CHAPTER 11 Theatre Today MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS Please choose the best answer for the following questions. 1. The theatre may be considered a conservative institution because it conserves or preserves a. a consistent ideology characteristic of political parties. b. the history and conventional way of working as a theatre. c. the political and economic views of the time. d. the moral attitudes of a select group of people. Answer: b 2. Postmodern playwrights and directors
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CHAPTER 1 What Is the Theatre? MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS Please choose the best answer for the following questions. 1. The word “theatre” comes from the Greek theatron‚ which means a. acting place. b. seeing place. c. singing place. d. listening place. The word “drama” comes from the Greek dran‚ which means a. to make. b. to play. c. to do. d. to dance Which of the following is NOT a possible meaning of “theatre”? a. the building where the play is performed. b. the company of players. c. the stage
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Theatre 100 Final Exam Review Drake Union tour Remember the major rooms and theatres we toured Lecture #9: Sarah Ruhl & contemporary theatre Brecht- Epic theatre • Alienate audience to THINK‚ not FEEL • Use history to comment on present • Remind audience they are in theatre: open stagecraft‚ musical numbers‚ puppets‚ narrators‚ film Samuel Beckett & Absurdism • Characters in bizarre situations • Circular/static blots- things often repeat • Sparse language- talking past each other
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Theatre 101 Worksheet 4 Roman Theatre Concept/Lifestyle: Blood thirsty‚ competitive- The Romans were competive with their plays‚ like today Americans are competitive with their sports Variety entertainment- short comic plays‚ dancing. singing‚ juggling‚ tightrope-walking‚ acrobatics‚ trained animals‚ gladitorial contests‚ animal baiting‚ water ballets‚ mock sea fights and a host of other events. Competitive arena- Romans built theatres both in Italy and abroad. In the time of Platus‚ all theatres
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The mystery that is Ancient Greek theatre has been wondered about from the 5th century onward by historians and philosophers alike. Because no one really has an accurate knowledge on the exact origins‚ Aristotle and others suggested theories of how tragedy and comedy came about. These theories are generally accepted‚ even with the lack of proof. Greek theatre introduced new art forms that are still popular today‚ but they were so different then. Imagine going to see a play now: there is usually comfortable
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INTT 434 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP Case Write-up Mama Mia Case GokhanCaylak Ersin Ayli Yusuf Cihan Yagsatan Batuhan Durak Mustafa Bulut Istanbul‚ Turkey 2013 Decision Problem: Mamma Mia is a successful stage show‚ their success leads to more demand from audience which leads to more performances resulting in a lot more critics. What can be done to sustain its success without being a moderate commercialized play? As we have yet to define the main decision problem
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Sondheim‚ hailed by many as a genius‚ has had a long and illustrious career in Broadway musical theatre spanning five decades. During those fifty-some years‚ Sondheim has essentially reinvented the Broadway musical. The Sondheim canon shows three distinct ways Sondheim has contributed to musical theatre. First of all‚ the difficulty of Stephen Sondheim’s music has raised the standard of musical theatre. Actors simply cannot stand onstage and sing as they used to in the days of Gershwin and Cole Porter
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However‚ seems as though the sinister Mr. Goble and tactful Mr. Sykes‚ head of technical theatre‚ had already paid her off‚ allowing them to run the department with ease‚ as long as they continue to rake in cash. This injustice needs to be acted upon‚ without a fair and equal theatre department‚ the overall shows put on by the department will begin to lack‚ everyone seeing the same actors over and over again‚ with no new breath of fresh
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our devised piece in the style of physical theatre. We have seen a live production of ’Lovesong’ by Abi Morgan performed through the company of Frantic Assembly and within the play‚ there were elements of having naturalistic set on stage‚ however using it in an un-naturalistic way‚ other features consisted of interpretive dance throughout the piece to convey emotions of the characters. Through further research of the style‚ we found that physical theatre goes beyond verbal narrative‚ incorporating
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which enables us to emerge from darkness into a blaze of light. We fight then to discover‚ to experience the truth about ourselves‚ to tear away the masks behind which we hide daily. People see theatre as a place of provocation‚ a challenge the actor sets himself and also‚ indirectly‚ other people. Theatre only has a meaning if it allows people to transcend there own stereotyped vision‚ their general feelings and customs‚ our standards of judgment. This is so that we may experience what is real and
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