THTR 1020 Lecture : Theatre Notes
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- ephemeral- cannot be canned , can never be repeated, live during the show and dies. - live- live actor, live audience, in the same place after, disappears once it is over. -synthesis of many arts- acting, writing, visual, philosophy, music. -the quality of being arresting or highly emotional. -stories containing a state, situation, or series of events. -aristotle believed that acting had to be an imitation of an action. -tragedy had to have plot, characters, diction, thought, spectacle, melody. Interpretive framework used by both producers and interpreters. Codes make it easier to communicate in theatre. Combination of dramatic structure and conventions that repeat. Help industry produce and market products and distribute them. Genre unconsciously instructs us as spectators as to the way something is intended to be interpreted. -comedy-makes you laugh, ends happy, reaffirms values of society. High comedy- what they say, upper class, comedy of manners. Dark comedy- humor from the line of good taste.
