Author: Alan Ayckbourn
Publisher: Samuel French , Limited
ISBN: STANFORD:36105038346057
Category: Poetry
Page: 96
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John Gay s The Beggar s Opera 1728 2004
Next, I will discuss how Gay's critique of the “taste of the town” – a major target in The Beggar's Opera – becomes operative in A Chorus of Disapproval. This question finally leads to a reconsideration of the two endings of The ...
Author: Uwe Böker
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789042021136
Category: Literary Criticism
Page: 347
View: 569
When Richard Steele remarked that the greatest Evils in human Society are such as no Law can come at, he was not able to forsee the spectacular success of John Gay's satire of society, the administration of law and crime, politics, the Italian opera and other topics. Gay's The Beggar's Opera, with its mixture of witty dialogue and popular songs, was imitated by 18th century writers, criticized by those on the seats of power, but remained a favourite of the English theatre public ever since. With N. Playfair's 1920 revival and B. Brecht's and K. Weill's 1928 Dreigroschenoper, Gay's play has been a starting-point for dramatists such as V. Havel (Zebrácká opera, 1975), W. Soyinka (Opera Wonyosi, 1977), Ch. Buarque (Ópera do Malandro, 1978), D. Fo (L'opera dello sghignazzo, 1981), A. Ayckbourn (A Chorus of Disapproval, 1984), as well as others such as Latouche, Hacks, Fassbinder, Dear, Wasserman, and Lepage.Apart from contributions by international scholars analysing the above-named plays, the editors' introduction covers other dramatists that have payed hommage to Gay. This interdisciplinary collection of essays is of particular interest for scholars working in the field of drama/theatre studies, the eighteenth century, contemporary drama, postcolonial studies, and politics and the stage.A Chorus of Disapproval
A Chorus of Disapproval
Adaptation and Appropriation
for similar reasons and with similar read-across effects is Alan Ayckbourn's A Chorus of Disapproval (1984). This play is also about a company rehearsing a production, this time a provincial amateur British theatre group staging a ...
Author: Julie Sanders
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781317572206
Category: Literary Collections
Page: 254
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From the apparently simple adaptation of a text into film, theatre or a new literary work, to the more complex appropriation of style or meaning, it is arguable that all texts are somehow connected to a network of existing texts and art forms. In this new edition Adaptation and Appropriation explores: multiple definitions and practices of adaptation and appropriation the cultural and aesthetic politics behind the impulse to adapt the global and local dimensions of adaptation the impact of new digital technologies on ideas of making, originality and customization diverse ways in which contemporary literature, theatre, television and film adapt, revise and reimagine other works of art the impact on adaptation and appropriation of theoretical movements, including structuralism, post-structuralism, postcolonialism, postmodernism, feminism and gender studies the appropriation across time and across cultures of specific canonical texts, by Shakespeare, Dickens, and others, but also of literary archetypes such as myth or fairy tale. Ranging across genres and harnessing concepts from fields as diverse as musicology and the natural sciences, this volume brings clarity to the complex debates around adaptation and appropriation, offering a much-needed resource for those studying literature, film, media or culture.Shouting in the Evenings
A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL ME, MYSELF AND I TONS OF MONEY A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE I can't remember how in 1985 I got to be cast in Alan Ayckbourn's production of his play A Chorus Of Disapproval but it led to a run of four hugely enjoyable ...
Author: James Hayes
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 9781785892660
Category: Performing Arts
Page: 400
View: 949
In 1963, a young man from Limerick took his £25 savings and journeyed to London to become an actor. To pay his way through drama school he worked as a security guard (once for The Beatles) and served drinks to Miss World contestants at the Lyceum Theatre, then a Mecca Ballroom. While still a student, he was picked to play a small role in Andorra in the inaugural season of the National Theatre at the Old Vic... Fifty years later, while appearing in his fifty-sixth NT production – Pirandello’s Liolà – he was invited by Director Nicholas Hytner to take part in 50 Years on Stage, the NT’s anniversary celebration. Four days on, he is on stage in New York for the Press Night of Trevor Nunn’s production of Beckett’s All That Fall with Michael Gambon. James Hayes has worked with most of the leading actors in the country from Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Anthony Hopkins and Paul Scofield to Michael Gambon, Ian McKellen, Penelope Wilton and Anne-Marie Duff. Touring the world, he has played in Greece, Poland, the USA, Japan, India, Hong Kong, South Korea and China. And, of course, Milton Keynes, Sunderland and Truro! Shouting in the Evenings covers many of the famous (Amadeus) and infamous (The Romans in Britain) productions Hayes has appeared in, and records with affection and humour the changes along the way. It will appeal to seasoned and amateur actors alike, as well as those with an interest in all things theatrical.The Oxford Handbook of the British Musical
Alan Ayckbourn, A Chorus of Disapproval (London: Faber & Faber, 1986), 71–76. Edward Jones, Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards [...] Never before Published (London: Printed for the author, 1784), 56–57.
Author: Robert Gordon
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199988761
Category: Music
Page: 624
View: 517
The Oxford Handbook of the British Musical provides a comprehensive academic survey of British musical theatre offering both a historical account of the musical's development from 1728 and a range of in-depth critical analyses of the unique forms and features of British musicals, which explore the aesthetic values and sociocultural meanings of a tradition that initially gave rise to the American musical and later challenged its modern pre-eminence. After a consideration of how John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (1728) created a prototype for eighteenth-century ballad opera, the book focuses on the use of song in early nineteenth century theatre, followed by a sociocultural analysis of the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan; it then examines Edwardian and interwar musical comedies and revues as well as the impact of Rodgers and Hammerstein on the West End, before analysing the new forms of the postwar British musical from The Boy Friend (1953) to Oliver! (1960). One section of the book examines the contributions of key twentieth century figures including Noel Coward, Ivor Novello, Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber, director Joan Littlewood and producer Cameron Macintosh, while a number of essays discuss both mainstream and alternative musicals of the 1960s and 1970s and the influence of the pop industry on the creation of concept recordings such as Jesus Christ Superstar (1970) and Les Misérables (1980). There is a consideration of "jukebox" musicals such as Mamma Mia! (1999), while essays on overtly political shows such as Billy Elliot (2005) are complemented by those on experimental musicals like Jerry Springer: the Opera (2003) and London Road (2011) and on the burgeoning of Black and Asian British musicals in both the West End and subsidized venues. The Oxford Handbook of the British Musical demonstrates not only the unique qualities of British musical theatre but also the vitality and variety of British musicals today.British Social Attitudes
It is clear, therefore, that disapproval if these various norms are transgressed is largely a minority sport. Perhaps it is not a chorus of disapproval but, rather, only a section of the choir who are singing with a disapproving tone.
Author: Alison Park
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9781849203876
Category: Social Science
Page: 320
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The acclaimed British Social Attitudes survey is the essential guide to the topical issues and debates facing British society today, and this is the 26th reportNeil Simon
Aside from the baroque subgenre, A Chorus of Disapproval is a familiar Ayckbourn farce interweaving adultery, inept deception, and general mayhem. As in earlier Ayckbourn plays, the clumsy bumbler finally departs without the girl, ...
Author: Gary Konas
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781135598853
Category: Performing Arts
Page: 256
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First Published in 1997.The 16 essays and interviews in this volume explore the background and works of Neil Simon, the most successful playwright in American history. Several of the entries trace Simon's Jewish heritage and its influence on his plays. Although Simon is best known as a writer of a remarkable series of hit Broadway comedies, the contributors to this book have identified a number of "serious" recurring themes in his work, suggesting that a reassessment of the playwright as a dramatist is appropriate. Three interviews with Simon and his longtime producer yield valuable facts about the playwright that will, along with the critical essays, aid the scholar seeking new insights into contemporary American drama in general and Neil Simon in particular.Images of the City
In the latter capacity, he is shunned by all; in the former, he is widely feted. The play, therefore, goes to great lengths to contrast life and art—with art the clear object of preference. Ayckbourn describes A Chorus of Disapproval as ...
Author: Agnieszka Rasmus
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 9781443804608
Category: Performing Arts
Page: 370
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Images of the City takes the reader on a fascinating journey through urban landscapes across centuries, literary periods, media, genres and borders. 27 essays gathered from Poland, UK, Romania, Italy, Hungary, and Portugal by researchers representing different academic environments and fields of speciality offer a truly interdisciplinary perspective on the issue of understanding, representing, and interpreting the city. In this respect, the volume complements other anthologies which discuss urban space without limiting itself to one unique theoretical perspective. Its neat division into chronological and thematic sections makes for easy yet informative and inclusive reading, encouraging cross-referencing and challenging interests and tastes of a wide array of readers. Images of the City provides essential reading for cityphiles everywhere.