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| Collaborative Artfull, Communications, building, collaboration, live, conflict & resolution, major, course, mirror, art, social commentary |
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| What three elements are needed for Theatre? |
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| What are the agents involved in communicating ideas of theatre? |
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| PLAYWRIGHT>DIRECTOR>ACTOR>AUDIENCE |
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| Caveman discovering FIRE - Ysbal, Ordo, Bob, Jurba and Tigu - Neanderthal |
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| story about getting attacked by a sabertooth |
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| What is the earliest record of Theatre? |
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| Lascaux Cave Drawing 17,000 BC |
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| What are some works of Julie Taymor & what are the most significant stories in them? |
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| The Lion King, Titus, Spider-Man (Turn-off The Dark), Also Tempest - Ariel (ghost), Prospero (sorcerer), Caliban (Monster), best work of Shakespeare late play |
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| What are the ten traits of Theatre |
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1. Live event (rock, religious)
2. Actors (no actors no action)
3. Audience (crowd, otherwise rehearsal)
4. Particular place (to go where: Thompson Theatre)
5. Particular time (at what time: 7:45 pm)
6. Present tense (live - don' know what happens next)
7. Pre-determined structure - acts, scenes, intermission
8. Understood conventions - rules of the game of theatre, curtain call, Samuel Taylor Cooleridge 19 C English poet and critic willing suspension of disbelief, 4th wall, light down, asides
9. Communication thru all senses - see, touch, hear, feel (empathy), taste, smell
10. A lasting impact - Shakespeare, Chekhov, Shaw, O'Neill, Miller, Williams, Wilson (the plays of these playwrights are said to be important) |
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| Aristotle 384-322 BC "POETICS" essay - study of literary expression, analyzing the form of theatre. What is the primary purpose of theatre? |
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| Primary purpose: provide please & greatest pleasure is learning the truth. Regarded as greatest thinker of antiquity (Master of those who know, Dante) |
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| What are Aristotle's 3 unities? |
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| What are the 6 elements of good theatre? |
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1. Plot/story (life & soul of the drama)
2. Characters - agents of action
3. Thought - dianoia, process of thought, central idea, theme, message
4. Diction - assembly and choice of words, vocabulary
5. Music - Choral, voice, verse, etc. depending on what you call music, may not be necessary
6. Spectacle - not necessary |
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1. Comedy - FUNNY - High, Domestic (Seinfeld), Low
2. Tragic Comedy - FRUSTRATED - 20th Century, Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf, plays end in same place started, no good vs evil, Seagull
3. Tragedy - CLEANSED, PURGED, EXILERATED - touches you, feel empathy & participate in others feeling
4. Drama
5. Melodrama - SATISFIED - good vs evil, most tv shows, good guys win,
6. Farce - REALLY FUNNY - unbelievable things happen |
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| What are the six Theatrical Styles? (separate into 3 categories) |
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Objective: Realism & Theatricalism, Subjective: Expressionism & Surrealism,
Idealized: Classicism & Romanticism |
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| Define the Objective pair of Theatrical Styles (2) |
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Objective: Late 19C Determinism of people, Logic
1. Realism/Naturalism - most TV shows and movies Ibsen - A Doll House - real looking house
2. Theatricalism - Our Town, Truman Show, Life in the theatre - house with house sign flashing on it |
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| Define the Subjective pair of Theatrical Styles (2) |
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Subjective: the artist slant the truth and and how they feel, angry, mad, disillusioned
1. Expressionism - Freud, Sigmund, dreams Strindberg, dream plays late 19 C then German playwrights The Visit, The Killer No Exit WWI Gov't big machine. Names of what people do: Cook, Doctor - distorted scary house with severe angles
2. Surrealism - yrs. after WWI France truth, beautiful, peaceful, lyrical, funny. Dali and his watches, Alice in Wonderland - house with tongue hanging out and playful house |
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| Define the Idealized pair of Theatrical Styles (2) |
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1. Classicism - 5C BC belief we can learn the truth if we use our power of reason, moderation in all things, balance, reject excess, symmetry, proportion, use intellect and reason All Things Greek and Roman usually - house with columns, symmetry
2. Romanticism - truth is shown in what perfection is and how it should be, emotion involved Man of La Mancha, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter - an ornate house with spires and towers and extra roof parts |
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| 3 Questions Von Goethe asked? |
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1. What was the artist trying to do?
2. Did he succeed?
3. Was it worth it? |
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| How much does each of the following write or do? 1.Scholar 2. Student 3. Critic 4. Reviewer |
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1. Reviewer - least writing, columns opinionated
2. Student - moderate writing, essays
3. Critic - mod-high writing, papers, text, footnotes
4. Scholar - a lot of writing, papers/books research |
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| Someone that writes plays - shipwright - constructs ships, playwright - constructs plays |
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| List & Explain 3 common play structures |
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1. Linear - Straight line chronological beginning, middle, end 3 unities, MOST PLAYS
2. Cinematic - film flashback out of sequence DEATH OF SALESMAN
3. Contextual - rare, each scene independent - revues |
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| What are the 4 tools of the playwright? |
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1. Actors
2. Stage Directions
3. Characters
4. Actions
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| Match each character name with who they are in Seagull: Arcadina Trepleff, Constantine Trepleff, Peter Sorin, Nina Zaryechny, Ilya Shamreyeff, Pauline Andreyevna, Masha, Boris Trigorin, Eugene Dorn, Semyon Medvedenko, Yacov |
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1. Arcadina Trepleff - famous actress
2. Constantine Trepleff - Arcadina's son, wannabe writer
3. Peter Sorin - Constantine's uncle, old
4. Nina Zaryechny - Constantine's GF, wannabe actress
5. Ilya Shamreyeff - estate overseer of Sorin
6. Pauline Andreyevna - Shamreyeff's wife
7. Masha - Pauline's daughter, depressed
8. Boris Trigorin - famous writer, Arcadina's lover
9. Eugene Dorn - doctor
10. Semyon Medvedenko - Schoolmaster, Masha's lover
11. Yacov - Laborer |
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| What is the setting of the Seagull? |
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| How much time is elapsed between acts 3 & 4 of the Seagull? |
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| Misplaced values, unrequited love, unrealistic needs |
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Night of the Iguana
Nonno - Poet, Hannah - Painter
Shannon promises to Maxine he will Make Love to if she unties him
Hannah has a collection of Jade pieces
Maxine says Iguana tastes like Chicken
Jake Latta says Shannon is only good for lying in a hammock |
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