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"All the World's a Stage."
Everyone is performing in life. |
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| Pulling a character out of a scene so that the audience can address them and ask questions. |
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| Devices include feedback and hotseat. |
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| Musical vehicle for ecstasy. |
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| Similar to nirvana state of mind. |
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| Love of the universe. Includes spinning. |
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-Late Medieval Era (1300-1600)
-Shifts from feudal lords to Kings and guilds
-Rise of guilds to protect merchants and trade workers
-Rise of University and Secular learning
-Feast of Corpus Christi |
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-"Body of Christ"
-Emphasizes union of human and divine as mystery which gives meaning to life.
-Makes church more relevant and accessible |
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| Unions the protected trade workers and merchants. |
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| Basic structure of medieval theatre, however many were needed to indicate locale were used, placed on platforms or wagons. |
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| Stage space in front of the mansions. |
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| Special effect used to attempt to scare the audience by dramatizing an actively grasping description of Hell. |
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| 1625 Prime Minister, made French cultural center of Europe, adopted neoclassical ideals. |
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Recognized tragedy (about kings and nobles) and comedy (about middle and lower classes), never mixing them.
Believe drama was to teach and please.
Plays should be in 5 acts. |
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-Time (all action occurs within 24 hours)
-Place (all action occurs in the same place)
-Action (only one plot)
-Should uphold poetic justice. |
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| Appearing to be true or real. |
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| An etiquitte of appropriate styles of vocabulary and diction. |
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-Failed to adhere to neoclassical rules
-Play ended happily |
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-Jean Baptiste Poquelin
-Middle Class
-Theatre Illustre
-Court theatre |
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• Character Comedies
• Middle Class Subjects
• Influence of Commedia
• Example: Tartuffe |
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| Noeclassical Staging Conventions |
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| Proscenium stage and perspective scenery. |
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-Ibsen
-Alienated from family and society
-Considered home and children blackmail
-Women as property
-Box set for realism |
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-The Origin of Species
-Progress and change
-Environment and Heredity |
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• -The Unconscious mind (Id vs. Superego)
• -Motives not always known
• Photography |
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| What we can observe with the 5 senses. |
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| Don't always say/know what they mean. |
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• -Crowd scenes
• -Attention to Detail
• -Historical Accuracy
• -Realistic, not “realist” |
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-"The System"
-Directing Chekov |
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