This article argues that cringe humour in British television had begun at least by the early 1960s and derived from a theatre history which conventions of Naturalism were modified emergent writers working with European avant-garde motifs. The makes case analysing importance to BBC sitcom Steptoe Son, tracing its form themes back ‘comedy menace’ ‘Theatre Absurd’ emblematised work playwright Haro...

AIM Near miss event reporting is widely used in industry to highlight potentially unsafe areas or practice. The aim of this study was to see if a descriptive method of recording near misses was an appropriate method for use in an ophthalmic operating theatre and to quantify how many untoward events were recorded using this system. METHODS The study was wholly conducted in a cataract theatre i...

Robots of varying kinds are appearing with increasing frequency in all manner of staged theatrical productions (see [1] and [2] for examples). While the individual productions are often greeted with positive receptions from their audiences, it is difficult to determine how the general public may react to the very idea of robots on stage acting alongside humans. While robots are growing more cap...

Playback theatre is a community-building improvisational theatre in which a personal story told by a group member is transformed into a theatre piece on the spot by other group members. Playback theatre combines artistic expression and social connection based on story-telling and empathic listening, thus bringing together modes thought to promote healing. Here, we explore the potential of playb...

BACKGROUND Utilization is used as the principal marker of theatre performance in the NHS. This study investigated its validity as: a managerial tool, an inter-Trust indicator of efficient theatre use and as a marker of service performance for surgeons. METHODS A multivariate linear regression model was constructed using theatre data comprising all elective general surgical operating lists per...

BACKGROUND A survey was undertaken to assess surgical team members' attitudes to safety and teamwork in the operating theatre. METHOD The Operating Room Management Attitudes Questionnaire (ORMAQ) measures attitudes to leadership, teamwork, stress and fatigue and error. A version of the ORMAQ was distributed to surgical teams in 17 hospitals in Scotland. A total of 352 responses were analysed,...

This paper examines the main streams and players in the area of drama/theatre translation and highlights some of the issues involved in the translation of drama/theatre texts.

looking at the history of adaptation from literary sources in various kinds of worldwide dramatic arts such as cinema, television and theatre shows that adaptation can well fill the existing text-gaps in theatre and other forms of dramatic arts. in persian literature, although the literary texts aredescriptive, there are many works possess high dramatic potentials and may be used to enrich the ...