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Things a play needs

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plot, characters (interaction, dialogue), climax, setting, conflict, solution, moral/lesson, order of events

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Dramatic Action Diagram

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exposition (all info that happens b4 play) –> Rising Action –> Climax –> Falling Action –> Conclusion

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Climactic Play

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start very near end of show, skips exposition, jumps ALMOST to climax, minimal/short period of time, limited location, limited people.

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Episodic Play

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starts at exposition/beginning info. May start at different time period and end at different time period. doesn’t follow limited time/space/people. Has sub plots, can have flash backs

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Deus Ex Machina

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the machine of gods. everything coming together in the end, moment where everything comes together and changes course of what is happening (always in climactic plays)

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Tragedy

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Genre. have someone at best they can be, then fall to the lowest point in their life. something very serious happens. Stems back from Greek from Dionysus dying.

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Comedy

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people put into ridiculous situations, silly/funny

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Tragicomedy

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high to low point but with humor

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Farce

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comedy version of mellow drama (exaggeration)

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Satire

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commentary on current events (irony, witty)

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Domestic Comedy

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sitcoms –> 2.5 men

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Comedy of Manners

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classes/types of people

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comedy of ideas

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techniques to make fun of way people think about certain things

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Domestic drama

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kitchen sink drama - takes place in home

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mellow - drama

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overacted, over the top, but still end up in dramatic undertones, larger then life consquences

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Aesthetic Distance

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distance that happens between performance and audience, just refers to how close or far away you are from stage. Balcony vs. front row

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Illusion/imagination

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symbol, metaphor, willing suspension of disbelief - very important

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Catharsis

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biggest craziest wildest emotion, all can be let out by everyone involved — audience cries

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Thespis

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person who stepped out from chorus and started to act the “first act” ever –> may have been the start of theatre

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Essential qualities of theatre

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audience, performers, what is performed (play, musical), environment, performance

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chorus

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integral part of early greek plays, explain situation and bring audience up to date, make commentary on action, engage in dialogue w/ other actors

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Roman Drama

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stolen from Greek drama - stole their Gods and renamed them

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Claque

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person/group hired to applaud at performance (used first by romans)

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Medieval Times

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After fall or roman empire - literature lost/destroyed and theatre banned by church

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Troubadours, Joglars, Minstrels
performers who travel around village to village
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Miracle Play
drama about life of a saint
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Morality Play
drama that teaches moral lesson
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Mystery Play
drama based on biblical story
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Passion Play
drama based on episodes of Christ's life
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Proscenium
most common type of theatre, like a picture frame, audience faces stage, wings on either side of stage, proscenium arch -- picture frame/arch that goes around stage.
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Thrust
oldest known fixed type of staging, greek amphitheater, thrusts in audience, audience usually on three sides, brings action closer to audience, more intimate
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Theatre in the Round
audience on all sides, most intimate, some people at disadvantage to see (looking at butt)
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Black Box Theatre
flexible staging, infinite possibilites, black room with 4 walls, scenery limited due to no fly system, contemporary plays, brings audience into show
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up stage
back of stage
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down stage
towards front
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stage right
right for the actor. left as audience views
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stage left
left for actor. right as audience views
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hosue left
stage right. ( left as audience views)
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house right
stage left (right as audience views)
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orchestra pit
only on proscenium stage!!! people play instruments, pit lowers in ground so you can't see them
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Accent
English is NOT their first language
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Dialect
english is first primary language, but they have a regional sound from somewhere -- new jersey, southern, canada
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Received Pronunciation
dialect of queen of england - royal dialect
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Cockney
british accent type thing but less. hard to understand sometimes
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Estuary
between Received Pronunciation and Cockney
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SAG AFTRA
screen actors guild, american federation of TV and radio actors. Can get contract in Tv show/radio spot, or be a member of sister union.
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AEA
Actors Equity Association. touring broadway show. (stage managers) can get a contract, or be in a sister union, or EMC (Equity Membership Candidacy Program - by gaining EMC points)
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Flats
can be black and block off certain areas of stage or painted (mountain or some scenery) can be moveable bases or can use fly system to move them up/down
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Scrim
2 way fabric - like closet curtains
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Fly System
serious of pulleys/ropes/weights that can bring things up/down from stage. lights can be attached to it or sound equipment or people or scenery
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Rigging
fly loft - all tops and pipes are at when not in use
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Set design
FIRST design to happen in theatre - uses AUTO CAD - comes up with concept and drafts idea
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GOBO
Goes Before Optic - piece of metal they cut an image into , put between light and stage so image appears
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GEL
Colored sheet of gelatin paper- like saran wrap - very thin can cut into pieces and put in front of light to project different colors onto stage
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Shot Gun Mike
will pick up any sound in area very broad pick up a lot of people
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Body Mike
goes on body, receiver/transmitter in like a much, cordless, little thing by your mouth
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Hand Held
only sound right in front of it.
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Projection Design
Newest form of theatre design - hard to make look good
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Shakespeare
created over 1700 words, 2nd best selling writer ever, created theater company called King's Men, owned 2 theaters and multiple homes, was an actor and play write, wrote 154 sonnets, 37 plays, 2 epic poems
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Critic
usually works for magazine or scholarly journal, describes but analyzes events, contextualizes event
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Reviewer
works for TV, radio, newspaper. Report on event. summarizes plot and identifies actors. Offer opinion.
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Descriptive Criticism
more experience person, attempts to clearly and accurately describe what is happening in performance
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Prescriptive Criticism
attempts to not only describe performance, but also offers advice and comments about how it should be done
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Who played Shrek?
Brian d'Arcy James
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Lord Farquad Insecurity?
being short
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Oedipus and Jocasta relationship?
married, had 4? kids, but also mother/son
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Rumored to have killed former king, Lauis?
Robbers
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What did Oedipus blind himself with?
pins from Jocasta's outfit
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Children did Jocasta and Oedipus have?
2
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How did Oedipus become king?
killed the sphinx
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What type of play is Oedipus?
Climactic
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What type of play is 12th night?
episodic
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plays written by Shakespeare?
Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Orthello
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Literary Truth
truth in the world of the show
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factual truth
something fact of life
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Unrealistic
judges peoples actions on basis of good sense and insight
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realism in drama
attempt to immitate real life - viewing world w/ good judgment and clear vision
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non-realistic
refer to qualities of dramatic presentation
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non-realistic conventions
disrupt realistic sense of work - poetic language, chorus, narrator
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Cinema
shots taken separately that can be uniterrupted parts
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Edward Albee
tells during the play that it is NOT reality - makes you remember your seeing a play
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realistic
descriptive term
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realism/non realstic
refer to mode of presentation
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human truth
rather than feidelty to facts, is highest achievement of literature
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1927 Musical theatre - Showbat
changed everything, talked about serious subjects such as racism, spousal abuse, abandonment - tied songs to plot
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Famous Composers in Musical theatre
Gilbert and Sullivan, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Andrew Lloyd Weber, Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz
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Rodgers and Hammerstein
Oklahoma 1943. The King and I. Sound of Music
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Andrew Lloyd Weber
rock musicals - started at 9 years old. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Cats, Phantom of the Opera
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Stephen Sondheim
West Side Story, Sweeny Todd
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Stephen Schwartz
Godspell, Wicked
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Book Muscial
story of show - where musci is fully incorporated into story - always songs that connect to plot and further the story
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Cameron Macintosh
Miss Saigon - very influential - has writes to almost all things written in Britain
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Lea Salonga
Main character in Miss Saigon - Kim
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Jonathon Price
Engineer in Miss Saigon - controversy b/c he plays Asian character but is white
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Sitzprobe
cast sit in w/ orchestra for first time and sing
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preview performance
1st change to get show in front of audience - tiral - discounted tickeet
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Miss Saigon World Premier
Sept 20 1989 - London - Royal - Drury Lane - changed since to National Theatre
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Biggest spectacle in Miss Saigon
helicopter scene
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Why couldn't Miss Saigon play in US?
couldn't get Actors Equity as foreigner unless top 1%. Lea Salonga was main character and foreign/unknown
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Auditions held at for Miss Saigon
Hawaii, NY, Hollywood, Phillipines, and London
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Miss Saigon is based off of..
Madame Butterfly - women give up everything for her child

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