Theatre Chp 6

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Stanislavsky system

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Technique for realistic acting

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Realism

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drama that closely resembled what people could identify with and verify from their own experience

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selective realism

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approximate life, ussually artistic measures are taken.

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deus ex machina

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"god from machine"

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ritual

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the acting out of an established, procedure and can range from a family event to religious ceremonies

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aesthetic distance

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distance between actor and the audience

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soliloguy

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which is a solitary character speaks to the audience

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pantomime

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performers pretend to be using objects that are not actually present such as drinking from a cup or opening and umbrella

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theater of fact

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plays have been presented which were largely transcripts of court trials or congressional hearings

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docudramas

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tv show dramatizing life aspects

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repertory

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theater company that performs several plays on alternate nights rather than presenting a single play night after night for length of its run.

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performance art

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one recent form that poses political and philosophical theater questions

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avant garde

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experimental theater that breaks away from the mainstream tradition. active for the past 100 years

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review

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spells out the plot and makes a value judgment about the story, the acting, and the direction

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critic

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someone who has a background in judgment to assist audience members in understanding and appreciating what they see onstage

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prescriptive criticism

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critic undertakes to say not what does happen so much as what should happen in a theater production

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Proscenium

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picture frame stage

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Arena stage ( theater in the round)

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after WWII round stage became used

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Thrust stage

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big three quarters seating, u-shape arrangement

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skene

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doorways for actors to enter

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emotional recall

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intended to help the performer achieve a sense of emotional truth onstage, remembering actor's own past experiments and what they felt

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naturalism

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kind of superrealism, axact life as possible, sometimes called slice off drama

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Allegory

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representation of an abstract theme or subject through symbolic characters, actions, or other elements of production, such as scenery.

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Expressionism

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was at its height in art literature, and theater during the first quarter of the twentieth century, but traces of it

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dramaturg

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comes from a german word for "dramatic adviser"

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auteur

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author

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blocking

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means deciding when and where performers move and position themselves on stage

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producer tasks

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1.raising money to finance the production 2. securing the rights to the script 3. dealing with the agents for the playwright, director, and performers 4. hiring the director 5. dealing with theatrical unions 6. renting the theater space 7. supervising the work of those running the theater: in the box office, auditorium, and business office 8. supervising the advertising 9. overseeing the budget

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Augusto Boal

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brazilian theater director

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absolute music

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Music that is free of extramusical associations.

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Classical period

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The prevailing style of music from 1750 to 1820.

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cresecendo (cresc.)

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The music should gradually become louder.

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Rococo, galant style

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The decorative, light style prevalent in the eighteenth-century courts, especially France.