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Edward Gordon Craig revolutionised 20th Century theatre with his 19th
Century ideas

Drama Half-Term essay/

Discuss Craig?s vision of an ideal theatre including -

- Total theatre
- The role of the director
- The performer (uber marionette)
- The staging (kinetic theatre)
- Movement

Edward Gordon Craig revolutionised 20th Century theatre with his 19th
Century ideas. Craig saw the need to break naturalistic conventions ?
move away from a text based theatre and develop an art where all
elements of drama worked in harmony and sought to create a theatre
based on sound, lighting and movement coming together to form a
unified stage picture.

Craig had always been surrounded by Victorian theatre, all of which
included realistic sets - and therefore imitated the real world. But
Craig believed that theatre should contrast with the reality of the
real world, making it a whole new and exciting experience to the
audience. It was through this that Craig put forward a belief of a
unified stage picture. During Victorian times, actors would normally
wear their own clothes to act in or ?hand-me-downs? from the
aristocracy. Craig changed this by giving specific costume to the
actors, therefore linking all aspects of the theatre, making it fit
together as one. Thus Total theatre.

Total theatre consisted of five main aspects, colour, rhythm, action,
words and line. Craig wanted to make costume, stage and set all
completely from scratch; and normally wanted hi... [to view the full essay now, purchase below]

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