THEA 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Theatre Of Ancient Greece, Abstract And Concrete, Le Figaro
21 Dec 2016
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Terms from military language: soldiers at the front line. Less interested in producing long lasting art but interested in promoting themselves. Ultimate goal is to incite action change! act now: italian futurism (vines, fillipo marinetti & futurist manifestos. Fillipo born in egypt moved to france. was preaching law, abandoned to be artist. Name for himself in france and italy. After a while he was frustrated by conventional theatre and wanted change. Published manifesto in italy then published his manifesto on le figaro. Reaction to manifesto in italy was muted: futurist theatre. New manifestos at new events. must keep writing. Venice after futurism 1910 - another manifesto written. C. 1909-1914 futurist hold serates (soirees) in theatres throughout italy- encourage audience interaction . They got audience interaction by pissing them off. Serates to make audience think and implement change. Serates: selling the same tickets to 10 people. gluing seats. sneezing powder. play beatoven backwards. ideas picked up much later in theatre history.
