[THAR 280] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 48 pages long Study Guide!
29 Nov 2016
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The art of performance for entertainment and expression. Theater only exists in the moment, you"ll never replicate the audience or the performance. Absurdism begin in nazi germany as a form of rebellion on streets without getting caught and killed. Throughout history, the romans" plays complain about the wealthy or high strata or the. Audience (must have to be considered a performance, must have at least 1) Playing space (doesn"t need to have stage, may be in a bathroom, waiting room, living room, etc. ) Text (script will change slightly, includes improvisation, doesn"t need a script, can be decided by an audience, ex: lectures) Brings more than what the playwright has on paper. Sometimes theater just wants to elicit a reaction and get you talking even if you don"t like that point or play. Performers: actors, singers, dancers, comedians, mimes, magicians, teachers. Greek women could not attend because the men thought their brains would boil and leak out of their ears.
