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It involves the use of techniques designed to distance the audience from emotional involvement |
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| representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form. |
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| oval or round structure having tiers of seats rising gradually outward from a central open space or arena |
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| is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, |
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| A piece of dialogue intended for the audience and supposedly not heard by the other actors on stage |
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| A director who believes that his or her role is to be the author of a production. An auteur director's point of view dominates that of the playwright, and the director may make textual changes and modifications. |
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| process of planning where, when, and how actors will move about the stage during a performance |
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| a humorous theatrical presentation performed by professional players who traveled in troupes throughout Italy in the 16th century. Performances took place on temporary stages |
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| a movement in abstract art evolved in Russia after World War I, primarily by Naum Gabo, the Russian-born US sculptor (1890-1977), which explored the use of movement and machine-age materials in sculpture and had considerable influence on modern art and architecture |
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| the part of a play, novel, etc., in which the theme and main characters are introduced |
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| ) an artistic and literary movement originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century, which sought to express emotions rather than to represent external reality: characterized by the use of symbolism and of exaggeration and distortion |
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| a form of Japanese drama based on popular legends and characterized by elaborate costumes, stylized acting, and the use of male actors for all role |
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| theatre that attempts to create a perfect illusion of reality through a range of dramati |
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| theatre that attempts to create a perfect illusion of reality through a range of dramati |
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| part of the main floor of a theater behind the musicians. |
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| a person who oversees all aspects of mounting a theatre production. The producer manages the overall financial and managerial functions of a production or venue, raises or provides financial backing, and hires personnel for creative positions |
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| sometimes simply "the book," is the copy of a production script that contains the information necessary to create a theatrical production from the ground up. It is a compilation of all blocking, business, light, speech and sound cues, lists of properties, drawings of the set, contact information for the cast and crew, and any other relevant information that might be necessary to help the production run smoothly and nicely. |
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| Public Theater is a New York City arts organization founded as The Shakespeare Workshop in 1954 by Joseph Papp, with the intention of showcasing the works of up-and-coming playwrights and performer |
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| or resident theater, in the United States is a professional or semi-professional theater company that produces its own seasons. |
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| restoration drama refers to plays and other performed works of literature that were written and performed during the restoration period. These are drama pieces that had sexually explicit content and had an audience that was more diverse and could even have women as characters |
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| arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted |
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| type of broad physical comedy involving exaggerated, boisterous actions (e.g. a pie in the face), farce, violence and activities which may exceed the boundaries of common sense |
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| devices used within a performance that are accepted as portraying an event or style without necessarily being realistic. |
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| the person responsible for the lighting and other technical arrangements for a stage play. |
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| progression of techniques used to train actors to draw believable emotions to their performance |
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| a secondary strand of the plot that is a supporting side story for any story or the main plot |
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| content of a book, play, musical work, film, video game, or television series which is not announced explicitly by the characters (or author) but is implicit or becomes something understood by the observer of the work as the production unfolds. |
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| work expressed the belief that human existence has no meaning or purpose and therefore all communication breaks down. Logical construction and argument gives way to irrational and illogical speech and to its ultimate conclusion, silence |
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| did not strive to create the illusion of reality but rather to remind the audience of their role as viewers and critics of the artwork in progress before them |
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| a series or group of three plays, novels, operas, etc., that, although individually complete, are closely related in theme, sequence, or the like |
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| a play constructed according to a predetermined pattern and aiming at neatness of plot and theatrical effectiveness but often being mechanical and stereotyped |
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