THTR 1020 Lecture : Theatre Notes
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What"s in a name: theater a building in which theatrical performances or motion picture shows are presented, theatre is a collaborative performance art, peter brook, drama take a play and read it. What"s in a convention: generally accepted term or societal norms, theatrical conventions, programs, applause, curtain call, electric lighting, the fourth wall, before the fourth wall, active audiences, segregation and blackface, paul robeson, 1943, othello. Suspension of disbelief: willing suspension of disbelief, samuel taylor coleridge, magic acts, action sequences, musical numbers. Universals of theatre: theatre is live, theatre is ephemeral, theatre is collaborative, theatre id a synthesis of many arts, not static. Reminders: fool for love play, ushering, cultural document trifles, moodle question this thursday. The audience is a community: permant or temporary, the house, empathy vs. The audience: active audience audience could respond to actors, astor place riots may 10th 1894, passive audience, aesthetic distance. Protagonists (person who story is about) vs. antagonists (challenges protagonist)
