Thursday: 18-27 in Enjoyment of theater 8-24-06
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8-22-06 Thursday: 18-27 in Enjoyment of theater 8-24-06 Keyword: Ephemeral lasting for a short period of time existing for only one day, as with some plants and insects “Metaphor makes us human”-Augusto Boal Pictures in cave What is art? Monet-Woman with Parasol Urinal: Duchap-Fountain, 1917 Art is about context What is theatre: Event-art-space-idea-system Need: Actor
Audience Space
Time “Three boards, two actors, and a passion” Theatre vs. Life Theatre is a heightened and compressed version of life It’s moment by moment Involves problems with life There’s life after theater, but no coffee after life Optional ingredients: Story, words, writer, director, designer, costumes, lights, sets, sound Other arts in theatre: Music, dance, visual art Music artists: They’re creating a character for themselves Performing Arts: Theatre, Dance, Music, Opera -Ephemeral -Ephemeral=fleeting (here once moment, gone the next, never the same twice) -occupy time and space -need an audience Performer vs. Actor
Live
-like life -real people, not images More than words Local
“to hold, as ‘twere, the mirror up to nature” Summary: No definitive definition 8-29-06 Seeing and Reading Plays keywords Audience Casual (Linear) Plot Episodic Plot Protagonist Antagonist Foil
Raisoneur Confidante Idea Language
Genre Quiz on Thursday over A Doll’s House How to Watch a Play Before the play: First thing you see: Stage
Audience Set
Program -director’s notes -cast
Scenic Design: More doors, funnier the show’s supposed to be
Spare time, money Ticket prices are a lot Avg. B’way theatergoer: $100,000+ income Alternative- smaller theatres! Cheap! Audience Behavior Elizabethan: much more involved, react more, diverse audience, groundlings broke 4th wall. Actors addressed audience directly Cradle Will Rock Negative behaviors: Audience size Preparation Willingness Waiting for Lefty (cast member calls for a strike, audience rioted) Different from reading a book Use Imagination Title Characters Stage Directions Other notes Place, time, season, historical, era
Plot, Character, Idea, Language, Music, Spectacle Plot- arrangement of the incidents; casual (linear, a-b-c), episodic Causal: Exposition-inciting incident-rising action, point of no return, climax, resolution Episodic Plot Multiple plots centered around an idea Character: Functions: Protagonist: main character Antagonist: bad guy Foil: shows off the facets of the protagonist Confidante: protagonist confides in Raissoneur: voice of the author
Meaning
Central theme Language: Style, modern, old-fashioned, reflections on world of play Genre: Type of play Things that affect audience: Size, willingness, preparation, demographic 8-31-06 A Doll’s House Plot:
Linear plot Multi-linear (other characters taking their own journey) Climax- when she yells at him and leaves
Protagonist: Nora Antagonist: Torvald Confidante: Kristine Foil: Kristine, Dr. Rank, Krogstag
Doll
Stubborn Frightened singing-bird Fool Bewildered Helpless Happy
Fritter bird How has she changed in the end? More confidant. Independence, no blind trust, selfish and bold, wants to be her own person, not the doll in the dollhouse Macaroons hint that Nora will develop independent frame of mind, conversation with Kristine, she swears, when she talks about how she made her money What’s Nora’s overall goal or SUPEROBJECTIVE Beginning- money, end-freedom Torvald-banker-hates debt Language of Kristine compared to Nora: Older, more mature, more independent, life experience Rank has syphilis Ibsen: Father of modern drama Realism Norwegian folklore Doll’s House based on true story “problem play” retrospective plot -like greek tragedy -most major events before play starts Europe, mid-1800s Doll’s House-revolutionary for the time Theatres refused to produce it Actresses refused to play Nora -Germany-another ending -Nora stays for her children’s sakes “The slam heard ‘round the world”
Winter, 3-4 hours of sun per day. Seasonal Depression
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