Over the centuries, theatre conventions evolved from the highly presentational performances of the Greeks to the extravagance of Elizabethan productions and eventually conglomerated to produce contemporary theatre. The University Playhouse’s performance of Acting: The First Six Lessons expressed this conglomeration of Greek and Elizabethan conventions through elements of presentational theatre, a non-localized set, and a supporting cast that functioned similar to a chorus or ensemble. This performance also altered conventions through the addition of female actors, use of representational aspects, adaption of the functions of the chorus or ensemble, and lack of a raised stage. In the following sections, I will discuss the adoption and adaptation
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This is not unlike Greek theatre where actors used exaggerated gestures and dialogue to express the feelings of their characters. This production was held in an area where the audience surrounded the performers which meant that at any given time during the performance their back was to at least two sections of the audience. Emotions of the characters relied mostly on voice and movement from one part of the stage to another. Elizabethan theatre also used the movement of actors across the stage to express the emotions of characters and allow the actors to be seen by all the difference portions of the …show more content…
Greek and Elizabethan theatres used orchestras to create the music and sound effects that accompanied a performance. This production used recorded sounds that were played at different points in the performance by a crewmember controlling the speakers in the room. One instance of the use of sound during the productions was the scene where the Creature must perform for the Movie Director and the sound of the music and camera rolling was added as the Movie Director asked for it. This addition of sound to the scene also provided another way for the performance to localize setting without relying too much on the audience’s
This is not unlike Greek theatre where actors used exaggerated gestures and dialogue to express the feelings of their characters. This production was held in an area where the audience surrounded the performers which meant that at any given time during the performance their back was to at least two sections of the audience. Emotions of the characters relied mostly on voice and movement from one part of the stage to another. Elizabethan theatre also used the movement of actors across the stage to express the emotions of characters and allow the actors to be seen by all the difference portions of the …show more content…
Greek and Elizabethan theatres used orchestras to create the music and sound effects that accompanied a performance. This production used recorded sounds that were played at different points in the performance by a crewmember controlling the speakers in the room. One instance of the use of sound during the productions was the scene where the Creature must perform for the Movie Director and the sound of the music and camera rolling was added as the Movie Director asked for it. This addition of sound to the scene also provided another way for the performance to localize setting without relying too much on the audience’s