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Theses and Dissertations (Drama): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)“Forgive me reader. It has been two months since my last confession. Ere I err let me confess that this reasearch is to be understood as a confession and this abstract (also a confession) written after the fact. My confession: ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)This study takes place in the investigation of two aspects. The first was the process of translation and adaptation of the play Razor in the Flesh (1967) by the Brazilian playwright Plinio Marcos to South African English ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)This study considers the L2 actor’s engagement with L2 text, within a multilingual South African actor-training context, and includes an authoethographic element as I draw from my lived experience as lecturer-director at ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Festivals, including arts festivals, have a long history of acting as special slices of space and time to commemorate or celebrate cultural occasions (Getz, 2007, p. 11). Getz’ views events and festivals as ‘special places’ ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)The performer's conceptualisation and perception of herself is projected through the acoustic voice and impacts upon vocal delivery in rehearsal and performance. However, in the context of performer voice training in ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)This study aims to investigate and directorially apply Antonin Artaud's concept of The Absolute in order to destabilise the victim/perpetrator binary between the characters Beth and Jake in Sam Shepard's play text, A lie ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)The resurgence of the discussion and practice of performance art in the past thirty years has moved towards the digital age and consequently has been met with a new dimension for exploration: YouTube. This paper investigates ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)This study attempts to document my emerging choreographic signature through a qualitative, practice-based autoethnographic approach. It describes and examines three of my choreographic works One-way (2010), As night falls ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)This dissertation explores the ways in which playback theatre can interrogate the relationships between dominant and personal discourses within an adolescent focus group with specific reference to personal responsibility ...
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Training the male student actor’s performance voice for optimized expression of intent and emotion (University of Pretoria, 2014)A significant part of an actor’s craft is creating and presenting characters with substantial credibility in order to stimulate a belief in the character from the point of view of an audience member (McGaw 1975; McGaw et ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)This study investigates the use of drama-in-education (hereafter DIE) to explore the ways in which South African adolescents construct and perform gender identity. The study provides a brief outline of Life Orientation ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)Adolescence is a turbulent time and a critical transformational phase during which major physical, emotional, cognitive and social shifts occur. The objective of this study is to explore ways in which female adolescents ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The aim of this research is to trace how the theatrical translation process, specifically within the genre of musical theatre, can be systematically approached by a director. Through practice-led research, this study ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)When portraying a character in a fictional world the actor is faced with many challenges. To circumvent these challenges, he must become congruent with the reality of the fictional world. In order to do so, the actor has ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-12-15)The purpose of this thesis is to substantiate the hypothetical development of a community radio station for a South African National Park, such as the Kruger National Park and to design the programming. As such the thesis ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013-03-07)This dissertation explores the ways in which Janice Honeyman’s 2007 Swashbuckling Adventure, Peter Pan, The Pantomime represents notions of nation and identity in post-apartheid South Africa. In order to accomplish this, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-08-21)The cinematic experience is often an emotional or ‘felt’ experience. In the aftermath of the film, it is challenging to indicate precisely how I was guided to react emotionally to the film. This study presents an investigation ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)This dissertation positions Community Theatre as an agency for development and education based on the educational principles of Freire and Boal’s Theatre for Development. The dissertation argues that Appreciative Inquiry ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2005-08-11)The aim of this research project was to determine and describe the challenges and advantages presented to artists taking part in student theatre festivals as well as the challenges and advantages presented to the organisers ...
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