Theatre History - Contemporary 1900s to present

The contemporary theatre began in the early part of the 20th century with notable practitioners such as Stanislavski, Brecht, Artaud, all of whom I have covered extensively in blogs.

Blogs of note for Stanislavski are: 

https://hkgparts.blogspot.com/2018/05/anatomy-of-suicide-stanislavski-method.html
Although this one is based around AOAS it does give extensive research on Stanislavski and how his style can be used in performance.

https://hkgparts.blogspot.com/2017/09/stanislavski-part-1.html
This is a comprehensive version of the above with little mention of AOAS; the above is much more detailed but this provides a small look into Stanislavski.

Blogs of note for Brecht are: 

https://hkgparts.blogspot.com/2018/08/contemporary-theatre-brecht.html
This is my most recent blog on Brecht and shows what we did in lesson surrounding Our Country's Good. It gives the best explanation of Brechtian technique from my blog.

https://hkgparts.blogspot.com/2017/09/brecht-part-1.html
This gives some description of Brechtian methods.

Blogs of note for Artaud are: 

https://hkgparts.blogspot.com/2017/10/five-truths-national-theatre.html
This gives some description of Artaud but the link below is a much better descriptor:
https://hkgparts.blogspot.com/2017/10/artaud-part-1.html

Indeed, contemporary theatre is experimental as shown by the National Theatre created in the 1980s where new styles can be created alongside multi-media. In the 1990s physical theatre was formed. Contemporary theatre is not bound by any genre and plays can be done in any style.

Other notable playwrights such as Caryl Churchill and Sarah Kane whose styles will be analysed in future blogs.