Theatre Class
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What is art:
1. what does it do?
2. who can make it? -
1. art solves a problem
2. only humans - what is art about?
- emotions and human concerns
- what are the 3 functions of art?
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1.entertainment(to enjoy)
2. edification(to educate)
3. exaltation(to worship God) - How long have humans been doing art?
- 40 thousand years
- What was the first type of art?
- music (drums- cavemen)
- name one art for each sense
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hearing- music
sight- painting
touch- sculpture
smell- perfume
taste- food - name 1 art for each dimention
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1- music
2- drawing, painting
3. sculpture
4. theatre, dance - what is the 4th dimention?
- time
- 3 essential for performing arts
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performers
audience
space - Who was John Wolfgang Von Goeth?
- lawyer, directer, came up w/ 3 questions
- what were the 3 questions john wolfgang von goeth came up with?
- what are they trying to do? did they succeed? was it worth doing?
- What does GENERAL PARTNER producer do?
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makes ALL decisions
gets 50% profit - what does LIMITED PARTNER producers do?
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makes no decions
get 50% of profit - Who was David Merric?
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world class producer
-died opening night - What does a playwright provide?
- general outline
- what is tragedy?
- a serious of drama
- what is heroic drama?
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refers to serious drama
-has heroic characters - what is Bourgeois Drama?
- drama dealing with everyday life
- what is tragicomedy
- combines both tragedy and and comic
- what is satire?
- uses wit and irony to attack evil or foolishness
- what is a melodrama?
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idealizes human experiences
good vs. evil - Who is dionysus?
- greek god of fertility and wine.
- Who was Thespis?
- worlds first actor
- WHat is acropolis?
- tall sacred temple for athena
- when and What is city dionysia?
- end of march each year. religious theatre. took place a theatre.
- What does hubis people?
- overly proud
- What is catharsis?
- reaction of the actors purging of PITY AND FEAR
- who are choregus?
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underwrite played being produced
-pay actors - What are hamartia?
- character flaws
- what is parados?
- where chorus enters
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What Does the director do?
s s c c r c -
1. Select script
2. select interpret
3. cast show
4. collaborate other artist
5. rehearse cast, blocking
6. coordinate tech element - What function does an interpreter have (DIRECTOR)
- find interpatation that playwright would do.
- what function does Laisse Faire have (director)
- lets actors solve EVERYTHING
- What is the liturgical?
- part of the medieval mass
- what is a miracle play?
- miracles performed by saints
- whats a moraity play?
- a play where morals are taught.
- What is the pageant wagon?
- Large float (30 ft) 2 stories high.
- What is a valenciennes?
- town square arrangement. Heaven/Hell
- What happens at the bear/bull baiting pits?
- bulls and dogs fight. people bet on who will win.
- What is the Blackfriars?
- the only place in london to see theatre.
- What is the globe?
- its a theatre outdoors across a river of london.
- What is the Master of the Revels?
- served as a sensor. much submit play to them.
- Who was Christopher Marlowe?
- The quenn of england excused his absendences.
- What was different abotu shakespheres play writing?
- only wrote in scenes instead of 5 acts
- Who was Ben johnson?
- worked for the thrown, wrote plays for royal state dinners.
- Who is Oliver Cornweell?
- he concured the thrown for civil govt.