Agitprop theatre, a portmanteau of “agitation” and “propaganda”, is a form of political theatre that emerged in the early 20th century, primarily in the Soviet Union. It is characterised by its focus on promoting social…
A list of the accomplishments of 20 of theatre’s most influential directors. From modern theatre’s first genuine director Georg II, to Stanislavski at the Moscow Art Theatre, Brecht at the Berliner Ensemble, Elia Kazan on…
The Drama Teacher’s sister-site, Theatre Links, has recently published all of Henrik Ibsen’s and Anton Chekhov’s plays available on the Internet in PDF. For years now, most of the works of Ibsen and Chekhov have…
Symbolism was a movement in literature and the arts originating with a group of French poets in the late 19th century. Jean Moréas published The Symbolist Manifesto in 1886. As a conscious theatre movement, symbolism…
