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In the history of theatre, there is long tradition of performances addressing issues of current events and central to society itself, encouraging consciousness and social change. The political satire ...
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Exploring creative genius online with Da Vinci, Van Gogh, Edison, Churchill and others. ... Off- and off-off-Broadway groups served up caustic political commentary, and groups such as Julian Beck's Living Theatre combined radical politics with a revolutionary breakdown of the boundary between spectator and performer."
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Shakespeare can also be called an author of political theatre. ... In later centuries, political theatre has usually been marginalized, forced into an outsider role critical of the government or policies of its own country.
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They are taking the Jim and Howard Dean's message to heart and getting involved in the political process. Go take a look at Blog for America and join up if you haven't yet and if you like what you see. This is grassroots action at it's best.
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(cross posted at daily kos); When Jack was little, about 2 or 3 years of age, he never told me specifically, his father left. Or maybe he was driven out, Jack was not sure. All he knew was that his father was a WW2 vet and an alcoholic who was later maligned to Jack, ... He had a mother and a father and a step father,
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British Political Theatre; (1960) ... [Preliminary entry.] Theatre is the most public and thus, arguably, the most innately political of art forms. However, the term British political theatre refers a group of diverse, yet like-minded playwrights and theatre practitioners.
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Which got me wondering if maybe a critical mass of us can culturally collaborate to become the most literate modern composers of political theatre, and create a deservedly devoted audience -- for the Sondheim, not just for the P.T. Barnum?
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The Stanford Theatre Activist Mobilization Project is a social protest theatre company housed at Stanford University. We outreach to all groups! ... STAMP's mission is to create theatre to educate and mobilize people for progressive social change. We collaborate with other groups, to help promote your cause.
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Groups like Code Pink have turned political protest on the left into a joke. Effective political movements have to both engage their participants and ensure that their actions are meaningful.
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Check out this PBS History of Political Theatre webpage and an American Political Satire webpage, as well as the DVD A Patriot Act, a funny, sometimes disturbing, live stage performance by media professor Mark Crispin Miller about the mindset and language of our government.
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