THR Exam 1 Flashcards
Things theatre needs:
performers, audience, costumes, a specific acting space, and storytelling
ceremonies
an established event to mark an important occasion (weddings, birthdays)
rituals
a specific procedure, rite or passage (funerals, church, graduations)
-happen INSIDE ceremonies
celebrations
an event built around festivities and rejoicing (parades, Super Bowl)
selectivity
focuses on a part of a total picture (NEVER have the FULL scene)
medium
the presentation of a plot, a play, by actors on a stage (need a story, people to tell the story, and a place to tell the story)
characters
people in conflict and action
the focus of theatre is:
HUMAN BEINGS
elements of theater:
audience, space/environment, performers, director, playwright and POV, disciplines of design
aesthetic distance
the fourth wall; the physical and artistic separation of the audience from the stage and performance
observed distance
the most common; an audience interacts with the action of a performance through empathy. they identify and feel the emotions of the characters
participatory distance
an audience interacts with the action of a performance by directly taking part
symbol
a sign, token or emblem that signifies something else
metaphor
a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as
realism
an element that resembles observable reality. It looks like it does in life
non realism
elements of theatre designs and actions that do not conform to observable reality (using metaphors, symbolisms, or abstract concepts)
the link between theatre and society
an awareness of the social, political, and philosophical world in which the play was written
unity of time
means the action of the play had to be 24 hours or less
unity of place
only allowing one setting
unity of action
the plot could only be about one thing
broadway
highly professional theatre, sometimes controversial, geared toward large audience and profit
off broadway
the latest ideas in theatre, latest styles and trends, often geared toward the experimental, geared toward specific audiences and to expanding the boundaries of nature
resident professional theaters
professional theaters across the nation remounting broadway and off-broadway plays and new productions
children’s theatre
small professional theatre geared to introducing young audiences to theatre
college and university theaters
training ground for actors
community theaters
theaters that produce amateur theatre
theatre of diversity
multiethnic, multicultural, and gender theatre
Stanislavaski 9 points of acting
relaxation, concentration and observation, given circumstances, importance of specifics, inner truth, emotional recall, super objective, ensemble playing, well trained voice and body
a theatrical performance requires that a play contain:
form, shape and structure
story
a full account of history as its occurs through time and place
plot
a specific arrangement of climatic scenes taken from a story in order to heighten its climax
characters
people who are opposing forces at odds
extraordinary characters
king, presidents, people whose decisions and actions affect multitudes of people
representing characters
everyday, original people who decisions affect themselves and a small group of related peoples
stock characters
one dimensional characters most often used in comedies
dominate trait characters
three dimensional characters that are consumed by one action or idea
minor characters
secondary characters used to compare and contrast major characters
narrator or chorus
characters used to represent the voice of the playwright or society at large
nonhuman characters
“non people”
central action
opposing forces at play to achieve individual objectives and goals
elements of action
a balance of separation of power, strongly opposed forces or ideas, characters have objectives and goals, characters have obstacles and complications, plot has conflict/crises/climaxes
