{"id":3203,"date":"2023-03-27T14:58:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T13:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/?p=3203"},"modified":"2023-03-27T15:00:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T14:00:01","slug":"world-theatre-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/2023\/03\/27\/world-theatre-day\/","title":{"rendered":"World Theatre Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #808080\">World Theatre Day\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\">Today is World Theatre Day, celebrated since 1961 by the International Theatre Institute (ITI), and then adopted by the International Theatre Community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\">The day acknowledges the art forms contribution to society through its diversity, richness, and ability to foster social reflection and change. Its aim is to promote all forms of theatre across the world. The day encourages people from all walks of life to engage in theatre related activities such as performances, workshops and discussions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #808080\">Importance of Theatre Day<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The importance of theatre by two famous writers are mentioned below:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><strong><em>The Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde said..<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\">\u201cI regard theatre as the greatest of all art forms. The most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><strong>Shakespeare <\/strong>wrote in As You Like It<em> (spoken by Jaques)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\">\u201cAll the world\u2019s a stage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\">And all the men and women merely players.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\">They have their exits and their entrances,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\">And one man in his time plays many parts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808080\">You and Theatre<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><strong>Just for fun:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\">What\u2019s your favourite theatre performance and why?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\">What\u2019s the last theatre performance you\u2019ve seen ?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And you read all about threate, the plays, the theories and the methods over on<a href=\"https:\/\/napier.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/search?vid=44NAP_INST:44NAP_ALMA_VU1\"> LibrarySearch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or perhaps you can watch, learn more about Box of Broadcasts from our previous <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/2021\/06\/14\/on-demand-tv-and-radio-for-education-with-bob\/\">blog post<\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Mo Almas<\/p>\n<p>photo source by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/m3th3rIQ9-w\">Gwen King<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Theatre Day\u00a0 Today is World Theatre Day, celebrated since 1961 by the International Theatre Institute (ITI), and then adopted by the International Theatre Community. 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