THEA 1000 Lecture 2: Chapter 2 theatre notes
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The actor-audience relationship is the heart of the theatre experience. Each theatre performance is unique and occurs in the presents of an audience. Actor move through a production from beginning to end- if a mishap occurs the actors must correct it and move on: there is no chance to do a scene over and no editing. Therefore, each theatre event is live, immediate, and unique. The audience has an enormous effect on actors: Actors are encouraged and energized by a responsive audience. They are discouraged by an unresponsive one. Reacting to this, actors will change their performance in subtle but very real ways. The immediate, personal exchange; the chemistry and magic that gives theatre its special quality. Audiences participate vicariously through the mind and heart: - through imagination we come to believe what we see on stage. We become involved with the characters: -we cry, laugh, hate, love, suffer, rejoice etc.
