Evolution and Forms

1. THE
CHANGING FACE
OF

3. “THEATRE”
A live
performance
before an
audience.

4. BROADWAY THEATRE
“The Great White
Way”
Performances in the
theatre districts in NY
City.

5. BROADWAY THEATRE
Entered the
golden age with
the blockbuster hit
OKLAHOMA
(1943)

6. “OKLAHOMA”

7. In 1947, TONY
AWARDS was
established to
recognize
achievements in
American theatre.

8. WEST END
THEATRE
The most
prestigious
commercial
theatre.

9. THEATRE FORMS IN
MODERN ERA
TRAGEDY
 a play with
unhappy
ending.

10. It presents the
suffering and
atonement of a
hero.

11. “MACBETH”

12. COMEDY
Amusing play that
echoes typical
issues and pokes
fun at important
people.

13. MELODRAMA
A sensational theatre
of suspense where the
hero is spotlessly good
and the innocent victim
is saved only at the
end.

14. MUSICALE
A play where music
is an integral part.
ANDREW LLOYD
WEBER’S “CATS”

15. “CATS”
Largely made up of
songs and dances with
few dialogue scenes.
“PHANTOM OF THE
OPERA”

16. ALBERT
CAMUS His philosophy that
human existence has
no meaning or purpose
and gave birth to
THEATRE OF THE
ABSURD.

17. THEATRE OF THE
ABSURD
Human beings react
to a world like a puppet
controlled by invisible
outside forces.

18. THEATRE OF THE
ABSURD
Samuel Beckett
Friedrich Durrenmatt
Edward Albee

19. PHILIPPINE EDUCATIONAL
THEATRE ASSOCIATION
Promotes theatre education
Before, their plays are
being performed in Dulaang
Rajah Sulayman in Fort
Santiago, Intramuros, Manila

20. PETA recent plays:
“BATANG RIZAL”
“NOLI AT FILI”
“JUAN TAMAD”