The Villainous Stage
The Villainous Stage

Author: Marvin Lachman

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-11-19

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1476618755

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Live theatre was once the main entertainment medium in the United States and the United Kingdom. The preeminent dramatists and actors of the day wrote and performed in numerous plays in which crime was a major plot element. This remains true today, especially with the longest-running shows such as The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables and Sweeney Todd. While hundreds of books have been published about crime fiction in film and on television, the topic of stage mysteries has been largely unexplored. Covering productions from the 18th century to the 2013-2014 theatre season, this is the first history of crime plays according to subject matter. More than 20 categories are identified, including whodunits, comic mysteries, courtroom dramas, musicals, crook plays, social issues, Sherlock Holmes, and Agatha Christie. Nearly 900 plays are described, including the reactions of critics and audiences.

The Gothic Novel and the Stage
The Gothic Novel and the Stage

Author: Francesca Saggini

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-08-12

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1317319516

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In this ground-breaking study Saggini explores the relationship between the late eighteenth-century novel and the theatre, arguing that the implicit theatricality of the Gothic novel made it an obvious source from which dramatists could take ideas. Similarly, elements of the theatre provided inspiration to novelists.

Getaway
Getaway

Author: Zoje Stage

Publisher: Mulholland Books

Published: 2021-08-17

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 0316242705

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In this terrifying novel from the bestselling "master of the psychological thriller" and author of Baby Teeth (Entertainment Weekly), three friends set off on a hike into the Grand Canyon—only to discover it's not so easy to leave the world behind. “Stage is a writer with a gift for the lyrical and the frightening . . . Getaway feels original, and very scary.” —The New York Times Book Review It was supposed to be the perfect week away . . . Imogen and Beck, two sisters who couldn't be more different, have been friends with Tilda since high school. Once inseparable, over two decades the women have grown apart. But after Imogen survives a traumatic attack, Beck suggests they all reunite to hike deep into the Grand Canyon’s backcountry. A week away, secluded in nature . . . surely it’s just what they need. But as the terrain grows tougher, tensions from their shared past bubble up. And when supplies begin to disappear, it becomes clear secrets aren’t the only thing they’re being stalked by. As friendship and survival collide with an unspeakable evil, Getaway becomes another riveting thriller from a growing master of suspense and a “literary horror writer on the rise” (BookPage). "You won’t blink until you read the last line.” —Publishers Weekly “A chilling thriller that will definitely make you lose sleep at night.” —PopSugar “I’ve been waiting for a thriller to capture the emotional depth of women for years. . . . I can’t recommend Getaway enough.” —Tarryn Fisher, New York Times bestselling author of The Wives and The Wrong Family “Tense, unpredictable, and utterly compelling, Stage’s complex story of friendship and survival is a must-read.” —Karen Dionne, New York Times bestselling author of The Marsh King's Daughter “A harrowing, heart-pounding thrill ride.”—Rachel Harrison, author of The Return

Scum Villain's Survival Guide Chapter 1-10
Scum Villain's Survival Guide Chapter 1-10

Author: Souryourer Fate

Publisher: Souryourer Fate

Published: 2024-07-06

Total Pages: 85

ISBN-13:

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" 20 years ago, the earth as we know it has changed. It was integrated into a bigger earth or you call it as real earth. The earth as we know it is nothing more than a bunch of islands in a large ocean below a humongous continent. The humongous continent is full of technology and magic cultivators. The nearby third rate faction was enough to win against the united force of earth. Even the nuclear warheads are useless in front of strong magic and technology. Later it was found out that the previous earth is just a time capsule sanctuary to preserve the bloodlines that are about to go extinct. The world changed and the era of magic cultivation started. …………… A soul of a social scum that is shameless to the core has transmigrated from another earth that is completely ordinary in the multiverse. He was born in this new earth after 20 years of change towards the magic cultivation and higher technology. “Oh this world seems to be different. There is magic and super technology. Then where is my cheat as a transmigrator.” “Tring Congratulations host for obtaining the shameless scum villain system.” “Fuck I am not a villain. How can a righteous, benevolent, handsome and considerate man like me become a villain? In the previous life I have helped my land lord take care of his wife, sister and daughter, I took care of my good brother’s wife when he went out on a business trip, I have even helped my boss with the problem of not having children. I have helped the good old people meet the god soon. I have helped those scum people to contact with wine and woman to punish them many diseases in their long life….. System, come out and explain why a good person like me become a villain….?” “Tring It is detected that host is the most shameless person on his universe, Host’s shamelessness is so great that even the demons in the lowest level of hell don’t want you, fearing that you would green them or take their thrones. So the system has selected the host and brought you into this world.” “Well… okay I will reluctantly accept you, so where is my novice gift pack.” “Tring Novice gift pack is opened. Host has obtained opportunity assessment skill maxed out.” "

The Translatability of the Religious Dimension in Shakespeare from Page to Stage, from West to East
The Translatability of the Religious Dimension in Shakespeare from Page to Stage, from West to East

Author: Jenny Wong

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2018-05-29

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1532638175

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This interdisciplinary study traverses the disciplines of translation studies, hermeneutics, theater studies, and sociology. Under the "power turn" or "political turn" in translation studies, the omission and untranslatability of religious material are often seen as the product of censorship or self-censorship. But the theology of each individual translating agent is often neglected as a contributing factor to such untranslatability. This book comprehensively traces the hermeneutical process of the translators as readers, and the situational process and semiotics of theater translation. Together these factors contribute to an image of translated literature that in turn influences the literature's reception. While translation theorists influenced by the current "sociological turn" view social factors as determining translation activities and strategies, this volume argues that the translator's or the dramatist's theology and religious values interact with the socio-cultural milieu to carve out a unique drama production. Often it is the religious values of the translating agents that determine the product, rather than social factors. Further, the translatability of religious discourse should be understood in a broader sense according to the seven dimensions proposed by Ninian Smart, rather than merely focusing on untranslatability as a result of semantic and linguistic differences.

Stages of Reality
Stages of Reality

Author: André Loiselle

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2012-04-12

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 144269629X

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A groundbreaking collection of original essays, Stages of Reality establishes a new paradigm for understanding the relationship between stage and screen media. This comprehensive volume explores the significance of theatricality within critical discourse about cinema and television. Stages of Reality connects the theory and practice of cinematic theatricality through conceptual analyses and close readings of films including The Matrix and There Will be Blood. Contributors illuminate how this mode of address disrupts expectations surrounding cinematic form and content, evaluating strategies such as ostentatious performances, formal stagings, fragmentary montages, and methods of dialogue delivery and movement. Detailing connections between cinematic artifice and topics such as politics, gender, and genre, Stages of Reality allows readers to develop a clear sense of the multiple purposes and uses of theatricality in film.

—Jack Liddle—Positive Knick and Knack
—Jack Liddle—Positive Knick and Knack

Author: Anthony Mills

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2017-08-25

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 1543427243

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Knick and Knack are brothers who were born into an upper–middle-class family during the first half of the 1950s. Their lives were dominated with television, comic books, and mysterious new media accounts that take the brothers into the realm of mind-altering synthetic substances along with the electric hard-rock music and the Vietnam War. This comic tragedy continues on and concludes in the wilds of Baja, California. Jack Liddle represents the irrepressible optimist. His positive mental demeanor, which he inherited from his father, is the focal point of his life. No matter what depths of despair he finds himself, he manages to return to where he resonates best: positive thinking. As the story progresses, Jack technically upgrades himself, which allows him to move forward, whereas most people his age become tranquil as they relive their past. With the advent of the Internet, Jack attracts an audience who follows his adventures and, ultimately, a grand misadventure.

The Villain's Journey
The Villain's Journey

Author: Valerie Estelle Frankel

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2021-11-08

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 1476684308

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The villain's journey is rare in popular culture--most characters are fully-formed tyrants with little to no story arc. However, a few particularly epic series take the time to develop complex villains, including Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, Smallville, Babylon 5, Game of Thrones, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Increasingly, villains' origin stories have found new popularity through films like Wicked, Maleficent, and Despicable Me, alongside shows starring serial killers and Machiavellian schemers. This book examines the villain's decline and subsequent struggle toward redemption, asking why these characters are willing to cross moral lines that "good" characters are not. The first half follows characters like Loki, Jessica Jones and Killmonger through the villain's journey: an inverse or twisted version of scholar Joseph Cambell's hero's journey. The remainder of this book examines the many different villainous archetypes such as the trickster, the outcast, the tyrant, or the misunderstood hero in greater detail. Written for writers, creators, fans, and mythologists, this book offers a peek into the minds of some of fiction's greatest villains.