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50 Cards in this Set
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Exposition
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Gaps about the past
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Initial Exposition
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Explained at the beginningof a play, within the context of the play
Example: Antigone, Macbeth |
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Delayed Exposition
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Information is given in pieces throughout the play, uses "gaps"
Example: The Man Who Came to Dinner, Medea |
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Gaps
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Help withhold crucial information until the best possible moment.
Allow the audience to ask questions and anticipate the action of the play. |
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Time Period
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plays set in the past may require some research into that period to understand all the references
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Setting
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Place: city or country
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Socio-economic status
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Are the characters rich, poor, middle class, educated, blue collar, professional, servants?
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Kaufman and Hart
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The Man Who Came To Dinner
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Tennessee Williams
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The Glass Menagerie
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Lillian Hellman
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Little Foxes
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Euripides
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The Bucchae
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Joseph Stein/Jerry Boch/Sheldon Harmick
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Fiddler on the Roof
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Medea
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Euripides' play about a woman who kills her sons to punish her cheating husband
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Hubris
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Greek word for pride exhibited by many tragic heroes
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Aeschylus
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author of mostly tragedies
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Dionysus
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Greek god of theater
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Tragedy
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directly translated from Greek, means "goat song"
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Catharsis
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satisfactory conclusion to a tragedy, according to Aristotle
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Persians
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Oldest surviving Greek tragedy
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Euripides
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Largest amount of surviving plays than any other Greek author
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Aristotle
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defined tragedy as the collision of mutually exclusive but equally legitimate causes
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Nietzsche
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saw the origin of tragedy in the confrontation of Apollo and Dionysus
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Shakespeare
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wrote King Lear, Macbeth, and Hamlet
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Kabuki
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most popular form of theater in Japan
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Mahabharata
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Hindu epic dramatized by Brook
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Tragic Hero (according to Aristotle)
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defined by moral choice, not birthright
seeks serious and worthwhile goals may be a commoner but must not be common |
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Hamartia
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"tragic flaw is an inappropriate translation because it oversimplifies complex issues of tragic heroes.
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Fergusson's three steps for the pattern of tragic plays
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Purpose
Passion Perception |
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Four aspects of tragic vision
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Trial by fire that the hero must face
Tragic hero must come face to face with the end of life, realizing life's ultimate values Tragedy presents characters that are dissatisfies with their lot in life, and thus try to challenge authority or exercise free will Striving of the hero to achieve the unachievable, thereby encouraging us to celebrate the unconquerable human spirit |
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First three artistic elements of design
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Line
Mass Space |
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Gobos
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light projections used to stimulate texture
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Proscenium
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stages look like picture frames
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Apron
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edge of the stage in front of the main curtain
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Cyclorama
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scenery which when lit creates the illusion of infinite sky
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Thrust
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stages were used in Elizabethan times
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black box
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flexible space with movable seating
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found space
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a type of theater that is non-traditional, such as a parking lot or mall atrium
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Dimensions
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Dramatic
Aesthetic Theatrical |
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Dramatic Dimensions
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Aid in telling the story
Setting the right mood Reinforcing the theme A character falls down the stairs Period furniture |
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Aesthetic Dimension
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line, mass, space, color, texture
choices of color visual balance scenic metaphor repeating pattern of zigzag lines |
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Theatrical Dimension
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Considering the amount of fly space
Checking for audience sight lines Planning for scene changes Harmony of elements |
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Fundamental qualities for a lighting designer
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Intensity
Distribution Color Movement |
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Sound cues
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sounds that occur on specific occasions
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An Evening with Cole Porter
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example of revue
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Rodger's and Hammerstein's first groundbreaking musical
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Oklahoma
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a song repeated later in a musical
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reprise
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Integration
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how important lyrics and music work together with the book for dramatic purposes
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Elements of Rodger's and Hammerstein's new musical theatre
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script took emphasis
opening numbers used to establish mood and setting of the show lyrics taken into consideration to melt into dialogue Songs used to further plot and reveal character's thoughts and feelings in the moment |
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Sondheim
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Emphasized the importance of lyrics and the time/rhythm in which they take place
Uses lyrical structures to reflect theme and mood |
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lovely human
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