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Research Proposal
The world of theatre performance uses many
techniques to reflect upon the human experience. It uses text, voice,
movement, and sometimes music to tell a story and inspire the audience to
reflect upon the society and culture that they live in.
It is my personal belief that a theatre
production always has two objectives: To transport the audience into the
world of the play and have them engage their suspension of disbelief; and to
inspire the audience to think critically about an issue within the play that is
relevant to their society. The way that a production approaches these two
objectives and the ratio of emphasis that they give to each helps determine the
quality and effectiveness of any kind of production.
I want to use London as my looking glass into a
different theatre society. I will attend several London theatre
productions of different varieties (musicals vs. straight plays, large vs.
small theatres, contemporary vs. classical literature) to see to what extent
the London theatre world fulfills these two objectives. Do they place
more value on one than on the other? Are
these objectives, which I have come to view as universal, not used and the London
theatre society has a different set of objectives all together? These are
the questions that I will be exploring on my trip to London.
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