Character
A habitual pattern of behavior, thought or emotion.
What is a personality trait?
This is the format in which you were to write your external research papers.
What is MLA format?
An abstract distillation of the play's meaning.
Idea, or thought
The visual elements of a show.
What is spectacle?
This type of analysis asks you to identify three major climaxes.
What is Action Analysis?
In the OCEAN personality trait schema, this is what the E stands for.
What is Extroversion?
These members of the artistic team are good to research
What are the director, actors, and designers?
This character, who is usually outside of the action of the play, can sometimes give a strong indication of the play's idea.
Who is the narrator?
Where was spectacle in Aristotle's list of parts of a play.
What is last place?
This type of analysis asks you to identify the sequence of events in a script.
What is Action Analysis?
This type of character has multiple sides to it. They are not just one quality or trait.
What is a complex or three dimensional character?
This person's biography should be researched in the most detail in order to understand the play's origins.
Who is the playwright?
This type of plot structure can point to the play's meaning.
What are parallel plots?
This type of contemporary theatre places the most emphasis on spectacle.
What are Broadway musicals?
An agreement between the creative team and the audience that certain things will be accepted so that the play will work.
What is a convention?
This is the most trustworthy indicator of a character's qualities.
What is, what the character does, their actions?
After you've analyzed the script.
When should you do external research?
This moment in the play's structure gives a lot of information about the play's idea.
What is the climax?
What did the Starlight Express "trains" look like?
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An example of a modern theatre convention.
What is the 4th wall, theatrical lighting, mimed props?
The strength and determination the character shows in pursuing their objectives.
What is will power?
This is what MLA stands for
What is Modern Language Association
In escaping one's fate, you might find yourself running straight into it.
What is the idea of Oedipus the King?
This is one of the most important things spectacle can establish.
What is mood?
Bursting into song, breaking into synchronized dance, breaking the 4th wall.
What are conventions in musicals?