THTR1170 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Dramatists Play Service, Tragic Hero, Ancient Greek Comedy
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Suspension of disbelief -> people don"t actually believe its real. Realism -> representational form and a holistic approach. Commercial: broadway -> musicals high demand = profit, investment and a return on that investment, family entertainment. Non-profit: regional theaters, edgier and newer material. Requires reader to synthesize info from variety of sources including: character interaction, what is unspoken (subtext, stage directions, dialogue, effective dramatic action. Complete and self contained: beginning, middle, end. Deliberate shape or organization that reveals purpose. Cause and effect: logical progression of actions/events. Character: all events focus on one character. Thought: scenes linked by central theme or idea: dramatic structure. Middle: complications (conflict), changes the direction of the action, climax. End: resolution: aristotle (384 322 bce) Comedy (common folk/how we are) & tragedy (high born/how we want to be) (section on. Comedy lost: aristotle"s six elements of tragedy. Genre: comedy, tragedy, tragicomedy, melodrama, religious plays, historical drama, musicals, Only festival that included theater as part of celebration.
