Identity
Identity Unit 1 Content (Verbatim Theatre) Verbatim theatre is when real life events get devised into a theatre performance. This could include documentaries, interviews, newspaper articles etc. Verbatim theatre is also known as "Documented Theatre". The word "Verbatim" literally means word to word. Verbatim theatre has been around for quite long. A good example for the root of verbatim theatre is a play called One-Third Of A Nation which was performed in the early 20th century, 1938, written by Arther Arent and produced by the Federal Theatre Project. This play focused on the issues of housing in the United States and how the population of slums kept rising specifically in New York City. One Third Of A Nation came out as one of the biggest successes of the New York City Federal Theatre Project. More than 217,000 people watched it, and that's the amount of people that watched it in one city, New Y