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Britain is necessary for the development of a new tradition of repertory theater?

In Britain, the movement was a movement repertoire theater that originated in the early twentieth century the century, was continued and developed between the two world wars, and became, after 1950, the predominant form theatrical organization outside London. The first stock companies were created My argument in this essay is that it is time for a renewal of this protest in the face of modern domination of the British theater for "The West End '.

In the second half of the reign of Queen Victoria, most People earn more and work less hours than before. This meant that for the first time, regular workers had time theater was so successful that no only were decorated to make them more comfortable with padded seats and proper carpet, but also introduced Matinees and representational style theater was replaced by a new realism, pioneered in the hemisphere by writers like Ibsen. This meant box sets are placed on stage to create a room or rooms and establish appropriate to then be decorated with all the utensils appropriate for that type of room, the set looks exactly like a real life room. In the early nineteenth century theaters had remained open long hours, often until midnight, showing tragedies, farces, pantomimes and other forms of entertainment that appealed to a mass audience. Theaters were not always the healthiest places to visit. However, at the end of the theaters were more attractive century, remained open for a period much shorter time and again the theater program consisted of a single work. Banks and Marson (1998, p.45) state that:

The court of Queen Victoria and the call Victorian morality and attitudes affected the theater. The Queen invited the cast and provide command companies 'performances' in Windsor Castle;

Thus, the theater became open and acceptable to all social classes, not just the lower classes of the previous part of the century.

After the end of Victorian times, things began to change significantly. Annie Horniman was "one of the most important forces in shaping twentieth-century drama in England "(Flannery, 1970, p.34), the funding of many worthwhile theater companies and acclaimed by critics and launching the careers of many famous characters the world of theater. Annie was one of the leading advocates of realism in the theater in the United Kingdom, after watching with interest some of the works of Ibsen. Also realized the amount of repertoire theaters in Germany and was prepared to introduce in England the cultural value they brought. Annie Horniman At one time bought and renovated or funded several theaters reached that international recognition and the development of movement and dramatic modern repertoire that enrich the culture of Britain, for which he was awarded an honorary MA. Most significantly, WB Yeats, Horniman collaborated with the establishment of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin as the first repertory theater British in 1903. In 1907, then bought the Gaiety Theatre, Manchester and rebuilt as a region and Annie Horniman, was among the first to introduce the British and the proposed new style of theater in British society. Brighouse, author of "Hobson's Choice" and other writers working in a similar style realistic in joy became known as the Manchester School, which influenced the work of many other regional repertory theaters.

Barry to work on 'Theatre professional, "through his work in Birmingham, was also the funding and support to four other theater companies. In 1904, a small group theater actors toured a region that gives representations of ancient works, such as, "Youth." It was this group, the Pilgrim Players, which later developed, directed by Barry Jackson and influence in the Birmingham Repertory Company; bit small repertory companies were beginning to settle in throughout the country.

Although uncommon in the United Kingdom repertory theaters, some companies employ a type of directory system. On stage, a system can operate with the repertoire to a theater of many works, including musicals, ballets and operas, at any given time. It is different from one week (or every three weeks) directory system in which each game will a different apportionment of the same company, and possibly a technical team of different too, making each production totally different and unique. There are many advantages to this system, such as better quality and greater variety of productions. However, the directory system also has disadvantages, including increased costs production due to the need for each show separate sets, props, costumes, actors and publicity, with frequent changes that are organized.

When the British repertory system was in its first big hit, it used to be even smaller cities to support a theater. The resident company could present a different play each week, usually a reactivation of a number of classics, but from time to time, if given the chance, a new work – rights that have recently been released after West End or Broadway run. However, these companies not known for producing and developing new work without test. In general, companies would include a "leading lady" and "a leading man, two young actors who usually play the roles Romantic. There would also be an 'actor' and the actress who usually played older roles, and possibly a maiden "who play the saucy, naughty office, thus creating a resident cast of seven actors. Occasionally a "guest star" that is used by the company for a short term to boost audience attendance and help pick up the tickets.

Repeat the process was very stressful week and drove the actors and technical equipment to its limits. Typically, the plays put on three one-act plays and so along with the completion of a work, maybe seven times a week would also have to learn the lines, run and block a second work in his time between performances. However, from the point of view of the audience, and many more, different performances close and cheaper than the West End, was a fantastic and exciting opportunity. Local communities strongly support the players and treat them and celebrities. According to the article on "directory" on Wikipedia, "sometimes entire families will be a tour of live theater and, in fact, a basis for social and cultural sense of self. Yet today the practice of a new play each week and the test one week does not pass, and practice is more representative likely to be seen in the large cities in establishments known as Birmingham Rep, where he plays a duration of three to six weeks. Now the actors rehearse for at least three weeks and as a result, a better show is produced and performed. However, a variation of the representative of weeks you can still find in some places in the United Kingdom. For example, the producer Charles Vance still produces a successful representative of each week at Sidmouth on the basis of a rotation of twelve plays.

Local repertory companies want to ensure a regular production, good quality for their communities. However, due to World War between 1914 and 1918, development Directory of braking so much, almost to a standstill. The repertory theaters that remained open and successful, as Birmingham and Liverpool, encouraged other theaters to open, and continued to give their own performances, up to two times a night. However, despite other repertory theaters smaller opening in 1950, the popularity of theaters repertoire of the old style was disappearing, being replaced by regional theaters. Following an act of parliament in 1948, which established the Council for the Arts, many new regional repertory theaters were built, which were funded better, provided better facilities and put on long runs of plays and has invested in the new writing, though still in the repertoire.

Regional Repertory Theatre in Britain was at its most important and influential between 1950 and 1980. During this period the number of major repertory theaters and gave the movement a good solid base to teach the actors of their profession, often acting as a preparation for professional theater. This allowed many actors, including Imelda Staunton, Judi Dench and Ian McKellen, who all began their careers in theaters repertoire, as did Laurence Olivier, Peggy Ashcroft, Edith Evans, Ralph Richardson in Birmingham Rep between the wars, to go to achieve universal recognition for their skills act.

The financing of repertory theaters age was found in private, either by wealthy clients as Annie Horniman and Barry Jackson, or the local support. This meant that companies were dependent either on the continued support of the public or in a pattern of having enough money to keep them running for a long period of time. This left many companies in an unstable position, the money could disappear at any time and the group broke up. However, the importance maintain high morale during the Second World War was recognized by the public funding for the first time through what became the Arts Council. This residents or 'regional theaters across the expenditures authorized by Act 1948 on the arts, local rates, local councils.

The years between 1950 and 1970 were some of the richest in dramatic culture in Britain with a wide variety of productions. Not only were the classics out, as shown in professional theaters today, but also produced many works, both inside and outside the West End, were contemporaries, with playwrights such as Willy Russell, John Osborne Harold Pinter and bring a significant depth new British theater. Regional repertory theaters allowed a wide variety of new writers to develop an interesting range drama, often with a local or social and political issue.

A feature of the work of Peter Cheeseman … at the Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent, has been … documentary local historical interest, using the spoken language and investigated by his own group of players. (Goorney, undated)

By contrast, the same theater was the training ground earlier in the famous comedy writer Alan Ayckbourn. In today's stage, there are fewer plays being written to be performed specifically in professional theaters, Once again the reduction of what could be a rich theatrical culture.

The vast development of regional theaters throughout the 1960s and 1970s was followed by a large decline in the 1980s. The cuts in funding meant that stations had to be cut and some of the theaters were closed completely study. The closure and the disappearance of repertory theaters due to the reduction each year in funding, whether the financing of local communities, together art regional or central government, financial support is only denied to them. The greatest difficulty in theaters in seeking sponsorship and benefactors to fund their work is resulting in reduced wages, reduced distribution and company sizes and budgets of the restriction, all of which have a clear effect on the final results, a lower quality production is the result. This has become a concern for many politicians. In February 2003, Robin Harper, MSP for the Green Party, challenged the Scottish Executive for funding of Scottish Theatre, saying: "The core funding for the Scottish Council of the Arts has been at a standstill, causing many theater companies to suffer financial difficulties, and their ability to mount productions to be very restricted. "Theater repertoire depends on money and support local and national government, lack of sufficient support will mean that repertoire will not survive and Britain will lose a key resource educational and entertaining. In a Lords debate on 14 July 1998, Lord Jenkins of Putney said Sir Cameron Mackintosh, the leading producer of commercial theater in Britain, saying:

The reason that British theater is the envy of the world – both artistically and
financially – is that public money is invested in the revitalization regional theater in the 1950s and up … Most theaters in the UK outside the West End were built, saved or financed with public money. (Lords Hansard, 1998)

Bill Alexander (1998) wrote that the newspaper The Independent about … Release and yields only place in Birmingham to write new … produce more works for children and family audiences, doubling our investment in education and community activities … and bring a rich program of large scale work in our main stage.

Today, the situation of the theaters have long been reverted to pre-register with the West End is dominated by Shakespeare and musicals – many of which are the work of Andrew Lloyd Webber – with only a few cinemas presenting plays, and those that are long lasting and change infrequently. Television has become the dominant medium at the expense of live drama. Without repertory theaters there are very few opportunities for actors to develop their talents and training and learn their trade, resulting in the whole system of British arts wilting and reduced to a primitive existence and unpolished. As Lord Rix said in the House Lords, on July 14, 1988, "Regional theater is the home of most new development and training ground for our industry."

Film and TV turning to work "on the big screen, a change of career that pays more and provides greater public admiration and recognition. However, film and television do not offer much, especially for those who can not afford to go to the theater regularly, a wide range of classics is inevitable that the TV viewing experience at home, alone or in small groups, watching a movie at a cinema in the company of a wider audience and be part of an audience in a concert production a theater is not the same. The improvement in theaters, both physically and in terms of technology, has resulted in great revival in cinema going in Britain in recent years. Observe, for example, a comedy or a horror film with a large audience all over increases the pleasure of the individual and their participation in the film, because it is easier to laugh out loud when others around you laugh too, and when a person jumps or cries, others feel the tension too. However, performance in the film is fixed and can not react to the mood of the audience.

The unique quality of live drama is not only that performance changes and develops players from performance to performance, but also the participation of the audience with the production adds a dimension to the experience both actor and audience. The most obvious of this is in the Christmas pantomime increasingly popular. However, more subtly, the same is true for all live theater productions. This interaction is the key strength that enables them to understand what the purpose and meaning behind the work. We need to theaters in Great Britain presenting a rich variety of works of both contemporary and classic sources of a variety of different cultures. As Goorney (undated) suggests:

A Popular theater is not built solely on the basis of the works of the period concerned by the political and social ills of our society. The works inherited from the big theaters the past, the Greeks, the Elizabethans, the Commedia dell'arte and the Spanish drama of Lope de Vega are the heritage of all people and must remain, as until now, the privileged few.

I think there are many good reasons why we need more current repertory theaters, perhaps most important to encourage development, prepare and train young actors and playwrights as thoroughly professional theater, the production of an actor with more experience and better able to the public. This has worked for hundreds of actors over the years, many of whom have gone on to become greatest actor in Britain. It makes no sense train the best stage actors, if there is no demand or opportunity to exercise their skills doing drama. The whole community is impoverished if we can not be challenged, entertainment and information through the experience of seeing significant scripts brought to the reality of skilled and exciting players. As Goorney (s / f) states: "… Art in general, including the theater exists to enrich our spirit, to inform and broaden our horizons … "In the past, regional repertory theater been at the center of that experience and I think it's time to be well again.

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