Theater 200 Test 1 Review

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PROTAGONIST

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PRINCIPAL CHARACTER IN A PLAY THE ONE WHOM THE DRAMA IS ABOUT

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ANTAGONIST

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OPPONENT OF THE PROTAGONIST IN A DRAMA

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PLOT

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PATTERNED ARRANGEMENT IN A DRAMA OF EVENTS AND CHARACTERS

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RISING ACTION

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LEADS UP TO CLIMAX

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POINT OF ATTACK

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The Point of Attack is that first thing the audience will see or hear as the play begins.

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ACTION

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SEQUENCE OF EVENTS LINKED BY CAUSE AND EFFECT...WITH BEGINNING, MIDDLE AND END

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DISCOVERY

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The act or an instance of discovering

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REVERSAL

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a change from one state to the opposite state

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COMPLICATION

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NEW FORCE CREATING A DELAY IN REACHING THE CLIMAX

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CONFLICT

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TENSION BTWN CHARACTERS LEADS TO CRISIS OR CLIMAX

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CRISIS

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POINT WITHIN A PLAY WHEN ACTION REACHES AN IMPORTANT CONFRONTATION OR TAKES CRITICAL TURN

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FALLING ACTION

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part of a story, usually found in tragedies and short stories, after the climax and showing the effects of the catastrophe

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DENOUEMENT

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conclusion of the story. Conflicts are resolved, creating normality for the characters

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ARISTOTLES 6 COMPONENTS OF DRAMA

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1. PLOT – what happens in a play; the order of events, the story as opposed to the theme; what happens rather than what it means.

2. THEME – what the play means as opposed to what happens (plot); the main idea within the play.

3. CHARACTER – the personality or the part an actor represents in a play; a role played by an actor in a play.

4. DICTION/LANGUAGE/DIALOGUE – the word choices made by the playwright and the enunciation of the actors delivering the lines.

5. MUSIC/RHYTHM – by music Aristotle meant the sound, rhythm and melody of the speeches.

6. SPECTACLE – the visual elements of the production of a play; the scenery, costumes, and special effects in a production.

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Konstantin Stanislavski

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COFOUNDER MOSCOW ART THEATER IN RUSSIA.... CREATED METHOD ACTING THROUGH OBSERVATIONS OF ACTORS

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Given Circumstances

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e given circumstances in acting are what the author or playwright have given you as an actor to work with to help identify the character

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Objective

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the goal a character wants to achieve

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Motivation

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actors drive for the character

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obstacle

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stopping protagonist from reaching goal

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Super Objective

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the overall goal a character wants to achieve

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beat

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smallest unit of action in a play or scene.

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beat shift

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shift of beat of a play

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blocking

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precise movement and positioning of actors on a stage

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production concept

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The single unified idea around which the production will be presented.

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wings

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Areas that are part of a stage deck but offstage (out of sight of the audience). The wings are typically separated using drapes

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Proscenium

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The portal that divides the audience from the stage.

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director

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practitioner in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production

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genre

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type of play

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technical rehearsal

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is a rehearsal that focuses on the technological aspects of the performance

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run-through

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An uninterrupted rehearsal

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spine of play

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central story of play

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Proscenium Arch

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acts like a picture frame

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arena stage

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theatre-in-the-round. or arena stage. Theatre in which the stage is located in the centre of the auditorium with the audience seated on all sides

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alley stage

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seats on either side looks like an alley

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character

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a person represented in a drama, story, etc.

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apron

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part of stage that sticks out

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satire

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literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit.

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farce

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A light dramatic work in which highly improbable plot situations, exaggerated characters, and often slapstick elements are used for humorous effect.

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tragedy

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A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, moral weakness, or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances.

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tragedicomedy

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A kind of drama representing some action in which serious and comic scenes are blended

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comedy of manners

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A comedy satirizing the attitudes and behavior of a particular social group, often of fashionable.

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thrust stage

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one that extends into the audience on three sides and is connected to the backstage area by its up stage end. A thrust has the benefit of greater intimacy between performers and the audience

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exposition

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The part of a play that provides the background information needed to understand the characters and the action.

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off broadway

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seating capacity between 99 and 500, or a specific production that appears in such a venue,

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off off broadway

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The avant-garde or experimental theatrical productions of New York City, typically performed in small or multipurpose venues.

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diderots paradox

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to be more expressive and assertive, we need to be less spontaneous, less free

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climatic structures

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plot begins late in the story, scenes locales and characters are restricted