What is chamber theatre? According to the 3 explanations published
online, in the 1st explanation, the chamber theater is an interpretation
of literary works put on the stage, usually a majority of the text is
kept in-tact. Minimal set pieces, costumes do not always suggest the
character. In the 2nd explanation, the chamber theatre is a style
advocated by Robert Breen as a theatrical approach to performing
narrative literature. It is a still-evolving form, so do not hesitate to
experiment to find the most effective and appropriate ways to make the
script come alive as theatre. Most of its techniques are the same as
those in Story Theatre, since both use the same basic approach to
full-stage performance. In the 3rd explanation, the chamber theatre is a
method of adapting literary works to the stage using a maximal amount
of the work's original text and often minimal and suggestive settings.
The narration is included in the performed text and the narrator might
be played by multiple actors.
In the article, it said that Professor Robert S. Breen (1909-1991) introduced "Chamber
Theater" to his Oral Interpretation Classes at Northwestern University
in 1947. Northwestern’s Professor of Performance Studies Frank Galati,
who studied Chamber Theater with Dr. Breen, has directed highly
acclaimed Chamber Theater Productions for the Goodman Theater and
Steppenwolf Theater Companies in Chicago. Galati’s Chamber Theater
adaptation of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath won two Tony Awards
on Broadway. One of the most famous and elaborate examples of chamber
theatre is David Edgar's The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby,
in which Charles Dickens' characters narrate themselves in third person.
Set pieces are carried in and taken away during the performance, rather
than between scenes, and objects may be represented in a mimetic
manner. Another example is Matthew Spangler's stage adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's novel The Kite Runner.
The Filipino Chamber Theatre version really gives emphasis to the importance of a genre and a literary
chic used as a theatrical approach to performing narrative literature.
The 4th year students of Professional Academy of the Philippines (PAP)
in Cebu have rendered fully the Filipino version of Chamber Theatre
based on adapting literary works to the stage using a maximal amount of
the work's original text and often minimal and suggestive settings.
Observe how they categorically interpret and perform on stage. Enjoy and
watch the sui generis Chamber Theatre…
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