CTH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: On Stranger Tides, Medieval Theatre, Morality Play
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Ancient greece: no pay wrote for glory and community service. Medieval theatre: wrote plays to promote the church, morality plays, passion plays, cycle plays. Shakespeare era: theatre was big business, shakespeare went from middle class to upper class and earned a coat of arms for family. Theatre today: they try to make money but there is not much of it, ca(cid:374)"t really (cid:373)ake a li(cid:448)i(cid:374)g just fro(cid:373) (cid:449)riti(cid:374)g plays, most playwrights must work other jobs, many try to write for tv for money. Collaboration readings: workshops rewrites, previews lower prices, dramaturgs, extra researchers. Role of the producer rents or buys the venue: provides or raises money, makes or loses money, hires artists, hires management team, organizes publicity to get an audience. Non-profit theatre: artist director, artistic decisions, managing director, business decisions. Theatre wicked: most expensive play ever produced, wicked cost million ticket price on broadway - .