THEA242 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Clybourne Park, European Route E20, George Bernard Shaw
2 Mar 2017
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Theatre needs writer, actor, and director to create. For theatre to happen, need these at least: story, actor, audience. What is theatre: art, live, collaborative, performance, communication, form of storytelling, business, Class, cathartic, thought-provoking, expression of emotion, interaction, interpretation, education, Entertainment, production, experience, cultural, history, musical, place/building, medium, competition, Directing, acting, ephemeral, form of madness, a career, community, history, spectacle, career, conflict & Resolution, holding mirror, transformation of information, scope (theatre of war), propaganda, soapbox, A few months, 1/2/3 years, many years, depends on the size of production. Professor carlsen says that the average time of a production from idea to opening night, can take around 2 to 3 years. Some have been as short as several weeks and some took 10 years or longer. The short one talked about was the comedy private lives by noel coward. 1930 and took only several months to get to the west end stage with gertrude lawrence and noel coward.
