History is one of the three main genres in Western theatre alongside tragedy and comedy, although it originated, in its modern form, thousands of years...
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fragments survive Histories (Tacitus), by Tacitus Shakespeare's histories which define the theatrical genre History (theatrical genre) Histories may also refer...
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series), a Taiwanese streaming drama anthology series History (theatrical genre) Command history, a feature, found notably in many operating system shells...
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Burlesque (redirect from Burlesque (genre))
Burlesque overlaps with caricature, parody and travesty, and, in its theatrical form, with extravaganza, as presented during the Victorian era. The word...
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Theatre of the Ridiculous (redirect from Ridiculous Theatrical Company)
Theatre of the Ridiculous is a theatrical genre that began in New York City in the 1960s. The phrase "Theatre of the Ridiculous" was created in 1965 by...
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Play (theatre) (redirect from Play (theatrical))
primarily consists of dialogue between characters and is intended for theatrical performance rather than mere reading. The creator of a play is known as...
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Illusionistic tradition (category Theatrical genres)
Renaissance. Its focus was primarily centered on grandiose spectacle in theatrical performance. Stages made use of Italianate scenery, including Proscenium...
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Soul music (redirect from Soul (genre))
Soul music is a popular music genre that originated in African-American communities throughout the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It...
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Entremés (category Theatrical genres)
17th-century Spanish drama, an entremés (plural entremeses) was a short, comic theatrical performance of one act, usually played during the interlude of a performance...
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Gross out (category Theatrical genres)
generally aimed at a younger audience aged between 18 and 24. One boon of this genre is that it provides an inexpensive way to make a movie "edgy" and to generate...
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Theatre (redirect from Theatrical)
classification into genres, and many of its themes, stock characters, and plot elements. Theatre artist Patrice Pavis defines theatricality, theatrical language...
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Glam rock (redirect from Glam (genre))
clothes, theatricality and sound of glam, and punk rock adopted some of the performance and persona-creating tendencies of glam, as well as the genre's emphasis...
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diverse group of artists representing both pop-song genre and other genres of theatrical art. Alla Pugacheva, Anna German, Valery Leontiev, Sofia Rotaru,...
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Drawing room (category Theatrical genres)
house to entertain visitors, gave its name to drawing room plays, a genre of theatrical productions and motion pictures. Beginning with the early forms of...
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originally a 1994 Disney animated film and its theatrical adaptation has become the most successful musical in history. The 1975 musical Chicago was adapted from...
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Realism (theatre) (redirect from Theatrical realism)
through much of the 20th century. It developed a set of dramatic and theatrical conventions with the aim of bringing a greater fidelity of real life to...
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Theatre of the Grotesque (category Theatrical genres)
Theatre of the Grotesque was a twentieth-century dramatic movement. It is a theatrical style that was developed as a derivative to the late eighteenth-century...
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Hippodrama (category Theatrical genres)
Hippodrama, horse drama, or equestrian drama is a genre of theatrical show blending circus horsemanship display with popular melodrama theatre. Kimberly...
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Outline of science fiction (redirect from Sub-genre of science fiction)
major branch of literary work, it is also applied to theatrical, cinematic, and musical work. Genre fiction – fictional works (novels, short stories) written...
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Rock music (redirect from Rock (genre))
Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range...
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Melodrama (category Theatrical genres)
(1802) by Thomas Holcroft. This was an example of the Gothic genre, a previous theatrical example of which was The Castle Spectre (1797) by Matthew Gregory...
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animators, separating itself from its Western roots, and developing distinct genres such as mecha and its super robot subgenre. Typical shows from this period...
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Martial arts film (redirect from Martial arts (genre))
gunfights. Sub-genres of martial arts films include kung fu films, wuxia, karate films, and martial arts action comedy films, while related genres include gun...
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Shinpa (category Theatrical genres)
theater through the shinp’a (신파) genre. With the introduction of cinema in Japan, shinpa became one of the first film genres in opposition again to kyūha...
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Genre Films, usually credited as Kinberg Genre, is a production company founded by screenwriter-producer-director Simon Kinberg. Genre Films in April 2010...
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Action film (redirect from Arthouse Action Genre)
of Chuck Norris and other actors such as Sho Kosugi. The genre would shift from theatrical releases towards the end of the decade with the rise of home...
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Postmodern theatre (category Theatrical genres)
raises questions rather than attempting to supply answers. A postmodern theatrical production might make use of some or all of the following techniques:...
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theatre as an art form and entertainment, and theatrical or performative elements in other activities. The history of theatre is primarily concerned with the...
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the horror film genre, and the 1899 film Cendrillon (Cinderella). In Méliès' films, he based the placement of the camera on the theatrical construct of proscenium...
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Teatro di narrazione (category Theatrical genres)
narrattore can see the faces of the audience to address them directly. The genre generally said to have begun with Mistero Buffo (Comic Mystery) by Dario...
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