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35 Cards in this Set
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Greek Playwrights and their works |
Aeschylus-1st known Greek tragic playwright; added one more actor; Known for The Orestia, only trilogy we have all 3 pieces of Sophocles- added a 3rd actor; Wrote Oedipus Euripides- Most modern; made stories about women; treated Gods skeptically; Wrote Madea |
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6 Elements of Aristotle's Poetics |
-Plot -Character -Theme -Language -Music -Spectacle |
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Greek Stage |
Was basically a rounded thrust stage
(as well as Shakespeare's The Globe) |
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Different Types of Stages |
-Proscenium: picture frame stage;4th wall convention; good for big productions -Thrust: more intimate; no entrance/exits; props cannot be huge; most widely used -Arena: audience on all 4 sides; audience raked; more intimacy; low props; any large room can be made into one |
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Scenic Designers Objectives |
1. Help set the tone and style 2. Establish the locale and period 4. Develop a design concept consistent with the director's concept 5. Ensure that scenery is coordinated with other production elements 6. Solve practical design problems |
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Elements of Costume Design |
-line, shape, and silhouette -color -fabric -accessories -makeup -hairstyles/wigs -masks |
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Different Types of Lighting and Sound Cues |
Lighting: Blackout, fade, cross fade, split cross fade Sound: Motivated Sounds and Environmental Sounds |
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Religious Plays in the late 10th Century |
Written by Hrosvitha of Gandersheim, a German nun, based on a Roman writer Terrence |
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Keeper of the Register |
In charge of the scripts for cycle plays , when drama moved out of the church |
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Sequence of Dramatic Structure consists of: |
-Opening Scene -Obstacles and Complications -Crises and Climaxes |
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Characteristics of Climatic Structure |
-few scenes -short time passes -few locales -action begins chronologically close to climax
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Characteristics of Episodic Structure |
Referred to as extensive structure -many scenes -takes place over considerable period of time -many locales -uses a lot of sub plots |
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Drama after WWII |
A new type of drama emerged which expressed the dramatist's sense of absurdity and the futility of existence called theatre of absurd |
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Traditional Tragedy |
Main character is an extraordinary person, or a person of stature |
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Tragedy |
Is about important persons caught in calamitous circumstances and usually ends unhappily |
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Characteristics of Comedy |
-lightened toned -concerned with issues that are not serious -has happy ending -designed to amuse |
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Elements of Stage Lighting |
-Intensity -Color -Direction -Form -Movement |
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What is an Ensemble? |
Acting that stresses the total artistic unity of a group performance rather than individual preformaces |
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What are the Objectives in the Method Acting Technique? |
The Stanislavski System: A Technique for Realistic Acting -Relaxation -Concentration and Observation -Importance of specifics -Action onstage -Through line of a Role -Ensemble Acting |
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Grand Dress |
Another term for final dress rehearsal |
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Auteur |
A French word for "author," This type of director basically rewrites the script to support his own point of view |
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Pierre Corneille |
One of the few French playwrights who successfully broke the neoclassical ideals, much to the delight of the audiences and the irritation of the critics |
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"The Interregnum" |
(1640-60) Many members of the English nobility had been exiles in France |
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Comedies of Manners |
Were preformed for members of the nobility and the upper class, the same people whom the playwrights were satirizing |
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Predominant Approach to Acting in the 18th Century |
Bombastic: emphasizing a performer's oratorical skills |
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Audiences prior to the 18th Century |
They were downright unruly |
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Henrik Ibsen |
Considered the father of modern realism |
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Anton Checkov |
Another famous realist; wrote The Seagull; although it is considered a classic today, it had very little success when it was first produced |
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Realism |
Has become the dominant form of theatre in the 20th century and was a reaction against melodrama and highly Romanized days |
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Selective Realism |
Type of Realism that heightens certain details of action, scenery and dialogue while omitting others |
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Well Made Play Sturcture |
Constructed with a tightly managed plot and a strong cause and effect sequence of events |
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Appia and Craig |
Famous scene designers who both believed that a setting should suggest a locale, but should not reproduce it |
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Musical Theatre |
America's most distinctive theatrical art form |
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What started the book musical era? |
Oklahoma written by Rodgers and Hammerstein |
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Showboat |
The first musical to combine the best aspects of the operetta and musical comedy |
