Indian Theater

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Indian Theater

• A wonderful period of theater evolved here in the
  4th or 5th century
• Sanskrit theater
• Shankuntala

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Asian Theater

• Has one of the greatest theatrical legacies in
  the world

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Chinese Theater

• Established a school for entertainers in 714 AD
• Pear Garden -11,000 students
• In 1790 entertainers were called toether to
  celebrate the emporers birthday
• The Peking Opera evolved from this collaboration
  (National Theater of China)

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Japanese Theater

• Produced the finest theatrical heritage in the
  Orient
• Developed 3 forms of theater

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1. Noh

• Developed by father son Kannami and Zeami
• Zeami wrote 100 of the 250 Noh plays still
  produced today
• Very controlled disciplined
• All actors wore masks
• Now usually performed for the very educated

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2. Doll

• Puppet theater
• 4 foot high elaborate dolls
• Operated by 3 puppeteers
• Newest puppeteer operated the feet
• 2nd youngest works left arm
• Chief puppeteer works head right arm
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• Chickamatsu Japans greatest playwright wrote
  for the Doll Theater

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3. Kabuki

• Most popular
• A mix of many forms of theater
• Very colorful exciting