THEA 120 Midterm: THEA 120 : THEA-120 EXAM #2 (Orr)
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First photograph with a person in it. Auguste and louis lumiere, or the lumiere brothers. Invented cinematographe 17m box that could record and develop film. Made over 1000 films in only two years. Film demonstrated ideas that had been developed in the 19th century. Telegraph, train travel, photography, telephone, phonograph, electric light. A literary and theatrical practice valuing direct imitation []. Usually more concerned with psychological motives, the "inner reality" [of characters. Emphasizes role of society, history, and personality in determining the actions of. Adopting a "scientific" attitude towards its subject matter. Pursued tranche de vie or slice of life style. Theater should be like sciences and photography (objective and analytical) Environment, the study of which has transformed science and literature, will have to take a large role in the theatre. "the physiological man in our modern works is asking more and more compellingly to be determined by his setting, by the environment that produced him.
