THEA 102 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Tennessee Williams, Tragicomedy, Uta Hagen
16 Dec 2016
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Kevin oakes definition of acting: living truthfully through the given circumstances of the play. Peter brook- blocks a play and has french school children watch it and tell him what they think the story is. Director of mahabharat; 3 part cycle of plays adapted from ancient hindu epic. Samuel beckett irish playwright-> waiting for godot (theatre di babylon paris) Bertolt brecht; the threepenny opera & the good person of setzuan 0. Konstantine stanislavski method; to work from the inside outward (the magic if: if i were in that situation not if i were them) emotional recall (recall something that made you sad if you need to act sad) Uta hagen:actress and techer, tennessee williams play, used her own experiences as substitutions for blanche dubois. David mamet-> practical asthetics, focused on things within actors control. Anne bogart-> viewpoints (shape, time, space, movement, story, emotion) develops a presence. Lee strasberg-> transformed stanislavski method to american method.
