Many Confucian-educated Chinese who now lacked profession turned to the arts of painting and theatre instead, as the Yuan period became one of the most vibrant and abundant eras for Chinese artwork.

Many theatre troupes are devoted to staging improvisational performances and growing the improv community through their training centres.

Many theatre works were sympathetic towards Marxist themes, or were overt experiments in propaganda, such as the agitprop theatre by Brecht and Weill.

Many of the originally pornographic French ( and Viennese ) operettas were later played in a toned-down, " classical " version, which is how audiences today are mostly presented with the genre — in an opera house with opera singers, rather than in a private theatre with courtesans in the lead roles.

Many well-known people since their deaths have been discovered to enjoy spankings for erotic purposes or emotional gratification including renowned British Army officer T. E. Lawrence (" Lawrence of Arabia "), influential English theatre critic Kenneth Tynan, TV broadcaster Frank Bough, and English writer John Mortimer.

Many of these were companion pieces to the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, as the Victorian audiences preferred long evenings in the theatre.

Many top international opera singers have performed in the theatre, such as Barbara Hendricks, Plácido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé, Roberto Alagna, René Pape and Inva Mula.

Many of his associates in the theatre group were members of the Communist Party and Hay joined the Party in 1934.

Many of MacColl's best-known songs were written for the theatre.

During the early ' 80s, Day-Lewis worked in theatre and television including Frost in May ( where he played an impotent man-child ) and How Many Miles to Babylon?

Many times, the lighting crew of a small theatre will consist of a single lighting designer and one to three people, who collectively are in charge of hanging, focusing and patching all lighting instruments.

Many modern theatres attempt to do away with the fourth wall concept and so are instead designed with a thrust stage that projects out of the proscenium arch and " reaches " into the audience ( technically, this can still be referred to as a proscenium theatre because it still contains a proscenium arch, however the term thrust stage is more specific and more widely used ).

Many Pietists soon maintained that the new birth must always be preceded by agonies of repentance, and that only a regenerated theologian could teach theology, while the whole school shunned all common worldly amusements, such as dancing, the theatre, and public games.

Many alterations were made to the Great Hall, which became an accommodation block ; the Chapel Royal, which became a lecture theatre and dining hall ; the King's Old Building, which became an infirmary ; and the Royal Palace, which became the Officer's Mess.

Many other significant buildings were built in the 18th and 19th centuries, including the city hall, schools, churches, the synagogue, and the theatre.

Many criollas were first heard in the bufo theatre.

Many American theatre companies, such as The Bostonians, were established for the purpose of performing Gilbert and Sullivan's operas, such as H. M. S.

Many famous actors of the day appeared at the theatre, including the tragediennes Sarah Siddons and Eliza O ' Neill, the Shakespearean actors William Charles Macready, Edmund Kean and his son Charles.

Many of the plays are contemporaneous with the original theatre although productions of more modern plays are also featured.

Many famous people have been associated with the Military Town, including Charlie Chaplin who made his first stage appearance in The Canteen theatre aged 5 in 1894, and Winston Churchill, who was based there in the 19th century.

Many such prostitutes, as well as many young kabuki actors, were indentured servants sold as children to the brothel or theatre, typically on a ten-year contract.

Many prominent British comedians and comedy acts of the 1950s and ' 60s started their careers working at this theatre.

Many small theatre companies and venues add to the cultural attraction of the SOMA, such as the Lamplighters, The Garage, Theatre Rhinoceros, Boxcar Theater, Crowded Fire Theater, Off-Market Theaters, FoolsFURY Theater, and Climate Theater.

Many devotees and critics of Korzybski reduced his rather complex system to a simple matter of what he said about the verb " to be.

</ br > Many Calvinist critics of Arminianism, both historically and currently, claim that Arminianism condones, accepts, or even explicitly supports Pelagianism or Semi-Pelagianism.

Many critics considered Johnson's actions were passive and delayed, and thought his defense of the Monroe Doctrine in this instance was weak.

Many nationalist movements, such as the French National Front, Austrian Freedom Party, or the Italian Lego Nord are opposed to globalization, but argue that the alternative to globalization is the protection of the nation-state, sometimes, according to critics, in explicitly racist or fascist terms.

Many critics have negative views of the new stadium.

Many critics came to view the work as a tragedy in which Don Quixote's innate idealism and nobility are viewed by the world as insane, and are defeated and rendered useless by common reality.

Many critics have argued that Thomas ' work is too narrow and that he suffers from verbal extravagance.

Munch also produced multi-colored versions of " The Sick Child " which sold well, as well as several nudes and multiple versions of Kiss ( 1892 ) Many of the Parisian critics still considered Munch's work " violent and brutal " but his exhibitions received serious attention and good attendance.

Many critics now regard it as one of the finest shows in television history, including TV Guide, which ranked it No. 21 on their list of the 50 greatest TV shows of all time.

Many contemporary analysts and even art critics have begun to see artistic value in some graffiti and to recognize it as a form of public art.

Many ancient critics also rejected Theogony ( e. g. Pausanias 9. 31. 3 ) but that seems rather perverse since Hesiod mentions himself by name in that poem ( line 22 ).

Many of these critics advocated or engaged in deprogramming as a method to liberate group members from apparent brainwashing.

Many French critics angrily rejected Wagner's music dramas while many French composers closely imitated them with variable success.

Many critics denounced its violence as sadistic and exploitative.

Many critics see his worldview as a misanthropic, Hobbesian view of nature as essentially evil and savage.

Many critics draw an intellectual link between sociobiology and biological determinism, the belief that most human differences can be traced to specific genes rather than differences in culture or social environments.

Many critics associations, such as New York Critics Circle and Los Angeles Film Critics Association, chose Saving Private Ryan as Film of the Year.

Many critics have seen in this development pattern ( which was circularly distributed in every direction ) also a quick solution to a problem of public order ( keeping the unwelcome poorest classes together with the criminals, in this way better controlled, comfortably remote from the elegant " official " town ).

Many of these films enjoyed both good takes at the box office and attention from critics.

Many critics and audiences have likened the film to a modern Western, while many others dispute this, or liken it to a crime novel that revolves around mistaken identity plot devices.

Many critics opined at that time that Gretzky was " too small, too wiry, and too slow to be a force in the NHL ".

Many critics believe that Gromit's silence makes him the perfect straight man with a pantomime expressiveness that drew favourable comparisons to Buster Keaton.

Many of Balzac's works have been made into or have inspired films, and they are a continuing source of inspiration for writers, filmmakers and critics.

Many critics of Smart Growth point to deficiences in Smart Growth regulations — it is hard to criticize principles that promote " best practices ," " stewardship ," and " quality of life.

Many commentators and critics focus on American policies from 1992 to the present, and as such, it carries different connotations depending on the context.