Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Theatre

Notice of List articles

Page(s) related to this project have been created and/or added to one of the Wikipedia:Contents subpages (not by me).

• List of basic theatre topics
• List of basic performing arts topics

This note is to let you know, so that experts in the field can expand them and check them for accuracy, and so that they can be added to any watchlists/tasklists, and have any appropriate project banners added, etc. Thanks. --Quiddity 18:57, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

"Alternative" Theatre not well covered

I've been having a look round at articles on "alternative"/"experimental" theatre - things like site-specific theatre, Peter Brook, Physical Theatre etc. While a few of them are quite good, there is a lot that I think is missing. I think a bit of a drive to clean up, expand and generally improve these articles would be very important, especially seeing as these are forms of theatre that receive a great deal of emphasis from Universities and some drama schools, not to mention the effect they've had on the mainstream too (imagine if Peter Brook or Artaud hadn't happened!)

I've started taking some of this into my own hands (as of when I wrote this, the entire site specific article is stuff I've written, the Empty Space section of Peter Brook as well) but I'm aware I'm not very good at writing Encyclopedically or even clearly.

Thanks Sebbi (talk) 17:08, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Low antecedent of vaudeville

I've started an article box house. I'm finding very little, and wondering if there was another name for these that I don't know (and maybe even another article with which this should be merged). "Box house" was certainly the term here in Seattle, and I've seen it occasionally in articles on places from San Francisco up to British Columbia. Not a lot on line, though. Does anyone have some sources to suggest, other than the two print sources I've found? - Jmabel | Talk 06:36, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Can someone have a look at Theatre Puget Sound for me?

Theatre Puget Sound came up while I was on new pages patrol, and while it looks as if it could be notable, the references provided are unconvincing. Are trade organisations such as this normally considered notable by this project? The article creator is asking what can be done to help it, but I feel I'm not the best person to answer that. Lankiveil (talk) 08:26, 31 December 2007 (UTC).

New subproject: Australian theatre

Hi all, I'm looking to start really revamping and expanding information on Australian theatre, starting with the independent theatre scene (I've done a little work on this already, with Ben Ellis (playwright) and Short and Sweet). I have proposed a seperate WikiProject for Australian Theatre, though obviously it should be a subproject of this one. If anyone is interested in helping out, it'd be great if you could check out the WikiProject proposals page and add your support; alternatively, if you think this shouldn't be a WikiProject for whatever reason, let me know. -- Guybrush (talk) 11:44, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Character Lists in Play Articles

There is a discussion going on at the Shakespeare project page that should interest the editors of this project. I wasn't sure whether the discussion should do on here or there or on the Elizabethan project page. I think the discussion is quite important. Does anyone know where the best place is? Here is the link: [[1]] and here is the text of the new section:

Can we revisit the issue of Character Lists in the play articles? We made the exception in the Hamlet article and deleted the list (then turned it into a button way down at the bottom of the article), but I still believe that was a mistake. Is there a Wiki-wide policy that applies to plays in general? (not that all rules should be automatically followed!). In any case, in the Hamlet discussion, only 3 or 4 editors chimed in who wanted to do away with the Characters, but that was enough to create a (small) consensus so the character list is no longer part of the main article. Before this slowly happens with every article - or instead of revisiting the issue another 36 times, can we attempt a discussion with more participants? Also - should the discussion happen here - or on the theatre project page which, I assume, would apply to many more plays here on Wikipedia?

For the record, since the works are first and foremost, plays, I think it an essential ingredient to an in depth theatre article to have a character list (as given to us in Shakespeare's First Folio) included in the entry. I do not believe having a character list clutters up the article, but rather is an essential guide to making the overall article more understandable and easier to follow (especially with larger casts or plays with similar sounding character names, of which there are many). I also find the lists an excellent reference tool for students, teachers, actors, designers, directors and anyone who travels with their laptop instead of hauling around plays and other reference books.Smatprt (talk) 02:41, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Theatre/Assessment

I've done some work on Wikipedia:WikiProject Theatre/Assessment, and reformatted {{WikiProject Theatre}} so that you can add "class" and "quality" ratings to the talk pages. Please take a look at {{WikiProject Theatre}} - and if you feel like it, please go through and rate the unrated articles at Category:WikiProject Theatre articles and Category:Unassessed Theatre articles and Category:Unknown-importance Theatre articles (both of which should be populating hopefully automatically in the next day or so.) Cirt (talk) 11:11, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

I would really appreciate any help that WP:THEATRE members could give with rating the Category:Unassessed Theatre articles. Cirt (talk) 11:31, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Abbey Theatre

Abbey Theatre has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. Ceoil (talk) 10:37, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Cherrie Moraga's Heroes and Saints

Moraga's play won a Critics' Circle award in 1992, but I can't figure out WHICH Critics' Circle. From what I can tell, it was a California production, so I assume it was the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle, but I can't verify that. Help! Aristophanes68 (talk) 04:49, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Master Juba at peer review

Hello! I've just put Master Juba up at peer review. Master Juba was a black American dancer who lived in the 19th century. He is, according to many authorities, the father of tap dancing and made a profound impact on American dance styles. He was also significant as the first black man to get top billing over white performers. The review page can be found here. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! — Dulcem (talk) 06:09, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Where are the German playwrights?

I've noticed that a lot of the major German playwrights were not included in the project and didn't have infoboxes. I started a few (Schiller, Lessing, Hauptmann, Kleist, Hebbel, and Büchner), but German lit isn't one of my strong suits... Help? Aristophanes68 (talk) 14:53, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Brown Grand/ask for review

Please review Brown Grand Theatre and Napoleon at Austerlitz. I'm familiar with these articles because of my inovlement in Wikiproject Kansas, but they could probably stand a good "theatre-reviewer" to check over the articles.--Paul McDonald (talk) 20:38, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Requesting assistance on Lope de Vega article

Greetings, members of WikiProject Theatre! I'm putting out a request for any interested members of the Spain, Theatre, and/or Biography (Arts and Entertainment) Projects to provide some assistance with the article on Lope de Vega. The tone of the much of the text still seems to be from the 1911 Britannica; I believe the article could benefit from the incorporation of material from some additional references, along with the documentation of those references on the article page. "Lope" is definitely a notable figure, with articles listed at 29 "Other Language" interwikis, as of 6 April 2008, and listed as a Featured-Article on Spanish Wikipedia. There should be no shortage of references available :)

I'm requesting assistance at this time, because another editor recently (in my opinion mistakenly and/or inappropriately) deleted much of the article text as being in violation of Wikipedia:Verifiability; I believe this should not have happened, and as of 6 April have restored the deleted text; but the occurence does underscore the fact that the article could use some updating and improved referencing; hopefully by a collaboration of editors.

Thanks, Lini (talk) 02:26, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

new Category:Theatre articles needing attention

see Category:Theatre articles needing attention -- Paul foord (talk) 11:32, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Is this actually a necessary category? Articles needing urgent attention can always be brought to this wikiproject's talk page and non-urgent concerns can always be tagged.Broadweighbabe (talk) 10:42, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Hello all

Just wanted to say hi to everyone. I just joined the wikiproject. I look forward to working with you all.Broadweighbabe (talk) 21:41, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Is it time to archive?

I know I just joined the project but I couldn't help but notice that some of these discussions have not been added to for over a year. Does anyone mind if I archive the older topics on this page?Broadweighbabe (talk) 09:48, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Since the archive 1 had discussions archived up to October 2007, I archived discussions ending as late as October 2007 in archive number 2. As a new member I have two comments. First, this seems like a pretty inactive group as most of the discussions above contain no replies. That is sad. Second, if community discussion is going to fascilitate well than the discussion page has to be better maintained. I personally feel that any more than 20 topics at one time is a cluttered talk page that is hard to navigate. Especially when several of the discussions appear to be over.Broadweighbabe (talk) 10:14, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

I have also gone ahead and archived discussions that have ended after October 2007.Broadweighbabe (talk) 10:44, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm fairly new and not very active here myself, Bwb, but I suppose it's time someone welcomed you and thanked you for your efforts. So, welcome and thanks. --Steven J. Anderson (talk) 17:01, 14 April 2008 (UTC)