THE-2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Bertolt Brecht, Epic Theatre, Vsevolod Meyerhold
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How did directing evolve into its modern form: only began in the late 19th century- history is really short, before: actors, playwrights, and workers in production stepped in and took over some administrative role, prelude to directing. People that paved the way to directing: richard wagner. Came up with gesamtkunstwerk: means total art work. All the theatre pieces come up to one single entity: design, directing, acting. For wagner: important for someone to look over everything: master artist, an uber artist who. And more: the master artist was the uber artist. Theatrical innovations: theatre auditoriums had box seats. Going to see everyone in the community and to be seen. Most important people in box seats: created fan-shaped auditorium. Audience members looked at stage not at each other. Everyone needed to pay attention to his masterpiece: darkened auditorium. Now when it"s dark, reinforce audience to pay attention. Think about him as a fellow with an ego.
