Interesting
things students have done in the past on their Theatre History presentations
& scenes:
·
played period music
under parts of presentation
·
introduced themselves
and the characters they will be playing
·
presented equal parts of
presentation
·
explained why they were
serving the food they chose
·
briefly told us the plot
of the play and what has happened just before the scene begins
·
presented defining
elements on big, easy to read poster cards with definitions
·
showed us significant
clip from Changing Stages video and clarified the clip - telling us why
the clip is important
·
recap history of period
in terms of theatre events while other members pantomime the action of the
events - making the history interesting and engaging
I have yet to see a good
presentation from this periodNon-Realism
NOTES
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Biomechanics= actors
used body to control emotions.
·
Directors existed
before, but the word wasn't used.
·
Era ended when people
wanted entertainment.
·
Expressionism symbolism.
·
Bizzare theatre.
·
Epic theatre to teach a
lesson, always used signs.
·
Bertolt Brecht.
·
Horrors of war.
·
Living Newspaper fought
censorship, plays, good clear description of
·
what they did.
·
WWIdepressionMod.Theatre
·
DO
·
History of World
immigration
·
Biomechanics.
·
Epic Theatre
·
Presentational style.
·
Wagner - Opera
o
wanted to combine
Shakespeare and Beethoven
o
“Drama dipped in
the magic fountain of music”
o
demanded new kind of
theater building aimed at complete illusion
o
no box seats, raked
audience with a center aisle
