Chapter 6 The Director Flashcards
Actor managers
Made financial decisions, selected the repertory of plays, hired the actors, and performed roles.
Antiquarianism
Three-dimensional scenery, local color, very detailed stage directions, and complicated scenic affects demanded first by romantic mellow drama and then realism
Combination companies
Began touring throughout Europe and North America. To keep track of complex productions and record there were some actor managers created detail prompt books completed with historical research
Fourth wall staging
Treating the stage space as if it were an enclosed room
Interpretation
Creating meaning beyond what is literal or obvious in the text
Concept
Made up of the artistic decisions meant to communicate a specific interpretations of the audience
Dramaturg
A literary and historical advisor assigned specifically to the production, might serve as a consultant in conduct research on the play, author, or historical period
Auteur
Is the word sometimes used for directors who operate with almost total control
Constructivist set
Exposed beams support in movable parts and was not meant to represent anything from the world outside the theater.
Metathearitical
The production used the play to comment on the nature of performance in the world as theater, ending with a complete collapse of theoretical scenery.
New stagecraft
Simplified staging
Casting
Selecting the actors for each role is a crucial responsibility for the director
Casting director
Specialist in finding actors for specific roles, assist to the director in some professional production
Audition
The standard tool for casting
Callbacks
Once the choice of actors has been narrowed, actors may be invited to attend more extensive auditions for the director to make specific casting choices
Ensemble
A cast that functions seamlessly together as a unit rather than an individual performance
Stage manager
Coordinate the show during rehearsal and performance and keep the directors artistic choices intact during its run
Cues
Changing and sound, lighting, or set
Run crews
Workers who maintain and execute cues for props, costumes, set, lighting, and sound during the run of the show
Prompter
Sat at the side of the stage or in a special box down center to call out any forgotten lines or stage business.
Production manager
Usually employed by a theater company with multiple performance spaces such as a resident theater company or a large university theater
Rehearsal
Period of work in which the show is made ready for the stage
Staging
Combining all elements to bring the text to live in three dimensions
Technical rehearsal
Near the end of the rehearsal process, light, sound, and set changes or added to the show during technical rehearsals
Dress rehearsal
Costumes are finally added for dress rehearsal
Director
Has a job similar to that of the conductor of an orchestra or the coach. The director must lead.
Fieldwork
Long term immersion in a community
