ENGL 313- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 67 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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The early beginnings of professional theatre in the 19th century in quebec is in english. Theatre"s repertoire is based either in the uk (shaw, shakespeare, ibsen, etc. ) Melodrama dominant form of theatre at this time - was big in terms of innovations/stage effects. Goldfadin (yiddish) main melodrama playwright in montreal. Because language was english, it meant that aesthetic codes/expectations were set by english theatre. English, french, and yiddish theatre flow together constantly. First theatre (theatre royal) opened in 1825 by the molsons, showed shakespeare and restoration comedies. Montreal becomes home to a large number of cantonese immigrants. Among societies they began to set up (although no proof of official professional theatre company) included theatre. Amateur theatricals, clubs that would perform for each other, mainly cantonese opera (opera, fables, ballet, and gives lots of room for improvisation and singing) Rented halls, anything from a basement to a restaurant, but often was the monument.
