ART 1001 Lecture : 1001 Lecture 2 2
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Imaginary fourth wall between the actors and audience: audience faces the actors on only one side, apron between the stage and audience, like looking through a picture fram, ex: lsu shaver theatre. Arena stage: audience on all sides, actor enters and exits from the aisles/voms (vomitory, ex: reilly theatre (for twelfth night they have the fourth side roped off with a curtain so it didn"t look like an arena) Trust stage: audience on 3 sides, a compromise between procenium and arena in some ways. Black box: flexible seating so the configuration can be changed for each show, ex: lsu studio theatre. Stage directions: stage right: actor"s right, stage left: actor"s left, upstage: near the back wall, downstage: near the audience.
