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Theatre

Bloc 2 - British Theatre

Définition

Theatre
Defines a building or an outdoor area where plays and other dramatic performances are given.
The West End
A famous place where Shakespeare's and Broadway plays are played, and where we expect costume and plays from a certain era.
Non/Commercial Theatre
“Commercial Theatre” pleases most people. “Non-Commercial Theatre” allows anything.
Deconstruction
Process of taking apart all the articulations of a complex object in favour of new articulations and new wants of putting those same components back together.
Mimesis
The imitation of life.
Meta-narrative
A guiding narrative that we tell ourselves to follow.
Play
A dramatic work for the stage or to be broadcast.

Where does it come from?

  • Religous practice for Dionysus during which a goat was killed.


What are the components of Western Theatre?

  • Realism
  • Characters
  • Costumes and settings
  • Plot
  • Genre comedy vs Tragedy
  • Text
  • Presence


What do we find in a Theatre?

  • Orchestra
  • Altar
  • Skene
  • Proskenion

A retenir :

Components of Western Theatre changed after the 20th Century:

  • Relationship to audience. 
  • Relationship to pit and room.
  • Distancing between actors. 
  • Actors might set up off their roles. 
  • Stage stands anything to be real: 
  • Doesn't pretend anything. 
  • Restaurant cooks what’s on stage. 
  • Characters sit in realistic places.
  • Separation between pit and audience might not really exist.
  • Notion of plot can go away.
  • Some plays have no text. It is written through rehearsals.
  • Some characters have troubles to express themselves. 
Post-Bac
1

Theatre

Bloc 2 - British Theatre

Définition

Theatre
Defines a building or an outdoor area where plays and other dramatic performances are given.
The West End
A famous place where Shakespeare's and Broadway plays are played, and where we expect costume and plays from a certain era.
Non/Commercial Theatre
“Commercial Theatre” pleases most people. “Non-Commercial Theatre” allows anything.
Deconstruction
Process of taking apart all the articulations of a complex object in favour of new articulations and new wants of putting those same components back together.
Mimesis
The imitation of life.
Meta-narrative
A guiding narrative that we tell ourselves to follow.
Play
A dramatic work for the stage or to be broadcast.

Where does it come from?

  • Religous practice for Dionysus during which a goat was killed.


What are the components of Western Theatre?

  • Realism
  • Characters
  • Costumes and settings
  • Plot
  • Genre comedy vs Tragedy
  • Text
  • Presence


What do we find in a Theatre?

  • Orchestra
  • Altar
  • Skene
  • Proskenion

A retenir :

Components of Western Theatre changed after the 20th Century:

  • Relationship to audience. 
  • Relationship to pit and room.
  • Distancing between actors. 
  • Actors might set up off their roles. 
  • Stage stands anything to be real: 
  • Doesn't pretend anything. 
  • Restaurant cooks what’s on stage. 
  • Characters sit in realistic places.
  • Separation between pit and audience might not really exist.
  • Notion of plot can go away.
  • Some plays have no text. It is written through rehearsals.
  • Some characters have troubles to express themselves. 
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