opinion on australian drama
Wed, 1 Feb 2006, 10:06 amstudent8 posts in thread
opinion on australian drama
Wed, 1 Feb 2006, 10:06 amhello everyone..
i was wanting to find out everyones feelings on this question.....
"Australian society does not merely chronicle society at the time, it confronts and engages its audience with use of deliberate staging techniques." How accurate is this statement for 20th century australian theatre?
thanks alot
i was wanting to find out everyones feelings on this question.....
"Australian society does not merely chronicle society at the time, it confronts and engages its audience with use of deliberate staging techniques." How accurate is this statement for 20th century australian theatre?
thanks alot
Re: opinion on australian drama
Sun, 26 Feb 2006, 11:00 amI think you might be having trouble defining Australian drama because there is no definition. Australia's culture in itself is less defined than other countries because we are relatively 'new'. Australia has a shorter history as a country than others, we are combined of many different cultures, and our influences come from all over the place; Asia, Europe and America.
Secondly, drama in itself can mean different things. Do you mean drama in the sense of serious plays vs. comedy? Do you mean drama as an overall concept applied to theatre? Plus, what Australian theatre is, depends on what is being shown at any given point in time (eg. the agitprop or agitated propoganda of the 60s and 70s, when people were getting arrested for swearing on stage), what the government is willing to fund, what is sellable (currently sedition is a hot topic), etc.
You must also contend with the notion that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. One person may love Shakespeare, another might not. Defining Australian drama will depend on your own perspective of what drama is.
I'm afraid to say that there is no 'simple' definition of drama. Especially Australian. Technically, Australian drama would be anything presented by Indigenous people. But then, is David Williamson not Australian either?
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Secondly, drama in itself can mean different things. Do you mean drama in the sense of serious plays vs. comedy? Do you mean drama as an overall concept applied to theatre? Plus, what Australian theatre is, depends on what is being shown at any given point in time (eg. the agitprop or agitated propoganda of the 60s and 70s, when people were getting arrested for swearing on stage), what the government is willing to fund, what is sellable (currently sedition is a hot topic), etc.
You must also contend with the notion that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. One person may love Shakespeare, another might not. Defining Australian drama will depend on your own perspective of what drama is.
I'm afraid to say that there is no 'simple' definition of drama. Especially Australian. Technically, Australian drama would be anything presented by Indigenous people. But then, is David Williamson not Australian either?
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