Abstract In May 1928, the Andrássy Street Theatre in Budapest planned to re-stage a one-act operetta play titled The First Kiss is Mine . Its libretto was written by Jenő Heltai, and music composed Albert Szirmai. new performance started out as resounding success. But, referring current laws on public morality, Ministry of Interior department charge controlling cultural programmes banned withou...

Humour/laughter is a human entity and activity. It takes place in almost all kinds of social interactions. Most us cannot help laughing at something funny our daily routines. Laughter the fundamental mode expression common to beings. From this perspective, Simon considered one most significant playwrights who uses laughter elements skilfully his works. He called “laugh machine". Marvin Neil (19...

As the modern world hangs on a string of utter moral collapse, several writers unleash restraints, thus bringing immorality to market square consumers who seem yearn for collapse walls in their world. Hearkening such cravings, Mark Ravenhill’s provocative title and play, Shopping Fucking (1996), Sarah Kane’s flaming Blasted (1995), present morally bankrupt characters clothed garments humanity. ...

Spanish theatres are not prolific in the staging of Irish playwrights. However, Northern writer Brian Friel (1929-2015) has been a curious exception, his plays having performed different cities Spain since William Layton produced Amantes: vencedores y vencidos (Lovers: Winners and Losers) 1972. The origin Friel’s popularity this country may be attributed to what many theatre directors audiences...

American playwright, novelist, story and biography writer Gertrude Stein, with her avant-garde perception destructing the theatre conventions, became one of inspiring playwrights for experimental theater in twentieth century. Stein's plays were interpreted by directors performance artists from various disciplines such as painting, music, plastic arts literature. When we look at theoretical text...

It has often been said that a writer’s assumption, criticisms, and everything he or she writes about are result of the society found himself herself. Literature is product society. No writer without reflecting prevailing issues problems bedeviling comes from. This paper takes look at contemporary in Nigerian (even African) polity have received attention Femi Osofisan Who Afraid Solarin? ...

This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the stage works by Bashkir playwright, publicist, people's writer Republic Bashkortostan Azat Abdullin "Do not forget me, sun!" and "Garden from Nowhere", dedicated to creation an artistic portrait famous personalities Russian literature ballet art with tragic fates such as Sergey Chekmarev Rudolf Nureyev. The study explored ideological-thematic...