Theatre The Audience Spectators and Participants Characteristics of Art Three Categories of art o Literary o Visual o Performing Characteristics of Performing Arts Movement through time Requires an Audience Require interpreters and creators An audience is essential element of theatre Traits and Elements and Theatre Traits Live Immediate Unique o Performers cannot play a scene over o Director cannot edit a scene for an audience Elements Audience Performers Text and script Director Theatre spaces Design Elements The audience does have an effect on the performers How the Audience Participants The power if imagination Vicarious Participation o o o o Heart and Mind We believe what we see on stage We forget who we are Through willing suspension of disbelief Critics Criticism means To find Fault To understand and Appraise A Critic is someone who observes theatre and analyzes and comments on it o Describes event in a greater detail o Published in magazines and scholarly journals o Place event or playwright in larger context