THAR 281 1st Edition Exam 3 Study Guide Lectures 10 13 Lecture 10 Symbolism Who was Vsevelod Meyerhold What is the fourth wall and what does Meyerhold do to it Who wrote A Dream Play o Vsevelod Emilievich Meyerhold o From Moscow o Student of Stanislavski o Russian worked in Moscow and went to school at Moscow Art Theatre o Meyerhold experiments director s theatre Everything happens for director s mission and goals Found spaces Work in places not intended to be theatres Eliminate fourth wall wall btw Stage and audience not realistic wall Meyerhold breaks this wall Leaves on house lights A Dream Play August Strindberg Lecture 11 Epic Theatre What is epic theatre Who started epic theatre List Piscator s techniques What is Proletarian Drama Know the shared beliefs of Brecht and Piscator List Brechtian techniques Epic Theatre German theatre movement two main men responsible for Erwin Piscator 1st person to explore idea of epic theatre or what it would come to be Proletarian Drama political drama for the people The Good Soldier Schweik He heightened theatricality lots of spectacle visually captivating Multimedia projected images Actor audience relationship looked for ways to change boundary between Piscator s Techniques Projections Film Treadmills Cartoons Marionettes Bertolt Brecht German 1898 1956 Socialist dramatist director playwright theorist Mother Courage and Her Children 1939 most well known musical he wrote His thoughts Theatre Should Instruct o Idea of unity today in plays everything belongs together and works to tell one central story but in epic theatre everything has its own purpose o Several messages all political and have their own meanings o Critically engaged audience everything draws people out of the plays so they have to think about it Example movies that make you cry have emotions towards Both men had Shared Beliefs basic principles to Epic Theatre Theatre should teach a lesson didactic Should exist to bring about social change make things better Audience should be constantly aware they are watching a play Multimedia used Brechtian techniques heightened theatricality mythical foreign lands historification history parallels what s going on at this time opening titles to each scene physical scene changes lots of diff settings multimedia narrator Lecture 12 American Theatre What is American Theatre Which two musicals are considered to be landmarks in the movement away from musical comedies to the integrated musical What was the most well known African American musical American Theatre Commercial Theatre Between ww1 ww2 the most dominant form of theatre in America Theatre were you just do commercials Theatre for a profit example Broadway produce works to make money Non profit theatres theatre itself doesn t make extra money acters are paid designers etc they just break even Musicals most popular form of commercial theatre Showboat Oklahoma were the most popular musicals Porgy Bess was the most well known African American musical Lecture 13 Know the Test Review Reactions against Realism the characteristics of symbolist drama depict the inner light Express the inexpressible suggestive no plot action lyric drama Ceremonial evocative uses poetry uses music uses metaphors List the characteristics of his theatrical experiments action in the audience left houselights on actors in the audience What is an etude Shooting a bow a series of poses or actions put together Several dif physical movements create one etude What purpose does a constructivist setting serve Creates shape without substance makes the actors and set become one large machine one giant apparatus Epic Theatre Erwin Piscator Heightened theatricality First person who relates the idea of epic theatre he started it Gave us proletarian drama and started using multimedia in live performances his techniques o projection o film o marionettes o cartoon o treadmills Proletarian drama o Political drama meant to bring about social change Episodic form Dramatizes current events drama for the people Brechtian techniques used in the National Theatre s production of Mother Courage Left some of the back stage lights on Stage crew were part of the play and dressed in normal street clothes Sound effects done by man on stage Classic American Theatre Which two musicals are considered to be landmarks in the movement away from musical comedies to the integrated musical Showboat Oklahoma Group Theatre Independent theatre goal was to produce socially relevant drama 1st theatre in America to start teaching stanslvoski First African American theatre Porgy and Bess