
Cultural Hegemony
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_hegemony
Brief introduction to the concept of cultural hegemony.
CHAPTER SIX
The Playboy Riots: Nationalism in the Irish Theatre
The Playboy of the Western World: A Comedy in Three Acts
http://www.bartleby.com/1010/
Full text of J.M. Synge’s play.
Playboy of the West Indies review
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/12/08/btcarib08.xml&sSheet=/arts/2004/12/08/ixartleft.html
Review of 1984 adaptation of The Playboy of the Western World
Critical notes on Playboy of the Western World
http://www.ibiblio.org/sally/Synge.html
Passages from various critics and writers on the Synge play.
Cognitive Linguistics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_linguistics
Brief introduction to cognitive linguistics.
CHAPTER SEVEN
“Blacking Up” on the U.S. Stage
The Legacy of Blackface
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1919122
National Public Radio page on minstrel shows, featuring scenes of Al Jolson performances and several illustrations.
Blackface
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackface
Concise history of blackface performance, with several images and a wealth of links.
Minstrelsy Homepage
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/utc/minstrel/mihp.html
Website with collection of images, audio clips, and primary and secondary sources on minstrelsy.
Reification and Dialogue
http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/A-C/bakh/tihanov.html
Essay that analyzes notions of reification and dialogue in the work of Bakhtin and Lukács.
British Pantomime: How “Bad” Theatre Remains Popular
It’s Behind You Dot Com: The Magic of Pantomime
http://www.its-behind-you.com/
Excellent portal for history, photos, scripts, bibliographies, factsheets, and theatre
listings for pantomime.
PeoplePlayUK Pantomime Guided Tour
http://www.peopleplayuk.org.uk/guided_tours/pantomime_tour/default.php
History of pantomime from its origins in the Commedia dell’arte. Many images of
playbills, actors, and scenes from productions.
Getting Up a Pantomime
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ajcrowth/panto.htm
William S. Gilbert’s 1868 essay on the characters in pantomime. Originally
published in London Society.
Phenomenology
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/phenomenology/
Short introduction to the theory of phenomenology.
CHAPTER EIGHT
Selves, Roles, and Actors: Actor Training in the West
Directors and Impresarios: Vsevolod Meyerhold
http://max.mmlc.northwestern.edu/~mdenner/Drama/directors/1meyerhold.html
Short essay on Vsevolod Meyerhold’s life and work. Includes video clips of
actors rehearsing his biomechanical exercises.
Meyerhold Memorial Museum
http://www.meyerhold.org/
Website of Meyerhold Museum in Moscow. Includes video demonstrating
Meyerhold’s biomechanical exercises, photos and video of his apartment and
studio in Moscow, his biography, and a timeline of his life.
The Stanislavsky System
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4509626
Three-part National Public Radio series on Stanislavsky’s method of acting and its long-term influence upon actor training.
Discoursing on Desire: Desire Under the Elms in the 1920s
eOneill.com
http://www.eoneill.com/index.htm
This website of the Eugene O’Neill Society is an excellent resource for primary and secondary source documents concerning O’Neill and his work. Includes audio recordings of over ten productions of O’Neill plays, biographical and bibliographical information, letters, photographs, production notes, and more. Look in the production archive for critical reviews of plays performed from the 1920s through the present.
Discourse Theory
http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/hopkins_guide_to_literary_theory/discourse-_2.html
Short introduction to discourse theory.
The Foucault Pages
http://www.csun.edu/~hfspc002/foucault.home.html
Extensive portal of critical essays on Foucault, excerpts from Foucault’s work,
annotated bibliography, and discussion board.
Samuel Beckett’s Theatrical Minimalism
Samuel Beckett Resources and Links
http://samuel-beckett.net/
This excellent portal contains an impressive number of links to reviews of Beckett plays, audio recordings of performances, links to articles from the Journal of Beckett Studies, biographical information, listings of video and audio recordings, critical essays, interviews, and more.
The Samuel Beckett Endpage
http://www.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=*SBECKETT&n=22071
This Beckett page is maintained by the University of Antwerp, and has a number
of images, bibliographies, a listing of current and recent productions, a listing of
relevant conferences, and links.
Performative writing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performative_writing
Brief introduction to the theory of performative writing.
CHAPTER NINE
Ibsen’s A Doll’s House: If Nora Were a Material Girl
Ibsen.net
http://www.ibsen.net/?id=83
Portal to a wealth of links of critical essays, current and past productions, filmography and bibliography, academic and theatrical institutions dedicated to
Ibsen, and biographical information.
The University of Adelaide e-books
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/i/ibsen/henrik/
Links to free, downloadable text of Ibsen’s plays.
Cultural Materialism
http://www.as.ua.edu/ant/Faculty/murphy/cultmat.htm
Introduction to the theory of cultural materialism.
Social Drama in Kerala: Staging the “Revolution”
Lokadharmi Theatre
http://www.lokadharmi.org/index.htm
This website for Lokadharmi, a theatre company and theatrical training group
in Kerala, India, discusses theatrical productions within the context of social
change in Kerala. Look particularly at the “publications” section for theoretical essays.
Kerala History
http://www.keralahistory.ac.in/index.htm
This website created by the Kerala Council for Historical Research presents a critical view of the cultural history of the Kerala region. And this page (in the publication section) focuses on theatre, music, cinema, and literature in the region:
http://www.keralahistory.ac.in/publication_n.htm
Path-Breaking Plays
http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1810/18100700.htm
This article, published in Indian magazine Frontline, is a reflection upon the accomplishments of the Kerala People’s Art’s Club at the time of its fiftieth anniversary in 2001.
Brecht Directs Mother Courage
A Model of Courage
http://www.amrep.org/past/courage/courage2.html
Gideon Lester, American Repertory Theatre’s Associate Artistic Director, considers Brecht’s original staging of Mother Courage and its legacy for subsequent productions.
Semiotics for Beginners
http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B/semiotic.html
This is Daniel Chandler’s excellent and extensive introduction to the theory of semiotics for the uninitiated.
CHAPTER 10
The Vortex of Times Square
EarthCam – Times Square
http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare/
This live webcam shows streaming video of Times Square from eight different cameras / angles.
Times Regained
http://www.newyorker.com/critics/atlarge/articles/040322crat_atlarge
New Yorker columnist Adam Gopnik considers the evolution of Times Square at the time of its one hundredth anniversary in 1994.
The Century in Times Square
http://www.nytimes.com/specials/times-square/ts-index.html
New York Times article outlines the history of Times Square.
Media and Theatre: Niche Marketing
Edfringe.com
http://www.edfringe.com/index.html?static=true
This is the official website of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which is the largest fringe theater festival in the world and the model for many other such festivals around the globe.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
The Crisis of Representation and the Authenticity of Performance: Antonin Artaud and Jacques Derrida
Preface to The Theater and Its Double
http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~marton/Artaud.html
Preface to Artaud’s groundbreaking work.
Antonin Artaud
http://www.theatrehistory.com/french/artaud001.html
Short biography of Antonin Artaud.
Jacques Derrida
http://www.hydra.umn.edu/derrida/content.html
This portal contains links to excerpts from Derrida’s books, essays, and interviews.
Deconstruction
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deconstruction
Introduction to the theory of deconstruction.
Global Shakespeare
Lear
http://www.spac.or.jp/repertory06e.html
Suzuki Tadashi’s production notes for his adaptation of King Lear.
Internet Shakespeare Editions
http://ise.uvic.ca/index.html
This website contains annotated texts of Shakespeare plays (including those with original spellings), contextual essays concerning Shakespeare’s life and times, and critical essays on the plays.
Silence and Sound in Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood
http://clcwebjournal.lib.purdue.edu/clcweb04-1/jin04.html
Discussion of Kurosawa’s use of sounds and visuals in his adaptation of Macbeth.
Designing Shakespeare Collection
http://ahds.ac.uk/ahdscollections/docroot/shakespeare/performancedetails.do?performanceId=11650 Photos and production notes from Peter Brook’s 1970 staging of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Post-Colonial Literatures
http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/colonial3a.html
Terrific portal to websites concerning productions and interpretations of The Tempest staged all over the world.
Contemporary Postcolonial and Postimperialist Literature in English
http://www.postcolonialweb.org/
Mammoth overview of postcolonial literatures and authors, organized by world regions. Also includes information on major postcolonial theorists.
CHAPTER TWELVE
Whose Mahabharata is It, Anyway?
Peter Brook, the Mahabharata, and Intercultural Performance
http://conspiritu.org/craig/Mahahome.htm
Explores use of performance as an intercultural exchange via Peter Brook’s production of the Mahabharata.
Peter Brook’s Mahabharata: The Film
http://www.boloji.com/cinema/028.htm
Scathing critique of Brook’s film interpretation, written by Indian Administrative Service officer.
Peter Brook's The Mahabharata: The Exigencies of Intercultural and Intersemiotic Translation
http://www.smith.edu/metamorphoses/hellweg.htm
Discussion of the critical reception of Brook’s production.
Jean-Claude Carrière on Mahabharata
http://www.lifepositive.com/Mind/culture/indology/mahabharata.asp
Interview with Carrière on researching and writing the screenplay for Brook’s stage production.
Imagining Contemporary China: Gao Xingjian’s Wild Man in Post-Cultural Revolution China
Nobel Prize for Literature - 2000
http://nobelprize.org/literature/laureates/2000/index.html
Here you can find the announcement Nobel Prize committee’s announcement of Gao Xingjian’s 2000 award, text and video of Gao Xingjian’s Nobel lecture, banquet speech, biography, and bibliography.
China in Denial over Nobel Laureate
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1064016.stm
BBC article concerning China’s reaction to news of Gao Xingjian’s Nobel Prize.
The Nationalism Project
http://www.nationalismproject.org/
Introduction to the concept of Nationalism.
Backstage / Frontstage: Ethnic Tourist Performances and Identity in “ America’s Little Switzerland”
Folklore Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://folklore.wisc.edu/collections.htm
This page will direct you to archives of music, journals, films and regional
folklore of Wisconsin and other areas.
And here are links to United States national and regional folklore archives and resources: http://folklore.wisc.edu/Links.htm
The Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures
http://csumc.wisc.edu
The Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures is engaged with research, teaching, public programs, and the development of archival collections regarding the languages and folklore of diverse peoples in America's Upper Midwest.
Max Kade Institute for German American Studies
http://mki.wisc.edu
The Max Kade Institute, sister organization to the Center for the Study of Midwestern Cultures, focuses on Germanic and immigrant peoples in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States.
New Glarus, Wisconsin Chamber of Congress
http://www.swisstown.com/index.shtml
The website of the Chamber of Congress of New Glarus. Includes photographs of and information concerning the community and the Wilhelm Tell Festival and Volksfest.
An Interview with Dean MacCannell
http://sites.cca.edu/curatingarchive/archives/000124.html
Dean MacCannell, author of The Tourist, discusses leisure and tourism.
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