WORKING ON A NEW PLAY: A PLAY DEVELOPMENT HANDBOOK FOR ACTORS, DIRECTORS, DESIGNERS, AND PLAYWRIGHTS

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  • Breakdown of Exam: Forms of Drama: o Tragedy: human fallibility, tragic vision, tragic realization (catharsis, Aristotle says it's important that the hero of tragedy not be too perfect, someone who tears too hard at our heartstrings when he suffers;
     

  • Drama 116 1st Exam Study Guide_ 50 Question on Exam Terminology Proscenium - theater space whose primary feature is a large archway (proscenium arch) at or near the front of the stage. Thrust - stage that extends into the audience on three sides (thi
     

  • Theater Things I Think I May Forget b/c Difficult Theater- Means "seeing place." Drama- Script study which has more literary emphasis than the term theater. What is the critcal element of audiences? Providing feedback. The purposes for theater as tho
     

  • Chapter Two Comparing the Living Stage, Silver Screen, and Home Theatre Audience Audiences in the theatre Are active participants with the actors View the medium as a shared experience Thrive on the risk factor of the living theatre Audience
     

  • 1 Gerland/THTR 1009/Test One YOUR NAME: _ DIRECTIONS: Write your name two places: 1) above; and 2) the Scantron form. This is very important as there are multiple versions of the test, and this way we can double-check to be sure that your test is
     

  • THE 101 Lecture 9 1 The topic today is the play and the playwright who writes the play. The play, which is the starting point for all - or for most theater artists. We start with that which the playwright has created, the play, and we usually in t
     

  • Drama 116 Class Notes (not complete) DRAM 116- Feb. 19, 2007 What is the critical analysis paper? -a review that includes 3 specific parts: Description, Opinion, and Analysis Description: -description gives all the facts about the production and is t
     

  • Paws.John Mabry 212 Hatcher Hall Fridays 4:30-6:30pm jmabry3@lsu.edu http:/www.theatre.lsu.edu/box_office/boxmenu.htm We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth, at least the truth that is given us to understand. The
     

  • What is theatre? Plot, Character, Idea, Language, Music, and Spectacle What is a Play? Classical Greek Theatre: Ways, means and society OEDIPUS THE KING LYSISTRATA The Basic Elements of Theatre Script/Text, Scenario, Plan: This is the starting poin
     

  • TD 301 08.29.08 Words, words, words: theater vocabulary & personnel BEST EXPERIENCE WITH LIVE PERFORMANCE Las Vegas Cirque du Soleil show Good seat, with friends, performance was unique COMMENTARY ON WHY PERFORMANCES WERE THE BEST/WORST Blurring
     

  • EXAM 3 REVIEW ~What Directors do= familiarize themselves with the play text, facilitate the formation of a concept toward which everyone can work, hold many production meetings, cast the play, run the rehearsals, take care of stage images (ex: emphas
     

  • VOCABULARY Aesthetics: The branch of philosophy that deals with the nature and expression of beauty Subject and medium: What a work of art is about, what it reflects, and what it attempt to comprehend. The method, substance, and technique used to cre
     

  • Chapter Two Comparing the Living Stage, Silver Screen, and Home Theatre Audiences For Theatre For Television Audience Audiences in the theatre Are active participants with the actors View the medium as a shared experience Thrive on the ri
     

  • Final Exam Review Sheet The Audience The relationship between performer and audience is live (each is in the other's presence, in the same place at the same time) the makeup of the audience has a direct bearing on the effect of the experience (demog
     

  • Comedy a primary dramatic genre that usually ends happily and treats its subject matters lightly; A comedy is based on a comic premise o Based on "happy idea", "what if" Comedy involves friction o Leads to discomfort Capitilizes on reversals and cha