Depending on the area of origin of the drama, for example, movements might be very simple and easy to learn, or they may be very complicated and complex systems of hand gestures and eye expressions that take years to learn. ... Depending on the style of Indian theatre chosen, it might be necessary for actors to go on special training sessions to learn the methods and meanings of hand gestures and eye expressions. ...

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According to Aristotle, an ancient Greek philosopher who wrote about metaphysics, rhetoric, and so on, "Tragedy- is "a representation of an action which is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude "in language which is garnished in various forms in its different parts "in the mode of dramatic e...

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In Russian theater, Anton Chekhov is an icon of modern naturalism. His plays, like his stories, are studies of the spiritual failure of characters in a patrician society that is inevitably destabilising. With its high point around the 1880's naturalist theatre, having roots in 18th century realism b...

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