Theatre – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Sun, 08 Mar 2026 20:09:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Theatre – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Mixing Politics and Comedy in Ancient Roman Theater https://brewminate.com/mixing-politics-and-comedy-in-ancient-roman-theater/ Fri, 17 Oct 2025 21:28:47 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=246599 Challenging authority with laughter. By Lorraine BoissoneaultWriter, Producer, and Journalist Anti-Roman sentiment may have run rampant through Asculum,

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]]> What Shakespeare Revealed about the Chaotic Reign of Richard III https://brewminate.com/what-shakespeare-revealed-about-the-chaotic-reign-of-richard-iii/ Sun, 31 Aug 2025 14:46:58 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=248852 “Woe to the land that’s govern’d by a child.” By Dr. David Sterling BrownAssociate Professor of EnglishTrinity College

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]]> Why Weren’t Women Allowed to Act in Shakespeare’s Plays? https://brewminate.com/why-werent-women-allowed-to-act-in-shakespeares-plays/ Mon, 23 May 2022 14:14:14 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=176724 It wasn’t until King Charles’s declaration in 1662 that women’s parts could be played by women. Introduction The

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]]> The Fall of the Roman Republic in Late Elizabethan and Early Jacobean Drama https://brewminate.com/the-fall-of-the-roman-republic-in-late-elizabethan-and-early-jacobean-drama/ Thu, 09 Dec 2021 18:09:45 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=165866 The fall of the Roman republic has prompted many historical reflections across the ages. Abstract This article synthesises

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]]> Laughter in the Time of Cholera https://brewminate.com/laughter-in-the-time-of-cholera/ Thu, 18 Nov 2021 18:18:45 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=164735 Exploring what made Parisiens laugh in a moment of crisis through the prism of a vaudeville play. By

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]]> Sacred Street Theater in Medieval England and the ‘Last Judgment’ https://brewminate.com/sacred-street-theater-in-medieval-england-and-the-last-judgment/ Fri, 27 Aug 2021 17:02:44 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=160666 Doomsday, 1433. In York, after dark. By James Williford A red curtain. Painted stars. Actors in hoses, wigs,

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]]> Elizabethan Theater: First Professional Actors with Non-Religious Themes https://brewminate.com/elizabethan-theater-first-professional-actors-with-non-religious-themes/ Sun, 21 Jun 2020 19:25:06 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=128454 The theater covered such diverse themes as history, romance, revenge, murder, comedy, and tragedy. Introduction Elizabethan theatre, sometimes

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]]> Caesar Hath the Falling Sickness: Disability in Shakespearean Drama https://brewminate.com/caesar-hath-the-falling-sickness-disability-in-shakespearean-drama/ Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:31:16 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=123832 What if we understand the play as a story about the disabled body as it was configured in

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]]> London’s 17th-Century Restoration Indoor Theater https://brewminate.com/londons-17th-century-restoration-indoor-theater/ Tue, 03 Dec 2019 18:39:17 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=110470 This kind of theater allowed for more lighting and special effects that could enhance the performances. By Paula

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]]> Grand Illusion: The Art of Theatrical Design in the 20th Century https://brewminate.com/grand-illusion-the-art-of-theatrical-design-in-the-20th-century/ Mon, 16 Sep 2019 17:53:43 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=106042 Exploring visual elements that deepens our comprehension of another world across the footlights and under the proscenium. Introduction

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