THTR 1020 Lecture : Audience Etiquette Notes
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Audience etiquette: arrive on time (early) be a part of the experience, turn your phones off. I reserve the right to revoke points if you receive complaints. What was the production trying to do: upload notes to moodle by feb. 16. Watching a play: the savvy decoder: watching for more than entertainment, critical viewing, decoding the visual symbols on the stage, differs based on conventions western, decoding a play requires constant questioning. Production concept: central idea, message of the piece the audience should walk away with, should be grounded in the text/ performance, but also speak to the current historical moment. Major dramatic question: what is the play asking, for hamlet, what is our obligation to the dead, is vengeance ever justified, give me two mdq for all my sons. Metaphor: expressing point of view in concentrated form that can be translate to stage language, expressed through design: (tree in ams)
