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demographics of theater
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age 40+
college educated upper middle class women white |
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why do people go to the theater?
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accessibility
headliners catharsis socialize |
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headliner
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big named people, celebrities
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augustine caron de beaumarchais
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created first copyright law to prevent plagarism
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public domain
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fallen out of copyright; play over 75 yrs old
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why the decline in theater going?
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lack of leisure time
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neoclassicism
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strict artistic cvode to which all art had to abide
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romanticism
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freeing period
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realism/naturalism
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real life (adultry, homosexuality); helpless victim of heredity and environment
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expessionistic
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central thought of theme seen through minds eye in character
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absurdist/existentialism
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no purpose to life, we just exist
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writer's block
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worst nightmare; cannot get stuff out of brain
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libretto
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words/lyrics
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book
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score music
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play doctor
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heal failing or sick script
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aristotle's 6 elements in drama
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plot, characters, thought, diction, melody, spectacle
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plot
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the what of the story
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intrigue
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tradition, chronoligal in nature;
-exposition -initing incident -complications -crisis -obligatory scene -resolution |
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episodic
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random, non-linear
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characters
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biological, physical traits, professional, psychological, decisions
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thought
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confidantes (watson)
monologue soliloquy (talks directly to audience,self, god) asides (talks to camera/audience then back to scene) subtext (beneath text) |
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diction
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words character chooses to express themselves
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melody
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overall sound of play (sound effects, music, rhythm)
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spectacle
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ohh && ahh of theater
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full length
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2 acts
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how to go to theather?
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make arrangements
reserve ticket in advance wear nice clothes (out of respect) show up 15 minutes early to box office before make transition (real world--> theater world) |
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types of directors
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artistic director and managing director
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artistic director
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maintain artistic vision of company
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managing director
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managing day to day business operations of company
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groundling
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paid penny and stood in front of stage
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theatron
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the seeing place
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middle ages
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churches produced plays
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pagent master
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overall planning, casting, staging of plays
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Louis XIV
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comedie francais first professional nat'l theater
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commercial
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make money;single play production; investeors (return on investment); lease space (don't own theater)
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4 wall lease
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must provide own equipment
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non-profit
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make money; 501-C3 (to get out of paying taxes); season, donors, try to own space
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broadway
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theaters with capacity of 499+; 2 mil
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off broadway
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498 or less seats $300,000, less musicals more drama
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off off broadway
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any type of basement production
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west end
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london's theatrical place
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theatrical catalyst
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producer: helps get the show going; money
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choregus
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wealthy citizen responsible for financial backing of production
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actor-manager
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run company, play all important roles, make majority of money
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