Episodes
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Race Melodrama and Minstrel Shows
S1 Ep30 |19th century racism contributed to a unique and troubling performance culture in America.
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North America Gets a Theater...Riot
S1 Ep29 |How did American theater develop after the Revolutionary War? - Embedded Video LinkImage
Hrotsvitha, Hildegard, and the Nun who Resurrected Theater
S1 Ep9 |Meet Hrotsvitha: a cool, 10th century nun/playwright who influenced a new era of theater. - Embedded Video LinkImage
The Rise of Melodrama
S1 Ep28 |In the 18th century, audiences were ready for some really, really dramatic theater. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Why So Angry, German Theater?
S1 Ep27 |After Germany was unified, we got Sturm, Drang, Weimar Classicism and Goethe. - Embedded Video LinkImage
England's Sentimental Theater
S1 Ep26 |English Sentimental Comedies weren't that funny, but they were definitely sentimental. - Embedded Video LinkImage
China, Zaju, and Beijing Opera
S1 Ep25 |Let's discuss wizard theater and the rise of classical Chinese theater and Beijing Opera. - Embedded Video LinkImage
All Night Demon Dance Party - Kathakali
S1 Ep24 |Learn about the all-night dance shows in India that culminate in killing a Demon. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Japan, Kabuki, and Bunraku
S1 Ep23 |Under the Shoguns, we get Kabuki and Bunraku. And Samurais get in trouble for watching it.
About Crash Course Theater
Crash Course Theater
