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Alienation effect
Berhoh Brecht's audience's emotional involvement should be minimized.
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Constructivism
Sets were nonrealistic & provide greater opportunities for physical action
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Poor theatre
Jerzy Grotowski, theatre stripped to the bare essentials
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Surrealism
Present dramatically the working of the subconcious
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Mellow Drama
Emphasized action and spectactular effects with music
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Shakspear
Greatest playwright, globe theatre, Lord Chamberlain's men
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Well Made Play
Combined apparent plausibility of incident and surface
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Naturalism
Form of realism, not carefully plotted or constructed
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Musical Theatre
Broad category includes opera, musical, and other
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Slapstick
Type of comedy that uses exaggerated behavior
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Unit Set
Single setting can represent a variety of locales with properties or scenic elements
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Morality
Medieval drama designed to teach a lesson
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Box Set
Flats to form the back & side or walls in a room
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Zanni
Comic male servants in Italian commedia
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Pole & Charriot System
Changing sets made of flat wings
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Mystery
Short dramas based on old & new testimony
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3 Utilities by Aristotle
Time, Place, Action
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Who is Dionysus
A god, there are 2 festivals per year celebrating Dionysus (god of wine, fertility, and revelry)
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Who is thespis?
Credited with turning songs into drama
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Most famous greek tradgedy?
Edipus
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6 Basic elements of Drama
Plot, Character, Theme, Language, Music, Spectacle
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3 Units of theatre?
Seating, Orchestra, Scene house
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2 forms of Japanese theatre?
Noh, Bunraku
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Where did reainiassiance begin?
Italy
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What did drama center around in the middle ages?
Religion
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What 3 contributions did the Italians give us?
Intermezzi, pastorals, opera
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Advantages of realism
- 1. observing of everyday life
- 2. credible
- 3. relatable
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Disadvantages of realism
- 1. to limited
- 2. no devices are used
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What is a ancient form in South East Asia today?
Shadow play
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Four neoclassical ideals
- 1. Drama is true to life
- 2. Small cast of characters
- 3. Genre shouldn't mix
- 4. No on stage violence
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