Theatre - quiz 2

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theatre’s typical understanding of a “play,” means

one discrete performance of a single text.

In the theatre, we use “play” to mean both

The performance event and the text that is performed

 (we might think of the performed play as the basic unit of modern theatre)

*event* of the play And the play as a *text*.

a performance, a doing that happens in time and at a specific place, and is, to some extent, ephemeral.

play-event

movie

endlessly proliferated through digital means and is virtually the same in each copy, the play-event is reenacted over and over again, resulting in a one-time event each time, no matter how almost-the-same the appearance might be. 

unrepeatability

key aspect of going to a play.

many other types of live events happen that are not called *plays* or *theatre* 

they might be thought of as various types of *performanc*

Drama

a type of literature usually written in dialogue that functions as both a “recipe” and a “receipt” for an enactment with bodies in physical space. 

It is a recipe because

provides a plan for creating a play in the future

A receipt because

it can be a recording of an event that has already happened.

word “drama”

etymologically derived from the Greek word *dran*

Dran

“something done.”

recipe

document in and of itself And in some sense incomplete without being executed and made real through carrying out the actions contained in its text.

archaic form of the English word “recipe”

receipt

about half the plays of William Shakespeare

were never published during their author’s lifetime—rather, eighteen of his plays were first typeset and published seven years after his death with the cooperation of Shakespeare’s old colleagues, fellow actors, and producers.

How many play titles known from ancient Athens survived

thirty-two complete tragedies and eleven complete comedies

most of these play titles known from anthens survived in textbooks of 

 ancient Greek writings in northern Africa and in Islamic centers of learning in the Near East and Spain before being “rediscovered” by late-medieval and Renaissance-era Europeans.

Many of our older play texts may therefore be more akin to *receipts,* 

documenting the textual and physical aspects of the performed play, rather than what developed after Shakespeare’s age

a system wherein a playwright writes a detailed recipe text in expectation of its being “brought to life” or realized on a stage in place and time.

 Shakespeare’s age

that play-texts are not the same as play-performances

that play-texts are not the same as play-performances

part of the way the play-text is different from the play-performance is based on 

temporality (Time)

A play is action, but it is

*patterned* action.

Dramaturgy means

the art and science of creating meaningful patterns in stage action.

Dramaturgy is

created from two Greek words: *drama and ergos,* which means “worker.”

Dramaturgy

is the work of compiling or creating drama.

One way that play-events can be categorized is according to 

 *conventions*

Conventions Are

the repeated elements of a play (or other repeated texts and performances) that come to define our experience of the play, text, performance, or indeed all kinds of cultural encounters

Drama

* Dramatic literature or the play
* Only one small part of the Theatrical performance: the blueprint
* The script text and words

Theatre

* the theatrical arts

Performance

* dance, film, tv, radio (aesthetic performance)
* Play, games, sports, rituals (non-aesthetic)
* Everyday - roleplay

Performance is

An event that occurs in time and space

Richard schechner

5 primary categories

5 primary categories

* theatre (music, dance, film, Tv, etc.)
* Play
* Games
* Rituals
* Spiders

Theatre must have

A. Actor

B. Story

C. Audience (key ingredient)

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Éric Bentley

A performs B for C

Actor performs a story for the audience

Important

Theatre requires __**Action**__

Theatre requires __**time and space**__

Theatre uses __**actors**__

Theatre relies on __**liveness**__

Theatre is __**ephemeral**__

Theatre is a __**hybrid**__ form (mix of every art form)

Theatre is a __**collaborative**__

Ephemeral

Existed once but now it’s gone(Gone forever) can’t be archived

Film

Deadans a humans capacity for critical thinking

In both form and content theatre

Explored what it means to be a human being

Antigone

Ancient Greek trody. About pro who is a young woman who has to decide to either follow the law or go against it. Her brothers killed each other .

Im theatre

Your physical presence implies some degree of participation

Theatre issues

* cost
* Accessibility
* Theatre more aural (listen) than visual
* Lack of advertisement
* Anti - theatrical prejudice

Anti-theatrical prejudice 

our Brains are predisposed to not like theatre