THEA 3200 Lecture 11: Lecture 11
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The colonizers came in 1606-the beginning of western theatre, marc lescarbot. Port royale 1606- it is a heritage site now. In 1966 there was a reinactment of this event. 2006: the same company was trying to stage a reinactment but was stopped by sinking neptune because the play was about cultural genocide. The white people are played as a performance of power. These people (cid:271)elie(cid:448)ed hospitalit(cid:455) (cid:449)as a high (cid:448)alue to the(cid:373) so they welcomed the settlers here. Lescarbot recorded music from them, this is the convergence of cultures. Some of the key points are the performance of power. In terms of borders, the french called this land new france, this disavowed the existing borders of this land from the traditional caretakers. Theatre can be used to define power, the significance of this event was endured for hundreds of years, it was in 2006 that this event was questioned. Closet drama, not meant to be staged.
