Quote ID
What fire is in mine ears? Can this be true?
Stand I condemned for pride and scorn so much?
Contempt, farewell, and maiden pride, adieu!
Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing
This is an example of iambic pentameter and a soliloquy.
This term is the invisible barrier between actor and audience.
The fourth wall
True or False - Elinor Fuchs wants readers and audiences to think about a play's structure by considering what changes from beginning to end. She suggests looking at the first and last image of the play - without considering other striking images that might occur in the middle of the play.
False
Elinor Fuchs defines comedy as ____ to _____
Confusion to Wedding
What staging configuration was cullud wattah and Much Ado About Nothing?
Thrust Configuration
I am in the one thing in life I can control/I am inimitable/I am an original
Aaron Burr in Hamilton
This is from "Wait for It", which is our lecture's example of an "I am" song
True or False: Catharsis can be the process of renewal felt after purging emotions of pity and fear, but catharsis can also be the experience of being manipulated into crying (like a sappy holiday commercial).
False - In the context of tragic drama, catharsis is the process of purging emotions of pity and fear within an audience by the action of the play. Ultimately, catharsis is an emotional experience that (hopefully) leads to a feeling of renewal born from the purging of emotions.
These three things over time equal theatre
Actor + Idea + Audience
True or False - In Musical Theatre, the songs can be separated from the story, and the story is still complete without them.
False - Musicals feature music that CANNOT be separated from the story as the musical numbers further the plot and character development.
Hamilton is an example of this type of professional theatre
For Profit - All participants are paid
Other types: Community Theatre, Educational Theatre (like cullud wattah and Much Ado About Nothing), "semi-professional", and Non-Profit Professional.
house lights are up. upon arrival, spectators are given a bottle of dated, contaminated water to add to the set or an installation beyond it. in the bathroom: a white clawfoot tub.
cullud wattah
This writing technique uses each line with five pairs of an unstressed syllable, followed by a stressed syllable.
Iambic Pentameter
Name the 5 Tips for "How to Read a Play"
Title, Character Breakdown, Setting, Playwright, and First Image/Closing Image.
True or False: The chorus of a musical DOES NOT represent the community in which the story is taking place like the Greek Chorus
False
As discussed in lecture, if the playwright rules in the theatre, and the director rules in filmmaking, then these two people rule when creating musical theatre.
The composer and lyricist
Let me alone - let me alone - let me alone - I've submitted to enough - I won't submit to any more - crawl off - crawl off in the dark
Young Woman/Helen - Machinal
The space/act of performance causes a performer to be this term because they invite looking and aim to create a sense of "public solitude"
Vulnerable
Name Barbara Clayton's Seven Production Elements
Scenery, Acting, Spatial Relationships, Costumes, Lighting, Sound, and Audience.
A definition of this genre can be that it focuses on an individual's internal thoughts, feelings, and subconscious.
Expressionism - Machinal
When talking about movies and theatre productions, this test asks: "Do African-Americans and other minorities have fully realized lives rather than simply serving as scenery in white stories?"
The Duvernay Test
Let me make sure I understand your question. You don't have an understanding of what a photocopying machine is.
This person contextualizes the world of the play by establishing connections among the text, actors, and audience.
Dramaturg
Name Aristotle's Six Elements of Drama
Plot, Thought, Character, Language, Music, and Spectacle
This genre is a form of documentary theatre that uses exact words from interviews, court transcripts, and documented records as the play "script".
Verbatim Theatre
Wisconsin ranks in this place in the nation in per capita arts funding with $0.20
48th (above Georgia and New Hampshire)