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who goes to the theatre
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college educated upper middle class women caucasion |
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headliners
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stars featured in the play
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worlds first copyright law
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Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
-prevented someone from taking an original play and calling it their own |
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why we write
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to purge an aggitating thought or idea
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what we write
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about what we know
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neoclassicism
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had strict codes in which all art had to abide by
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realism/naturalism
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real life issues no one talked about
*helpless victims of heredity and environment |
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esspressionistic
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central thought/theme seen though 1 character
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absurdist/existentialism
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belife that there is nothing to life; we simply exist
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writers block
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a writers worst nightmare when they are unable to think
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theatron
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the seeing place
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grounding
penny stinker |
pay a penny and stand up to watch theplay
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libretto
aka the book |
words or lyrics in a musical
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score
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music
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play doctor
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employed to heal a failing or sick script
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Aristotle
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Greek author of "Poetics"
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6 basic elements of drama
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plot, characters, thought, diction, melody, spectacle
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plot- intrigue
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typical plot line/structure.
chronological. exposition, inciting incident, complications, crisis, obligatory scene, resolution |
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plot- episodic
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nonlinear, nonchronological
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Characters
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agents of actions
they push the plot along biological physical professional psychological decisions |
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thought
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confidontes
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thought
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monologue
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speaks to other characters
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thought
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soliloquy
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actor speaks to audience
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thought
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aside
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stops in middle of monologue to speak to audience
(Malcomb in the Middle) |
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thought
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subtext
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whats really beneath the words (sarcasm)
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diction
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the words a character uses to express themselves
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melody
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the overall sound of the play
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spectacle
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oohs & ahhs of the play
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length of plays
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full length
or one act |
2 or more acts
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play bill
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the program
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Comedie Francais
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first prodessional national theatre
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Commercial Production
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make money
LLC, S Corp, Coropation, Inc. single play production investor lease space provide own equipment |
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Not for Profit Production
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make money
501-C3 (to get outta paying taxes) season (muliple plays) donors try to own theatrical space |
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broadway
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midtown manhattan
(42nd & 50th) 499+ seats $2 mil |
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off broadway
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<498 seats
$300,000 |
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off off broadway
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any type of basement production
(UNCW) |
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west end
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london's theatre
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not for profit
artisitic director |
maintain artistic vision of the company and follow mission statements
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not for profit
managing director |
managing day to day business operations of the theatre
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