THTRFLM 3DD3 Lecture 3: 3DD3 Lecture 3.docx
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In what ways does this theatre culture look different from now: think about how we think about canadian culture today, formal dress/class status, no children/not a family experience, diversity in plays/french and english plays, best actor gets an apprenticeship, hear a lot more about film festivals than theatre festivals, the governor general was apart of witnessing this festival because the aim at this period was to build a national culture which situates canada as a world player, now, we are developing a culture that embraces the whole nation and so the. Whittaker"s types of adjudicators: adjudicator austere: (set high standards for the canadians, west end type adjudicator (not so keen on arty aspects, adjudicator anecdotal (audiences laughed, actors ground their teeth, adjudicator monosyllabic (just lists the winners, adjudicator inspirational (made canada"s effort part of world plan, canada was trying to build a theatre that could stand against other theatres in the world.