THAR 281 1st Edi-tion Lec-ture 13 Outline of Last Lecture I. Romanticism, Melodrama, and the Well-Made PlayII. Acting Styles of the 19th CenturyIII. Development of the Modern DirectorOutline of Current LectureIV. Theatre ArchitectureV. Scenery/Costuming/LightingVI. Quiz #4Current LectureI. Theatre Architecture•New technology —> New theatres•Smaller theatres focused on specific audiences•Audience comfort•better ventilation•actual seating in chairsII. Scenery/Costuming/Lighting•Historical accuracy in scenery & costumes•Replacing wing-and-shutter with scenic “flats”•The Box Set•set up scenes with imaginary 4th walls•Spectacle & special effects in set designThese 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.•Gas lightingIII. Quiz #4•The French dramatic form “Drame" was a serious play that did not fit the neoclassical definition of tragedy•Oliver Goldsmith, who wrote She Stoops to Conquer, opposed senti-mental comedies by writing laughing comedies.•Sentimental comedies are comedies of manners with morals.•The “Sturm und Drang” (Storm and Stress) movement was the fore-runner of Romanticism.•Governments of the 18th Century have not yet began to relinquish control and deregulate theatre.•To accommodate the new middle-class audience, theatres became larger during the 18th Century.•Goethe was known as a “regisseur” who:•required traditional acting styles for his actors•rehearsed for long hours•had the actors face the audience, not each other•Goethe established rules for the actors and the audience.•The Bibiena family is noted for their work with multipoint perspective as designers.•Charles Macklin and David Garrick both rebelled against the bombas-tic styles of
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