THTR-T100 Exam 1

The purpose of a production, such as to ente5rtain, to shock, persuade, comfort. In establishing the intent of the artists, an audience member can effectively evaluate how well the production achieved its goals

The personal inclination and preferences of the beholder of an aesthetic experience.

Gives info about the show: where, what, when, and ticket information. effective review gives the consumer enough info about the show to make an intelligent decision given personal tastes and priorities

(review) analysis, interpretation, or evaluation of what was done---important that writer support any judgement with description

A modern theatrical form in which a silent actor creates a scenario without words, relying only on physical expressiveness

In ancient greece and rome, a "pass the hat" street performer; a kind of variety entertainment. Today used in terminology with pantomime

An actress played a male character or a female character disguised as a male

In ancient accounts and well into the 19th century the art of oratory and of any public verbal communication, including physical interpretation through gesture, posture, movment, and facial expression.

Continued the movement of realistic(representational) acting throug his experimentation, direction of realistic plays, training of actors, and books describing his methods, he reached out to most of the theatre world in the 20th century.

Instead of focusing directly on how ot express an emotion vocally and physically, an actor using the realistic method of Stanislavsky concentrates on physical and playable action: on obtaining what the character wants or needs at any moment of the play. Playing an action rather than a state o being involves the actor mentally and physically, creating an appropriate environment for emotion to evolve, resulting in a natural and subtle physical and vocal expression. Actors analyze the script in detail and inparticular identify the given circumstances that include everything a/b the character w/o interpretation or opinion

Anything established by the playwright that distinguishes location, historical period, on-stage properties, time of day, and details a/b the character that is not a matter of interpretation or opinion: i.e. where the character is from

Goal or intention of a character as defined by the actor; what the actor decides the character is trying to accomplish at any given moment of the play. Actors play character objectives that are important or logical to the character's action, needs, desires, and state of mind Actors seek out the basic action to be played and not perform it but also justify it. One of the reigning assumptions is that actors can know more a/b the characters than the characters know about themselves.

The actual meaning of dialogue behind the words spoken

Excercises in sense memory help actors recall sights, sounds, touch, and smells, from specific past events to 'remember' what something feels like

A technique for developing a character in which the actor reexperiences a moment from his or her life tha stimulated an emotion similar to the one that the actor's character is feeling at a certain point of the play What did i feel when my uncle died? what did i do? what did i see? can be harnessed to solve moment-to-moment problems that arise when interpreting and fleshing out the character.