THAR 281 1st Edi-tion Lecture 11 Outline of Last Lecture I. Background on the 18th CenturyII. Storm and StressIII. Government Regulations on TheatreIV. Theatre ArchitectureV. ActingOutline of Current LectureVI. DirectorsVII. Background: 19th CenturyVIII. Popular EntertainmentCurrent LectureI. 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 produc-tions•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 GoetheThese 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 clappingII. 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 funnyIII. Popular Entertainment•Popular entertainment spotlighted performers and spectacle and at-tracted 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•risqué dancing - usually not appropriate for children•Museums of Curiosity•skeletons, shells, stuff that people don’t normally get to
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