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Chapter 1: What is Theatre?

Chapter 1: What is Theatre?. Theatre. 1: a building where plays are put on (the hardware). -architecture, structure, the “place” Also use it to describe where films are scene or to refer to arenas where other actvities occur like war or surgeries. Theatre.

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Chapter 1: What is Theatre?

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  1. Chapter 1: What is Theatre?

  2. Theatre • 1: a building where plays are put on (the hardware). -architecture, structure, the “place” Also use it to describe where films are scene or to refer to arenas where other actvities occur like war or surgeries.

  3. Theatre • 2: players who perform in a space and the plays (dran) that company produces; combination of people, ideas and works of art created in collaboration in a particular “space” • Guthrie Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Second City

  4. Theatre • 3: occupation, professional activity, passionate vocations; directors, designers and technicians, actors, producers, public relations, etc.

  5. Theatre Building—place to act and space to watch(and hear when there is a text)

  6. Theatrederived from: theatron—“seeing place”A theatre is a place where something is seen

  7. Audiencederived from: audientia–“those who hear” (audio)

  8. Acoustisderived from: acoustos—“heard”

  9. Theatre practitioners of various specialties have teamed up in long standing companies or troupes. Troupes can have dozens or even hundreds of people working together.

  10. Lord Chamberlain’s Men (modern version) Illustrious Theatre of Paris (founded by Moliere)

  11. Theatre is work. Work, Art, Impersonation, Performance

  12. Theatre is work. The planning phase of a production is often equal or longer than the rehearsal phase and may involve hundreds of people.

  13. Physical Toil ANDOeuvre—sum of an artist’s creative endeavor

  14. Producing: securing personnel, space, financing, promotion, and legal arrangements, etc.

  15. Directing: developing & controlling artistic product and unified vision

  16. Acting: perform roles of character in the play

  17. Designing: map out the visual and aural elements

  18. Building: translate design into reality, the “hardware”

  19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh9-ErV99Ow

  20. Crewing: execute sequence and timing of cues and scene shifts

  21. Stage Managing: running a play production in all its complexity

  22. House Managing: admitting, seating and providing for the general comfort of the audience

  23. Playwriting: usually executed away from the theatre building (more specific definition to follow in later chapters)

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