Theatre and Modernity (eBook)

Ayşın Candan (b. Istanbul), studied Theaterwissenschaft at University of Vienna between 1968–1978. She worked as dramaturg at Municipal Theatre, Istanbul; Associate Professor at Mimar Sinan University 1981–1997; Professor, Yeditepe University 1997–2013. Presently at Topkapi University Theatre Department

INTRODUCTION

MODERNITY

THE OTTOMANS AND THE HISTORY OF TURKS

THEATRE DURING THE OTTOMAN ERA
The Fruits of Tanzimat: Period of Reform
The Young Ottomans
Ottoman Society During the Constitutional Monarchy

ARMENIAN WOMEN'S MOVEMENT FROM TANZIMAT TO
CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY

MELODRAMA

THE HISTORICAL EMERGENCE OF MELODRAMA
The Evolution of Melodrama
Pixérécourt: from Decadence to Revolutionary Morality
Structural Traits of Melodrama
Evolution of the Plot and Characters
An Example: The Two Orphans

ALLEGORY

MELODRAMAS AND MODERNITY
Tanzimat and the Melodramas

THE ARMENIAN MILLET
Armenian Modernisation
Early Theatrical Performances by Armenians

FURTHER WESTERN INFLUENCES
European Troupes
The Pashas and The Schools

THE FIRST THEATRE COMPANIES
AND THE PROGRESSIVE STAGING OF MELODRAMAS

THEATRE AUDIENCE AND ETIQUETTE
Golden Age of Melodrama

MELODRAMATIC ACTING

REPERTOIRE
Victor Hugo on the Ottoman Stage
Early Ottoman Drama Inspired by French Theatre
Namik Kemal
Semseddin Sami
Ahmet Mithat Efendi
An Example: Vatan yahut Silistre (Motherland or Silistria)
Women Onstage
Mari Nivart
Azniv Hrachia
Siranoush
As Melodramas take leave of the stage

REVOLUTION AND THE AVANT-GARDE

EXPRESSIONISM
German Expressionism
The Expressionist Stage and the First Plays
An Example: Bir Adam Yaratmak (Creating a Man)
A Young Turkish Actor in Berlin
Expressionist Drama
Expressionist Acting
The Phases of Expressionism
Directing and Design
After the Expressionist Movement
Tracing the Inf luence of Expressionism in Turkey: Muhsin Ertugrul
The Adventure of Muhsin Ertugrul Determining the Fate of Turkish Theatre
And the Cinema

THE MEETING OF TWO REMARKABLE CREATORS
An Example: Kafatasi (The Skull)
Nazim Hikmet and Theatre
A Seminal Force: Meyerhold
Meyerhold and Nazim Hikmet
Nazim Hikmet's Plays on Stage
Experimentation
Mehmet Ulusoy and Nazim Hikmet