THTR 1020 Lecture : Theatre Notes 1
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A bare stage can become any location by using language or gesture our minds fill in the blanks: at the outset, nothing on the stage has any inherit meaning, theatre generates meaning through action. Conventions: an unspoken agreement between actor and audience concerning a fictional reality. Breaking convention is a shortcut to meaning often used in the theatre. Ideology: the abstract social ideas, values, or belief systems that underpin our understanding of reality. What"s this thing we"re watching: drama- play texts, theatre- combination of text, design, acting, etc. into a live event, in a place. Is a play different: reading a play, blueprints for action, life is implied, basic code of events, seeing a play, intention of playwright, imagination, point of view, design elements (costumes, lighting, set) Closet dramas- plays meant to ve read, not acted: imagination takes form of your point of view, plays are alive, personalized, only exist in the lives of whom, playwright- wright meaning is maker.
