THTR-T 100- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 28 pages long!)
1 Dec 2017
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Awareness of what we"re seeing onstage is not real. Dramaturg (works with director + playwright to work on script or make sure historical pieces are honored) To have theatre, we must have a performer, a spectator, and a space . 17th century, historically raked stage (on an angle so audience can see in the back and forced perspective) Thrust surrounded on three sides by audience (actor surrounded by audience), many have a facade (generalized standing or hanging structure), may have vomitories (entrances to elevated seating, used by actors) Found theatre : any place that wasn"t intended to be a theatrical space. What is a play? a blueprint for theatrical production; includes dialogue and stage. Plot : the structure of the events of a play; drama is action. Story : can happen over any time, the overall: plot : everything that is covered in the play. : the point in the story where the playwright begins to dramatize the action.
