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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Poetry performance as a universal phenomenon is a performing art form. The aim of
this study is to explore the diverse nature of this art form.
The different types are investigated according to their ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the past drama education was an uncommon occurrence in South African schools, limited
to the elective subject Speech and Drama at secondary level, which was only offered in a few
schools in some of ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: HIV/AIDS has escalated into a global health pandemic. Africa has emerged as the
most severely affected continent with more than half of the world’s HIV infected
population residing in Sub-Saharan Africa. ...
Zwiegers, Marlene(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Research has shown that children are not reading books for their enjoyment anymore. Also, children living in unfavourable socio-economic circumstances are raised without any book culture. The absence of ...