Final Flashcards
- William Shakespeare
Elizabethan Theatre
Henrik Ibsen
Realism
Emile Zola
Naturalism
Charles Darwin
Scientific Revolution
Sigmund Freud
Study of Psyhcology
Luigi Pirandello
Surrealism
Bertolt Brecht
Expressionism (Epic Theatre)
Eugene Ionesco
Absurdism
Martin Esslin
Theatre of the Absurd
Anton Chekov
Poetic Realism
The setting forth of information in the beginning of the play. Character, setting, background story, themes could be introduced.
Exposition
Percentage the director has over a production.
90%
Four Levels of Charecterization
1) Physical
2) Psychological
3) Societal
4) Moral/Ethical
_____ is found in multiple art forms.
Surrealism
Chief Diety of the Greek Theatre
Dionysus
Know that _____ is a more extreme version of realism
Naturalism
Know that the ______ had an impact on the rise of Realism.
Industiral Revolution
Know that they are ____ styles of drama during the 20th century.
Numerous
A pipe that is controlled by the fly lines upon which scenery, lights, etc. are hung.
Batten
Who is one of the oldest artist in the theatre besides the actor.
Playwright
Who wrote Waiting for Godot
Samuel Beckett
a movement in the artistic world was a reaction just after World War 1 that rejected the idea of art and aesthetics. The conventional ideas of form and logic were thrown out the window and replaced with a sense of chaos and irrationality.
Dadaism
Intentionally increases the amount of aesthetic distance in the audience.
Alienation effect
Know the actors body positions in a proscenium theatre.
a. Full Front- actor faces audience head on.
b. ¼ - actors body is turned about 45 degrees from full front.
c. ½ or profile- actor’s body is turned 90 degrees from full front.
d. ¾ - actor’s body is 45 degrees from full back.
e. Full back- actors back is to the audience.
f. Turn in- actor turns their body into the scene.
g. Turn Out- actor turns their body away from the scene.
Know that ______ and his theories had an impact on the rise of realism.
Charles Darwin
Who wrote Six Characters in Search of an Actor.
Luigi Pirandello
Is the highest point of suspense of interest in a play. It usually involves the events that compromise the main conflicting coming to a head.
Climax
Challenged what theater can be considered, they are performance artists that incorporate music, visual images, rhythms, and movement that express ideas in an innovative way.
Blue Man Group
The willing suspension of disbelief.
Imaginary Puissance
The major areas of design in the theatre
1) Scenic
2) Lighting
3) Costume
4) Sound
The major visual elements of theatre
1) Line
2) Shape/Form
3) Color
4) Texture
5) Ornamentation
Has proscenium arch towards the downstage portion of the stage that frames the playing space. The audience is seated all in the same basic area, looking all in the same direction.
Proscenium
Has the stage-thrusting out into the audience area so that the audience starts to wrap around the stage putting the audience on three sides of the playing space. In this configuration the audience is looking in three directions.
Thrust
The audience surrounds the stage space. It can either be on four sides of the stage space or it can completely surround the space depending on the shape of the stage space. Audience views from all directions “Theatre in the Round.”
Arena
Is a space that has the possibility of moving with the audience and stage space around to vary what configuration is the best for the performance. “Black Box”.
Flexible (Black Box)
This stage can be moved to be configured in many different ways, but the major difference is that this space was not originally meant to be a theatre space.
Environmental
