E T Kirby
Biographic Data
| ID | 3789623 |
|---|---|
| NAME | E T Kirby |
| GIVEN NAMES | E T |
| FAMILY NAME | Kirby |
| SIGNATURE | KIRBY E T |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Ritual Sex: Anarchic and Absolute
Malin's 'Doubled Figures' and Free's 'Greek/Kutiyattam.' TJ, March 1981
The American Contemporary Theatre's Preface
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The Shamanistic Origins of Popular Entertainments
A special category of theatrical activity includes types of performance that appear to be unrelated, or only indirectly related, to each other and to drama proper. Ropewalking, conjuring, juggling, sword-swallowing, and other such acts associated with the wandering mountebank, the fairground, circus ring, side-show, and music hall represent particularized skills developed as a means of popular entertainment. One link with drama is an origin of cl…
Indigenous African Theatre
It is true, as Ruth Finnegan has observed, that “with a few possible exceptions, there is no tradition in Africa of artistic performances which includes all the elements which might be demanded in a strict definition of drama—or at least not with the emphases to which we are accustomed ( Finnegan, 516 ).” Drama in the accepted sense of the term, as a situational interaction expressed in dialog between characters, is found in a number of rudimenta…
Mummers' Plays and the Calendar
The Mask: Abstract Theatre, Primitive and Modern
“ We have forgotten entirely that the primary symbol of the theatre is the mask.... In the mask lies a law, and this is the law of the drama. Non-reality becomes a fact .” —Yvan Coll To the modern temperament and to its artists, in a manner that will undoubtedly remain modern in generations to come, the main stream of theatre art in this century is clearly associated with developments in the visual and plastic arts. The sequence is apparent; from…
The Delsarte Method: 3 Frontiers of Actor Training
Francois Delsarte (1811-1871) was the founder of a system of “Applied Aesthetics” in which physical and vocal gestures for the orator were codified in terms of a simple, extensive, highly unified pattern. His influence on the theatre was augmented by his only American pupil, Steele Mackaye, who introduced the system to the United States. It became the basic actor-training method and was extremely popular in various social uses in the twenty five …
The Origin of the Mummers' Play
THE NATURE AND ORIGINS of the mummers' play are most often understood in terms of world view outlined by Sir James Frazer and developed by the socalled school of Classical Anthropology.' The texts themselves are invariably accompanied by interpretation of this type,2 and the symbolism of the folk dramas occupies place of singular importance in the Cambridge theories. The combat in the mummers' play and the supposed seasonal nature of the performa…
The Shamanistic Origins of Popular Entertainments
A special category of theatrical activity includes types of performance that appear to be unrelated, or only indirectly related, to each other and to drama proper. Ropewalking, conjuring, juggling, sword-swallowing, and other such acts associated with the wandering mountebank, the fairground, circus ring, side-show, and music hall represent particularized skills developed as a means of popular entertainment. One link with drama is an origin of cl…
The Mask: Abstract Theatre, Primitive and Modern
“ We have forgotten entirely that the primary symbol of the theatre is the mask.... In the mask lies a law, and this is the law of the drama. Non-reality becomes a fact .” —Yvan Coll To the modern temperament and to its artists, in a manner that will undoubtedly remain modern in generations to come, the main stream of theatre art in this century is clearly associated with developments in the visual and plastic arts. The sequence is apparent; from…
Ritual Sex: Anarchic and Absolute
The Delsarte Method: 3 Frontiers of Actor Training
Francois Delsarte (1811-1871) was the founder of a system of “Applied Aesthetics” in which physical and vocal gestures for the orator were codified in terms of a simple, extensive, highly unified pattern. His influence on the theatre was augmented by his only American pupil, Steele Mackaye, who introduced the system to the United States. It became the basic actor-training method and was extremely popular in various social uses in the twenty five …
The Origin of the Mummers' Play
THE NATURE AND ORIGINS of the mummers' play are most often understood in terms of world view outlined by Sir James Frazer and developed by the socalled school of Classical Anthropology.' The texts themselves are invariably accompanied by interpretation of this type,2 and the symbolism of the folk dramas occupies place of singular importance in the Cambridge theories. The combat in the mummers' play and the supposed seasonal nature of the performa…
The Mask: Abstract Theatre, Primitive and Modern
“ We have forgotten entirely that the primary symbol of the theatre is the mask.... In the mask lies a law, and this is the law of the drama. Non-reality becomes a fact .” —Yvan Coll To the modern temperament and to its artists, in a manner that will undoubtedly remain modern in generations to come, the main stream of theatre art in this century is clearly associated with developments in the visual and plastic arts. The sequence is apparent; from…
The Delsarte Method: 3 Frontiers of Actor Training
Francois Delsarte (1811-1871) was the founder of a system of “Applied Aesthetics” in which physical and vocal gestures for the orator were codified in terms of a simple, extensive, highly unified pattern. His influence on the theatre was augmented by his only American pupil, Steele Mackaye, who introduced the system to the United States. It became the basic actor-training method and was extremely popular in various social uses in the twenty five …
Mummers' Plays and the Calendar
The Shamanistic Origins of Popular Entertainments
A special category of theatrical activity includes types of performance that appear to be unrelated, or only indirectly related, to each other and to drama proper. Ropewalking, conjuring, juggling, sword-swallowing, and other such acts associated with the wandering mountebank, the fairground, circus ring, side-show, and music hall represent particularized skills developed as a means of popular entertainment. One link with drama is an origin of cl…
Indigenous African Theatre
It is true, as Ruth Finnegan has observed, that “with a few possible exceptions, there is no tradition in Africa of artistic performances which includes all the elements which might be demanded in a strict definition of drama—or at least not with the emphases to which we are accustomed ( Finnegan, 516 ).” Drama in the accepted sense of the term, as a situational interaction expressed in dialog between characters, is found in a number of rudimenta…
The American Contemporary Theatre's Preface
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Ritual Sex: Anarchic and Absolute
Malin's 'Doubled Figures' and Free's 'Greek/Kutiyattam.' TJ, March 1981
Art (5 works) · Visual arts (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · History (3 works) · Drama (2 works) · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Theater, Performance, and Music History (2 works)