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Voyages of Sir Francis Drake, Nicola van Sype (1581)

Michelangelo, The Creation of Adam (1511-2)

The Rose Theatre, London

The Globe Theatre, London (1599)

Drury Lane, London (1663,


renovated 1812)

The Enlightenment (C18)

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need


aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all
that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift
of education.
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Romanticism (C18-C19)

Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, Germany


(1876)

Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, Germany


(1876)

August Strindberg, Miss Julie (1888)

Caspar David Friedrich,


Wanderer above the Sea
of Fog (1818)

Francisco Goya, The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters


(1797-1799)

Modern society

Romanticism

Economy

Industry, commerce

Economic system

Capitalism

The powerful

Investors, owners,
businesspeople

Government

Centralized democracy

Ruler chosen by

Popular vote

The powerless

Workers, the unemployed

Currency

Cash, credit

Wealth

Ownership, sales,
investment

Justice

Legal

Religion

Personal, separate from


power

Society

Individualistic

Community

Ideology

Reason, science

Mysticism

Time

Progress, change, evolution

Return to medieval values

Geography

Global, urban

Rural, natural environments

Ordinary people

World War I (1914-1918)

Pecha Kucha
pechakucha.org
Theatre Can Be Anywhere
Performing Abstract Systems
Community Theatre
Project Tobong
Professional Puppets
Colonial Postcards
Christchurch Free Theatre

Next week:

Othello, 2013 (National Theatre,


London)

Reading:
Zarrilli et al, pp. 206-211

William Shakespeare Othello

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