Improvised Theatre Spaces - Revision history

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Satj: /* Union Defence Force Entertainment Unit */

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Union Defence Force Entertainment Unit

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Ivor: /* Union Defence Force Entertainment Unit */

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Union Defence Force Entertainment Unit

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	== '''Second World War Entertainment''' ==		== '''Second World War Entertainment''' ==
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		+	== [[SAWAS Concert Parties and Bands]] ==

	== [[Union Defence Force Entertainment Unit]] ==		== [[Union Defence Force Entertainment Unit]] ==

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		+	#REDIRECT [[Improvised Theatre Space]]
	The term '''[[Improvised Theatre Space]]''' is generally used in [[ESAT]] to refer to any space that has been transformed for the purpose of theatrical and other performed entertainment by the performers themselves.		The term '''[[Improvised Theatre Space]]''' is generally used in [[ESAT]] to refer to any space that has been transformed for the purpose of theatrical and other performed entertainment by the performers themselves.

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 == '''Second World War Entertainment''' ==
-== Union Defence Force Entertainment Unit ==
+== [[Union Defence Force Entertainment Unit]] ==
 During the Second World War the men and women of the [[19th Reserve Motor Transport Company]], also known as the [[Union Defence Force Entertainment Unit]], was formed in Pretoria in January 1941.

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-The term [[Improvised Theatre Space]] is generally used in [[ESAT]] to refer to any space that has been transformed for the purpose of theatrical and other performed entertainment by the performers themselves.
+The term '''[[Improvised Theatre Space]]''' is generally used in [[ESAT]] to refer to any space that has been transformed for the purpose of theatrical and other performed entertainment by the performers themselves.
-=The term=
+='''The term'''=
 The notion of an [[improvised space]] can also include other related terms, e.g. [[Improvised Venue]],  [[Found Space]], and so on - though the latter has a somewhat more specific and different connotation in contemporary theatre - referring to a performance purposely performed in a non-theatrical space. (See for example [[Street Theatre]], [[Found Space]], and so on, in this regard.)
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-=Some specific South African examples=
+=[[Some specific South African examples]]=
 == '''[[KhoiSan Entertainment]]''' ==

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−	~~Specific~~ South African examples	+	=Some specific South African examples=

	== '''[[KhoiSan Entertainment]]''' ==		== '''[[KhoiSan Entertainment]]''' ==

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−	The term [[Improvised Theatre Space]] is generally used in ESAT to refer to any space transformed for the purpose of theatrical and other performed entertainment by the performers.	+	The term [[Improvised Theatre Space]] is generally used in [[ESAT]] to refer to any space that has been transformed for the purpose of theatrical and other performed entertainment by the performers themselves.

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-The term Improvised Theatre Space (which can include Improvised Venue, Foiund Space, and so on) is , generally used in ESAT to refer to any space transformed for the purpose of theatrical and other performed entertainment by the performers.
+The term [[Improvised Theatre Space]] is generally used in ESAT to refer to any space transformed for the purpose of theatrical and other performed entertainment by the performers.
-More specifically it refers to places where no formal or purpose built entertainment facilities existed for the benefit of [[professional]] actors or [[amateur]]s (more specifically in the European sense). For instance, venues where all seating, stages, curtains and lighting etc. had to be found, improvised or imagined.
+=The term=
-Broadly speaking, this has over the years included numerous performances on board ship, in the military camps, in rooms and gardens in private homes, including rooms in the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town, as well as most of the open air rituals and performances by indigenous peoples over the millenia.
+The notion of an [[improvised space]] can also include other related terms, e.g. [[Improvised Venue]],  [[Found Space]], and so on - though the latter has a somewhat more specific and different connotation in contemporary theatre - referring to a performance purposely performed in a non-theatrical space. (See for example [[Street Theatre]], [[Found Space]], and so on, in this regard.)
-This has been a fundamental attribute of virtually all travelling theatre over the ages, as recorded in the memoirs of numerous itinerant actors for example.
+More specifically the broader concept refers to something that lies at the foundation of the notion of theatre and performance across the globe: the spaces selected for the  open-air rituals and performances places used by ancient peoples across the globe. These would of course lead on to the evolution of the fixed theatre space we have come to know.
-Much used in the
+Broadly speaking, this has been a fundamental attribute of virtually all travelling theatre over the ages, as recorded in the memoirs of numerous itinerant actors for example.  Examples over the years included numerous performances on board ship, in the military camps, in rooms and gardens in private homes, including rooms in the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town, performances in gardens, stadia, church and communitiy halls and so on.
-For details about specific
+Another, very specific kind of improvised space is as well as most of the open air rituals and performances by the various peoples across the globe, and most notably the  indigenous peoples over the millenia.
 == '''KhoiSan Entertainment''' ==
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−	[[Improvised Theatre ~~Spaces]]~~ refers to places where no formal entertainment facilities existed for the benefit of [[professional]] actors or [[amateur]]s ~~and~~ all seating, stages, curtains and lighting etc. had to be improvised.	+	The term Improvised Theatre Space (which can include Improvised Venue, Foiund Space, and so on) is , generally used in ESAT to refer to any space transformed for the purpose of theatrical and other performed entertainment by the performers.
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		+	More specifically it refers to places where no formal or purpose built entertainment facilities existed for the benefit of [[professional]] actors or [[amateur]]s (more specifically in the European sense). For instance, venues where all seating, stages, curtains and lighting etc. had to be found, improvised or imagined.
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		+	Broadly speaking, this has over the years included numerous performances on board ship, in the military camps, in rooms and gardens in private homes, including rooms in the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town, as well as most of the open air rituals and performances by indigenous peoples over the millenia.
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		+	This has been a fundamental attribute of virtually all travelling theatre over the ages, as recorded in the memoirs of numerous itinerant actors for example.
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		+	Much used in the

	For details about specific		For details about specific

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−	Improvised Theatre Spaces refers to places where no formal entertainment facilities existed for the benefit of ~~professinal~~ actors or ~~amateurs~~ and all seating, stages, curtains and lighting etc. had to be improvised.	+	[[Improvised Theatre Spaces]] refers to places where no formal entertainment facilities existed for the benefit of [[professional]] actors or [[amateur]]s and all seating, stages, curtains and lighting etc. had to be improvised.
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		+	For details about specific

	== '''KhoiSan Entertainment''' ==		== '''KhoiSan Entertainment''' ==

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−	~~Source~~: “[[A Country At War 1939-1945 - The Mood Of A Nation]]”. by [[Jennifer Crwys-Williams]].	+	Sources: “[[A Country At War 1939-1945 - The Mood Of A Nation]]”. by [[Jennifer Crwys-Williams]].

	https://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/917		https://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/917