Videos - IB Theatre - Research Presentation (last assessment 2023)

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These are links to short videos on world theatre traditions. If you access this material for your Research Presentation, you must include it in the Works Cited page for your project.

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Comedy and tragedy - Ancient Greece
Topeng Dance - Bali
Cantonese, Yueju, and Peking Opera - China
Yuan Drama or zaju - China
Khayal al-zill shadow puppets - Egypt
Victorian melodrama - England
Punch and Judy puppets - England
Comedy of manners or Restoration comedy -
England, France
Medieval mystery plays - England, France,
Germany
French farce - France
Kathakali - India
Barong (or Rangda) dance - Indonesia
Kecak - Indonesia
Wayang golek puppetry - Indonesia, Malaysia
Wayang Kulit shadow puppetry - Indonesia,
Malaysia
Bunraku - Japan
Kabuki - Japan
Kyōgen farce - Japan
Noh theatre - Japan
Rakugo "sit down" theatre - Japan
Talchum mask dance - Korea
Shadow theatre - Taiwan, China
Hun lakhon lek puppetry - Thailand
Khon dance drama - Thailand
Karagöz shadow puppetry - Turkey
Pantomime - United Kingdom

Learn360

Search Learn360 for videos and other media on world theatre traditions:

Greek Comedy and Tragedy - Ancient Greece

Greek Drama: From Ritual to Theater
Covers the history and characteristics of theatre in ancient Greece, including the content of Greek drama, facial expressions versus masks, gender issues in Greek drama, and Greek comedy. Segments of the video can be viewed separately. © 2001 Films for the Humanities & Sciences
It's All Greek to Me
The video segment covers classical theater, which was characterized by the theater of Dionysus, where chorus and masks were essential elements. 'The History of Theatre', © 2009, Films for the Humanities and Sciences.

Comedy of manners or Restoration comedy - England, France

Ben Jonson and Comedy of Manners
Jonson's "Every Man in His Humor" introduced a new genre of plays, humorous comedy based on the four humors. "Every Man Out of His Humor" used classical antecedents but was unsuccessful. Segment from the video "Ben Jonson", © 2004, Films for the Humanities & Sciences.

Medieval mystery plays - England, France, Germany

Mystery & Processions
This video segment explores how in medieval times, theater was dominated by mystery plays, guilds of craftsmen, morality plays and miracle plays. 'The History of Theatre', © 2009, Films for the Humanities and Sciences.