• Investigating a personalised site-specific approach to performance : selected origins, possible influences and practical implications 

  Bishop, Gabriella Simone (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Central to a site-specific approach to performance is the concern for the potential of unconventional spaces. Appearing in multiple mediums, there seems to be little clarity on the parameters of this ...
• The significance of editing techniques in the adaptation of play texts into film 

  Heslinga, Margaretha Elizabeth (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis sets out to provide comparative analyses of selected play texts and their film adaptations in order to demonstrate the significant role that editing techniques play in translating the play ...
• When the known world dissolves : representations of the white male on the South African stage in the transitional years (1980-2000) 

  Borthwick, Hannah (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study explores the representation of the white male character in various South African plays from the period 1980–2000, a time when South Africa was experiencing severe changes and upheavals as a ...
• Towards the Family's Salvation : examining the displacement of the (F)ather in selected religious family dramas of Ibsen and Strindberg resulting in the creation of a new text 

  Gerber, Andre Kruger (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: During the nineteenth century, Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species, inciting debate surrounding the validity of the Christian creation narrative. Prior to this, the Adam and Eve creation narrative ...
• Television theatre : investigating the possibility of a translation of Afrikaans theatre to screen 

  Binge, Ludwig (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South African theatre and especially Afrikaans theatre has become increasingly dependent on the annual arts festivals. These events only last for a week at a time and most productions are unable to make ...
• Die funksies en vereistes van die resensiewese in ’n veranderende bedryf : teaterkritiek en die nuwe media 

  Theart, Francois Hugo (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study examines the role and function of theatre critics and reviews in the industry at present. Characteristics of a good review are also examined and the role of the traditional review in the ‘new ...
• Die ontwikkeling van kritiese denke deur die gebruik van drama as onderrigmetode binne die vak Lewensorientering 

  Stols, Amori (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Critical theory forms part of the foundation of the South African school curriculum. The development of critical thinking is part of the general aims of the curriculum. This study will investigate the ...
• ’n Ondersoek na toegepaste teater as medium vir gemeenskapsontwikkeling in die Stellenbosch-omgewing 

  Esterhuysen, Jana Maria (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this research paper an investigation into applied theatre as medium for community development in the Stellenbosch area is conducted. An initial investigation was launched to determine whether there ...
• Visual music : a study on the role of music in South African children’s television programmes from 1976 − 1994 

  Huisman, Rhonda (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is aimed at providing useful insights into the field of audiovisual perception and understanding in South African children’s programmes, as well as demonstrating how the Congruence-Associationist ...
• Die funksie van musiek in die musiekblyspel en die kabaret 

  Esterhuysen, Etienne (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Empirical studies have shown that music has a determinable effect on human emotions. In this study, the function of music is analysed in terms of how it functions in the musical and the cabaret as genres. ...
• Order through improvisation : engaging the choreographic environment 

  Nel, Dayne Elizabeth (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the field of choreography, there are many different emerging theories and methodologies. One such theory uses the individual and unique performers to create and generate movement vocabulary. For the ...
• 'n Historiese ondersoek na die aard van enkele aktrises se vertolking van broekrolle en 'n kreatiewe verkenning van geslagsverruiling op die verhoog 

  Kellermann, Antoinette (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The appearance of actresses on stage during the seventeenth century gave rise to the discarding of gender boundaries and the exploration of male characters. By investigating the cause and effect and the ...
• Training the student actor in the production process : a look at areas in which a director within a training institution can facilitate the learning process in a student actor 

  Schultz, Waldemar (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1997-03)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A thesis in which the author examines ways in which the director within an acting training institution may use the full-scale theatre production as a means of intense training for the students ...
• The dual world metaphor and the 'struggle' in selected South African and African films (1948 to 1996) 

  Ntsane, Ntsane Steve (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-03)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The terminology used in segregationist discourse that South Africa is a combination of 'first world' and 'third world' elements has been appropriated from an international discourse about problems of ...
• Improvisation and playmaking : a look at some improvisation techniques and their applications during the directing process 

  Skordis, Ranza (Ranza Nora-J) (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this thesis the author investigates aspects of the use of improvisation and improvisational methods, techniques and exercises by modem practitioners. The study commences with a look at the beginnings ...
• Die slagveld van teks en betekenis : enkele aspekte in die dramatiek van Breyten Breytenbach 

  Du Preez, Petrus (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The productions of Breyten Breytenbach's dramas created unprecedented (negative) reaction amongst the audience members. The themes and the representation of these themes through the use of language and ...
• Cape curtains : a study of selected Cape Town theatres, 1843-1916 

  Neethling, Miemie (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study aims to reconstruct the history of the Capetonian theatrical venue of the second half of the 19th century. It explores the many different venues used for theatrical activities. Venues discussed ...
• Kabaret as sosiale en politieke kommentaar : 'n ontleding van die aanwending van die komiese, satire en parodie 

  Van Zyl, Annelie (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-03)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study examines cabaret in South Africa, and more particularly the use of a personation in cabaret. Cabaret employs a variety of comedic forms that combine to comment on social and political issues. ...
• Theatre for development in Kenya : in search of an effective procedure and methodology 

  Odhiambo, Christopher (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This is a study of Theatre for Development (TfD) in Kenya. It is an attempt to map out and describe different manifestations of the practice which would, in a way, act as a critical model for practitioners ...
• Cutting real : self-reflexive editing devices in a selection of contemporary South African documentary films 

  Maasdorp, Liani (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Since John Grierson first coined the term “documentary film” in the 1920s, there has been a debate about the objectivity or subjectivity of the filmmaker. Some theoreticians believe that a documentary ...

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