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First- MAKE SURE YOU TURN IN YOUR SYLLABUS Second- PUT YOUR SCORE CARD ON YOUR DESK In your study guide notes…. (If you do not know, what do you think they are, GIVE THE BEST RESPONSE.) What are stage directions ? What is drama? What is theatre? (7 minutes). WHAT IS THEATRE?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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FIRST- MAKE SURE YOU TURN IN YOUR SYLLABUSSECOND- PUT YOUR SCORE CARD ON YOUR DESK
IN YOUR STUDY GUIDE NOTES….
(IF YOU DO NOT KNOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY ARE, GIVE THE BEST RESPONSE.) WHAT ARE STAGE DIRECTIONS?
WHAT IS DRAMA?
WHAT IS THEATRE?
(7 MINUTES)
WHAT IS THEATRE?
Theatre – a slice of life or a dose of reality captured by performers known as actors that tell a story through movement and/or verbal and non-verbal communication
Activity 1: Moving in Space. You will be moving around the room, filling up the space, changing pace, changing direction, being aware of other people but not touching them. Find new ways of moving, with a different emphasis each time – smooth, jagged, slow, fast, heavy, light, high up, low down and so on. Every now and again I will shout “Freeze! And you need to freeze every muscle in your body. Absolutely NO LAUGH, LOOKING AROUND, OR MOVING. You will be out.
WHAT IS THEATRE?
Theatre – a slice of life or a dose of reality captured by performers known as actors that tell a story through movement and/or verbal and non-verbal communication.
A drama is a story enacted onstage for a live audience.
WHAT IS DRAMA?
WHAT IS DRAMA?• Origins of Drama• The word drama comes
from the Greek verb dran, which means “to do.”• The earliest known plays . . .
• were written around the fifth century B.C.
• produced for festivals to honor Dionysus, the god of wine and fertility
Like the plot of a story, the plot of a play involves characters who face a problem or conflict.
Climaxpoint of highest tension;
action determines how the conflict will be resolved
Resolutionconflict is resolved;play ends
Complicationstension builds
Expositioncharacters and conflict are introduced
DRAMATIC STRUCTURE
DRAMATIC STRUCTURE
Conflict is a struggle or clash between opposing characters or forces. A conflict may develop . . .
between characters who want different things or the same thing
between a character and his or her circumstances
within a character who is torn by competing desires
PERFORMANCE OF A PLAY
Theater artists include
Actors
Directors
Lighting technicians
Stage crew
Proscenium stageSETTING THE STAGE• The playing area extends behind an opening
called a “proscenium arch.”
• The audience sits on one side looking into the action.
“In the round” stage is surrounded by an audience on all sides. This is also known as an arena stage.
SETTING THE STAGE
Stages can have many different sizes and layouts.
“Thrust” stage
SETTING THE STAGE
• The stage extends into the viewing area.
• The audience surrounds the stage on three sides.
PROPS
• Small movable items that the actors use to make actions look real in a production.
SET
• Construction on the stage that shows time/place
• Could be called Scenery
A stage’s set might be…
realistic and detailed
SETTING THE STAGE
abstract and minimal
Scene design transforms a bare stage into the world of the play. Scene design consists of
• props
• sets
• costumes
• lighting
SETTING THE STAGE
When you read a play, remember that it is meant to be performed for an audience.
Stage DirectionsStage Directions
Playwright describes setting Playwright describes setting and characters’ actions and and characters’ actions and manner.manner.
[Wyona is sitting on the [Wyona is sitting on the couch. She sees Paul and couch. She sees Paul and jumps to her feet.]jumps to her feet.]
Wyona.Wyona. [Angrily.] What do [Angrily.] What do you want?you want?
PERFORMANCE OF A PLAY
PerformancePerformance Theater artists bring the Theater artists bring the
playwright’s vision to life playwright’s vision to life on the stage.on the stage.
The audience responds to The audience responds to the play and shares the the play and shares the experience.experience.
STAGE DIRECTIONS
• Found in brackets [ ]• Describe scenery and
how characters speak• C, Center Stage• L, Stage Left• R, Stage Right• U, Upstage or Rear • D, Downstage or Front
Finally, a play needs an audience to
experience the performance
understand the story
respond to the characters
THE AUDIENCE
THE END
WHAT ARE STAGE DIRECTIONS?
DRAW OUT A FLOOR PLAN OF THE STAGE DIRECTIONS.
EXIT TICKETEXIT TICKET
A tragedy is a play that ends unhappily.
• Tragedies pit human limitations against the larger forces of destiny.
right and wrong
justice and injustice
life and death
TRAGEDY
• Most classic Greek tragedies deal with serious, universal themes such as
The protagonist of most classical tragedies is a tragic hero. This hero
• is noble and in many ways admirable
• has a tragic flaw, a personal failing that leads to a tragic end
rebelliousness
jealousy
pride
TRAGEDY
A comedy is a play that ends happily. The plot usually centers on a romantic conflict.
boy meets girl boy loses girl boy wins girl
COMEDY
MODERN COMEDY
• Modern Comedies• In modern comedies, the genders in this romantic plot
pattern sometimes are reversed.
A modern play
• usually is about ordinary people
• may be tragedy, comedy, or a mixture of the two
• usually focuses on personal issues
MODERN DRAMA
A lighting director skillfully uses light to change the mood and appearance of the set.
SETTING THE STAGE
The costume director works with the director to design the actors’ costumes.
• Like sets, costumes can be
detailed minimal
SETTING THE STAGE
Props (short for properties) are items that the characters carry or handle onstage.
• The person in charge of props must make sure that the right props are available to the actors at the right moments.
SETTING THE STAGE
The characters’ speech may take any of the following forms.
Dialogue:Dialogue: conversations of characters onstage conversations of characters onstage
Monologue:Monologue: long speech given by one character to otherslong speech given by one character to others
Soliloquy: Soliloquy: speech by a character alone onstage to himself or herself or speech by a character alone onstage to himself or herself or to the audienceto the audience
Asides: Asides: remarks made to the audience or to one character; the other remarks made to the audience or to one character; the other characters onstage do not hear an asidecharacters onstage do not hear an aside
THE CHARACTERS
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