Exam 1 Flashcards
Hamartia
“error in judgement” “tragic Flaw”; Oedipus at crossroads, killed father
Golden Age of Athenian Drama
5th century BC (400’s)
Tragic plays constructed
by the contest rules for the festival for Dionysus in Athens
System Magic If
“if I were this person faced with this situation I would…” Stanislavsky’s idea about how to achieve inner truth
Moscow Theatre
formed in 1898; toured to US 1922-1924
The Group, 1931- 1941
Goal: to mirror its life of its time; technique, method, emotion memory/affective memory, and ensemble; Founders: Lee Strasberg, Harold Clerman, and Cheryl Crawford
Lee Strasberg
Co-founder of the group theater, Strasberg method- ensemble approach to acting with affective memory aka” Ameican method”, based on Stanislavsky method
Cushman and Forest
Forest- 1st American star, “muscular”, school acting
Cushman- 1st female star, play different genders, made acting acceptable for women
Actors Studio
1947, in New York, Founders Elia Kazan, Cheryl Crawford, Robert Lewis, Lee Strasberg joins, best known acting studio in the US
Actors Equity
signed by an equity contract by a producer, SAG joined union, complete membership for eligibility, emotional memory
Emotional memory/Affective memory/ emotional recall/ Sense memory
achieve an emotional truth on stage; remembering a past experience that is similar in the play
Aristotle’s Poetics
tragedy exist to cathart feel and other human emotions, tragedy served a useful purpose
Catharsis
important function to tragedy; get rid of emotion in theater not in real life
Sophocles
his 7 plays survived over time/ point of view is tragic
Plato
Aristotle’s teacher, believed tragedy had no function
Characteristics of classical tragedy
paradous- chorus, exodus- last scene (2nd messenger enters)
Oedipus
king, best example of classical tragedy
Jocasta
Oedipus’s mother who he then marries
Creon
Jocasta’s brother
the Messenger from Corinth
was given baby, didn’t kill baby, was there when king died, comes back to tell the truth
Tragedy
purpose: entertainment, divert attention from life, protest, expose social problem, oldest from of drama created by Athens in 5th century bc
Protagonist
the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.
Antagonist
a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.
Genre
a type or form of drama
Comic Premise
fantastic setting, ludicrous situation
Farce
ridiculous situations, physical humor, purpose; to make people laugh
Melodrama
music drama, music underscores the actions, suspense
Satire
exposes corruption in gov, individuals and or society in order to affect change
Stanislavsky
created “system” acting; co-founder of Moscow theater
System Super Objective
find character super objective, what character wants during the play and what’s their driving force
System relaxation
if the actor was relaxed enough/all the way the character could come out of the actor effortlessly
System Ensemble
playing together of all performers; each character is important to keep the “main character” in character
cattle call
an open audition for parts in a play, movie, or other production.
oracle
oracle was the future
Phocis
motfit, place everything happens here, Oedipus kills everyone here, three roads
suspension of natural law
actions don’t have consequences as they would in real life
vaudeville/burlesque
v-comedy doesn’t make much sense b-women naked for men
