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Ten tweets about playwriting for #WorldTheatreDay

Conducted playwriting workshops in 2021. ​Many young people said they have stopped relating to Indian theatre of the 20th century

Plus the impossibility of writing a 21st century playtext

Some thoughts (tips and tricks) ...
THE OPENING

I've maintained that Bleak House is the best of Dickens. Some say, over-rated; some say, anti woman!

Guess what is the first word of Charles Dickens's novel Bleak House (1853)? Also it’s first sentence?

London

PS: Yes, sometimes, the opening is as simple as that
THE END

Beginnings are important; but then, so are endings

At the end of the Balzac novel, the hero looks at Paris from the top of the hill and threatens the city: "Now we settle accounts"

PS: Read Sijie Dai's novella Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. Will surprise you
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A short thread on how nationalistic sentiments came to engulf Madras’ theater world in the early 20th century creating a long-lasting legacy of using the stage as a medium of protest. #WorldTheatreDay 1/n
India at the beginning of the 20th century was beaming with nationalist fervor and anti-colonial sentiments and it was showing itself in all forms, especially in forms of performing arts and theatre. 2/n
Though Bengal was considered a pioneer in protests through the stage, it was not long before other regions of the country started using it as a medium. 3/n
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#WorldTheatreDay 🎭
ప్రపంచ రంగస్థల దినోత్సవం ప్రతి ఏట మార్చి 27న ప్రపంచవ్యాప్తంగా రంగస్థల కళాకారులచే జరుపబడుతున్న ఉత్సవం. ఇది 1961లో ఇంటర్నేషనల్‌ థియేటర్‌ ఇనిస్టిట్యూట్‌ వారిచే ప్రారంభించబడింది.
1.ప్రపంచవ్యాప్తంగా అనేక రూపాలలో నాటకాన్ని ప్రోత్సహించడం
#TheatreDay
2.ప్రజలకు నాటకం యొక్క ప్రాముఖ్యతపై అవగాహన కలిపించడం
3.విస్తృత స్థాయిలో నాటక సంస్థలకు ప్రోత్సహించడంలో ప్రభుత్వాలు మరియు ప్రజాప్రతినిధులకు అవగాహన కలిపించి వారి ద్వారా నాటకరంగాన్ని అభివృద్ధి చేయడం
4.మానసిక ఉల్లాసంకోసం నాటకాన్ని ఆస్వాదింపజేయడం
5.నాటకం ద్వారా పొందుతున్న మానసిక ఉల్లాసాన్ని ఇతరులతో పంచుకోవడం.
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“Slashing funding will limit research spending in the UK and may harm the economic recovery.”

Important Op-Ed by @UofGVC⁩: Cuts mean science superpower claim won’t fly ⁦@thetimes⁩ ⁦@UofGlasgow

(paywalled) #odacuts #ukricuts #gcrfcuts thetimes.co.uk/article/cuts-m…
Greg Clark MP has written to PM saying cuts amount to “a devastating reduction which would reverse two years of intended increases and mean that the ambition for Britain to be a science superpower would be deferred for much of this parliament”.(paywalled) thetimes.co.uk/article/devast…
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Today is #WorldTheatreDay 🎭, celebrating the people and organisations who make theatre happen. As you know, this is a period of huge uncertainty for the industry and we'd like to give a shout-out to everyone who has reached out in the last week to show their support ♥️ (1/7)
Our building may be closed but our core mission is about gathering people and we are going to continue to do that even if we can’t do it physically anymore.

Here's a list of ways to support your favourite theatres on #WorldTheatreDay while #StayingatHome 🏠 (2/7) Image
Join their mailing list 📩& follow their social channels 👍. It's free and you can keep up to date with their latest news and find out about upcoming productions. (3/7) #WorldTheatreDay Image
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