Kitchen Sink Drama
Up until the 1950’s, most English theatre was concerned with middle-class dramas and society. In 1956 British playwright John Osborne introduced a different type of drama Look Back In Anger that was one of the…
Theatre Styles
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Snuff Puppets: Black Comedy #2
Further to yesterday’s post on the genre of Black Comedy, a little bit of controversy has arisen today. A Herald Sun newspaper article reports Snuff Puppets will soon be performing their Twin Towers Show in…
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Black Comedy
Black comedy is otherwise known as black humour and possibly first appeared in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s in American literature. It is a dark comedy (hence black) and finds great humour in what…
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Comedy of Manners
A Comedy of Manners is a play concerned with satirising society’s manners. A manner is a method in which everyday duties are performed, conditions of society, or a way of speaking. It implies polite and…
