1What is Drama?
An antagonist, protagonist, conflict, and coming to an evolutional resolution
2When can live theatre happen?
Live theatre can only happen when performers are placed in front of an audience.
3Definition of transitory
of brief duration
4What aspect of the nature of theatre makes it different?
The transitory nature of theatre is what sets it apart
5How is a play written?
A play is written to be performed
6What does theatre focus on?
Theatre focuses on human beings
7Definition of deus ex machina
god from a machine
8What are the three aspects of theatre in ritual?
Performers in front of an audience, costumes, and story telling
9performer-audience relationship
the audience can affect the performers and subtly change the performance
10aestethic distance
the seaparation needed to perceive and appreciate a work of art
11observed theatre
the audience participates vicariously or empathically with what is happening on stage
12empathy
the experience of mentally entering in to the feelings or spirit of another person
13participatory theatre
makes no attempt to follow a script and there is an emphasis on education, personal development or therapy.
14Who creates the illusion of theatre?
the audience
15flashbacks
abrupt movements from the present to the past and back again
16anacrhonism
placing characters or events outside the proper time sequence
17symbol
a sign, token, or emblem that signifies something else
18metaphor
we announce that one thing is another in order to describe it or point up its meaning
19what two worlds are the audience asked to accept?
realism and non-realism
20is non-realism more truthful than realism?
no
21realism
elements of theatre that conform to our own observations of people, places, and events
22non-realism
elements of theatre that do not conform to our observations of surface reality
23what does non-realism argue?
it argues that surface life can never convey the whole truth
24critic
someone who observes theatre and then analyzes and comments on it
25criticize
to understand and appraise
26appraise
to give something value
27what must a theatre critic have an understanding of?
directing, acting, and design
28descriptive criticism
attempts to describe as clearly and accurately as possible what is happening in a play or performanc
29prescriptive
the critic describes what has been done and offers advice about how it should have been done
30reviewer
usually works for tv/magazine and reports on what has occured
31What is the difference between a critic and a reviewer?
Reviewers have a lot less space and use up less words to describe a show, while a critic will have the freedom to go into full detail on every aspect of a performance.
32dramaturg
german for 'dramatic advisor'; in house critic
33what are the duties of a dramaturg?
- Discover new plays
- Work with playwrights to develop new scripts
- Identify significant plays from the past that have been overlooked
- Prepares reports on the history of plays
- Researches criticism and interpretations of the plays
- Writes articles for the programs that are distributed for the play