ATOMIC-AGE COMEDY: THE CREATION OF THE TRAMP'S NEW WORLD
| dc.contributor.advisor | Felbain, Leslie | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Jansen, Robert Michael | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Theatre | en_US |
| dc.contributor.publisher | Digital Repository at the University of Maryland | en_US |
| dc.contributor.publisher | University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-28T06:56:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-06-28T06:56:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | ABSTRACT Title of Document: ATOMIC-AGE COMEDY: THE CREATION OF THE TRAMP'S NEW WORLD Robert Jansen, MFA in Performance, 2013 Thesis Directed By: Leslie Felbain, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies Abstract The Tramp's New World Written and Adapted by: Rob Jansen From his office atop the 50th floor of the Chrysler Building, American Pulitzer Prize winning author James Agee struggles to complete a screenplay entitled The Tramp's New World--which tells the story of Charlie Chaplin's "Tramp" character as the lone survivor of a super atomic blast. Agee enacts the Tramp's tale of survival amidst the backdrop of a devastated New York City. Using projection, physical comedy, music, and silent film technique The Tramp's New World adapts a lost screenplay for the stage described as "so dark it was without precedent" and tells the story of a writer's struggle to find redemption through his art. The play explores the question: can a man's desire to create be a match for his proclivity towards self-destruction? | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1903/14126 | |
| dc.subject.pqcontrolled | Theater | en_US |
| dc.subject.pqcontrolled | Performing arts | en_US |
| dc.subject.pqcontrolled | Film studies | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | Adaptation | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | Charlie Chaplin | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | Devising | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | James Agee | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | Physical Comedy | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | Silent Film | en_US |
| dc.title | ATOMIC-AGE COMEDY: THE CREATION OF THE TRAMP'S NEW WORLD | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |