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Theatre and Violence

Theatre and Violence. Focus: Violence: a theatrical and ethical question.

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Theatre and Violence

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  1. Theatre and Violence Focus:Violence: a theatrical and ethical question. Reading:- Kelly, Dennis (2008) DNA, London Oberon Modern Plays - Ridout, Nicholas (2009), theatre & Ethics, London, Palgrave - (for further study) Antonin, Artaud (1999) Theatre and Its Double, London, John Calder The following powerpoints relate to key ideasas discussed in lecture, Nicholas Ridout . See Dennis Kelly as applied in practice 1

  2. How do we know what is good? • What are the rules? • Ethics not only about how we act but how we act with, towards and around other people. • I.e. How do we organise ourselves within our society? 2

  3. What is ethics? • Action = character 3

  4. Why theatre? • the conventions of drama as applied to the rules of society • Ethical problems as social problems. • The Audience: How involved are we? 4

  5. Theatre & Ethics • The ethics of theatre as a social act. • Theory vs. practice as an ethical act. • To be presentTo participateTo engage

  6. Artaud • For further thought on theatre and violence, see Artuad- pp 64-67:Theatre and Cruelty

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