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The audience’s ability to experience empathy with a character makes theatre exciting and personal, while _________ allows the audience to analyze their feelings about a play.
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aesthetic distance
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In ancient Roman theatre, the word _____ indicated the mask an actor wore; now we use word to describe a social role we play in life.
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persona
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Theater operations that deal directly with the audience are called _________.
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front of house
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proscenium space
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characterized by a large open arch or "picture frame" that divides the audience and performance space
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thrust space
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the audience surrounds the stage or performance space on three sides
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arena space
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a theatre space in which the audience compeltely surrounds the stage or performance area |
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found space
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a location, indoors or out, that was not intended as a theater space when created |
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environmental theatre
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adudience and actors share the space with little or no separation between performing and observing areas
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Chapter Three has many production photographs – take a look at them! Which play is described in the photo caption as a “stunning amalgamation of humor, horror, and melodrama—an unusual combination for a musical”?
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sweeney todd
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The term ________ means scenery that is made to look and function as realistically as possible.
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representational
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The term ________ means scenery that is made to look and function as realistically as possible.
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presentational
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all costumes in a play are a product of specific choices by the costume designer and _____________
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a director
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Personal preference, or _________, is inextricably tied to our previous experiences with all aspects of art, entertainment, and culture.
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taste
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Critics never return to see a play again; they do not want to discover that their orginal opinion might have changed in some way.
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false
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-Xspace+Xaction+Xaudience =
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a range of empathy to artistic distance
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PETER BROOK
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theatre only requires: 1) an empty space (shared between audience and person)
a person in action someone watching that persion in action (audience) |
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Augusto Boal -
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invisible theatre. theatre should be rehearsal for the revolution. - acting in the environment. it’s for a purpose!
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