TDR 3560 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Polonius, Action Theater, Dramatic Structure
5 Mar 2018
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Words used to explain want only-- exploring the motivations of characters is the easiest way to understand a play, give direction, and play a character. Exposition and their importance, backwards and forwards give exposition purpose. Backwards show how events impact each other. Protagonist - the character who the play is about, that goes through the most change. This character is involved or at least present at every major event that drives the plot. Dramatic action and plot is the structure of events. Exposition: includes stasis interrupted by the intrusion. Exposition usually occurs at the beginning of the play. Partial - some characters know the exposition but not all of it. Exposition is basically the given circumstances, the information needed to establish the world and circumstances of the play and characters respectively. Exposition functions by using the past to propel action. Theatre directors, actors, and designers need to know the exposition to know how to land a moment.
