Conventions of Gothic Theatre
One actor playing more than one character in a play.
What is multiple role?
Haunted places, eerie landscapres, ruins, caves, prisons, graveyards, structures with historical significance.
What are Gothic places?
What the character does, or how they say a line.
What is stage direction?
Speaking so that the audience can hear you.
What is voice projection?
The element of drama where 'something is at stake', or a point of interest.
What is tension?
Use of lights, music and set to create an eerie atmosphere.
What is mood?
Living and Dead, Past and Present, Normal Reality and 'Other' Reality.
What are 'Cross Overs Between Worlds'?
The words the character says.
Being able to handle changes or surprises during a performance.
What is adaptability?
Use of physicality to convey meaning?
What is movement?
The plot can move between past, present and future.
What is non-linear storyline?
History erupting into the world of the present.
What is a Gothic Theme?
Separating action and ideas for story structure.
What is a scene?
What is blocking?
What is focus?
Characters who are ghosts, mythical beings, spirits etc.
Who are supernatural characters?
Liberation from a historical world which is dead or dying, and laying to rest the troubled past.
What is 'gothic experiences' and 'themes'?
The journey a character will go on throughout the play/script.
What is a character arc?
Acting like a specific character by showing how they think, feel, and act.
What is characterisation?
Roles, Relationships, Character, Setting.
What is 'Human Context'?
Use of the land to build tension.
What are haunted landscapes?
The River the Dirt and Us, Children of the Black Skirt.
What are the plays we will be studying?
What isn't said by the characters.
What is subtext?
Paying attention to what is happening on stage, staying in character without getting distracted.
What is focus?
The underlining message of a performance, or play. Is how the audience will interpret the play.
What is 'Dramatic Meaning'?