THEA104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Light Plot, Architectural Drawing, Scenic Design
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Purpose for macbeth: show hero unravel audience learns they can unravel in ways they didn"t think they could. 100-minute play: > 90 minutes are talking. Audience must be able to hear actors & be listening. Man is the sum total of his actions john-paul sarte. Visualizes idea of civilization as an edge. Last directing gig was macbeth in thompson. Sponsors one of the most popular study abroad trips: winter in london. Produces original theater for school groups & families. Hardest part: being the absent audience member at every rehearsal. Look at play with na ve one-time point of view that audience would have. Hard because director see play over & over again. 1st producer: choragus financier chosen by the state to produce a play. 1st director: didaskolos assistant chosen by the choragus to help the writer and to. End of 19th century: believed that the director should be a stand-in for the audience.
