THAR 281 1st Edition Lecture 11 Outline of Last Lecture I Background on the 18th Century II Storm and Stress III Government Regulations on Theatre IV Theatre Architecture V Acting Outline of Current Lecture VI Directors VII Background 19th Century VIII Popular Entertainment Current Lecture I Directors Unifying a production Before directors had a separate job actor managers there wasn t a reason for one because there weren t so many elements to productions David Garrick Actor manager very popular Known for his more natural style of acting Required his actors to mimic what they were portraying to be more realistic Because he required so much of his actors he was one of the first actor managers to be like an actual director Johann Wolfgang von Goethe These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Had extensive rehearsals Main concern was with how the audience saw the actors had very strict rules on how the actors behaved outside the theatre No drunkenness Carried a handkerchief at all times why idk Had rules for the audience responsible for dimming the lights Only two responsibilities clapping not clapping II Background 19th Century Industrial Revolution led by Great Britain Rise of Nationalism Urbanization Industrial Rev brought jobs in factories Technological advances in theatre architecture design The first 75 years of the 19th Century in theatre directly reflected contemporary social industrial development After a long day s work workers just wanted to go to the theatre and watch something mindless and funny III Popular Entertainment Popular entertainment spotlighted performers and spectacle and attracted the masses The Minstrel Show Dancing spectacle one white and one black face character Vaudeville Variety Show same thing acrobatics animals more of a circus type thing risqu dancing usually not appropriate for children Museums of Curiosity skeletons shells stuff that people don t normally get to see
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