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Style: An Approach to Appreciating Theatre

Author : E. Bert Wallace
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100058996X
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Style: An Approach to Appreciating Theatre written by E. Bert Wallace and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-06-29 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Style: An Approach to Appreciating Theatre offers brief, readable chapters about the basics of theatre as a starting point for discussion, and provides new adaptations of classic plays that are both accessible to students learning about theatre and fit for production. In this text, style is the word used to describe the various ways in which theatre is done in real space and time by humans in the physical presence of other humans. The book uses style, the "liveness" of theatre that makes it distinct from literature or history, as a lens to see how playwrights, directors, designers, and actors bring scripts to life on stage. Rather than focusing on theatre history or literary script analysis, it emphasizes actual theatrical production through examples and explores playscripts illustrating four theatrical styles: Realism, Theatricalism, Expressionism, and Classicism. Susan Glaspell’s Realistic play Trifles is presented as written, while The Insect Play by the Brothers Čapek, The Hairy Ape by Eugene O’Neill, and Antigone by Sophocles are original, full-length adaptions. Style: An Approach to Appreciating Theatre is the perfect resource for students of Theatre Appreciation, Introduction to Theatre, Theatrical Design, and Stagecraft courses.

Theater Appreciation

Author : Marshall Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781524924553
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (245 download)

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Download or read book Theater Appreciation written by Marshall Jones and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Introduction to Theater

Author : Laurie J. Wolf
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1479729469
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (797 download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Theater written by Laurie J. Wolf and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-11-21 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to Theatre: a Direct Approach addresses the student who is not a theatre major, but is taking a single course. The text attempts to address the most salient points pertinent to a beginning theatre course.

Theatre as Human Action

Author : Thomas S. Hischak
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538163454
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Theatre as Human Action written by Thomas S. Hischak and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-10-17 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theatre as Human Action is the ideal textbook to introduce students to the various aspects of theatre, especially for those who may have little or no theatergoing experience. Seven diverse plays are described to the reader from the start, and then returned to throughout the book so that students can better understand the concepts being discussed. Both the theoretical and practical aspects of theatre are explored, from the classical definition of theatre to today’s most avant-garde theatre activities. Types of plays, the elements of drama, and theatre criticism are presented, as well as detailed descriptions of the different jobs in theatre, such as actor, playwright, director, designer, producer, choreographer, and more. The book concludes with a look at where and how theatre is evolving in America and the latest changes and innovations today. This fourth edition has been greatly expanded and updated, including: The introduction of four new plays—Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; Fences; Angels in America; and Hadestown—in addition to Macbeth, You Can’t Take It With You, and Hamilton A discussion of the rise of social media in raising awareness and replacing traditional review outlets An entirely new, enhanced section on diversity and inclusion in theatre An updated selection of playwrights featured, including Terrence McNally, Lynn Nottage, Tony Kushner, and Lin-Manuel Miranda, to better reflect the diversity of those writing for the theatre today. Featuring full-color photographs, updated discussion questions, new topics for further research, and potential creative projects, the fourth edition of Theatre as Human Action is an invaluable resource to introduce students to the world of theatre.

Theatrical Style

Author : Douglas A. Russell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theatrical Style written by Douglas A. Russell and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

How to See a Play

Author : Richard Burton
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book How to See a Play written by Richard Burton and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to See a Play by Richard Burton is a detailed and poetic how-to guide for preparing to watch and reflect on prominent 20th-century plays. Excerpt: "THIS book is aimed squarely at the theater-goer. It hopes to offer a concise general treatment upon the use of the theater, so that the person in the seat may get the most for his money; may choose his entertainment wisely, avoid that which is not worthwhile, and appreciate the values of artistic and intellectual of what he is seeing and hearing."

The Theory of the Theatre, and Other Principles of Dramatic Criticism

Author : Clayton Meeker Hamilton
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)

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Book Synopsis The Theory of the Theatre, and Other Principles of Dramatic Criticism by : Clayton Meeker Hamilton

Download or read book The Theory of the Theatre, and Other Principles of Dramatic Criticism written by Clayton Meeker Hamilton and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-29 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of essays that explores the principles of dramatic criticism and the theory of theater. The book covers topics such as the psychology of theater audiences, stage conventions in modern times, emphasis on drama, the four leading types of drama, and modern social drama. In this book, the author also discusses the role of the dramatist, the business of theater, the boundaries of approbation, the effect of plays on the public, and the function of imagination in the theater. The book also provides insight into theater, drama, and the art of storytelling.

What is Theatre?

Author : John Brown
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1136083901
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book What is Theatre? written by John Brown and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This major introductory textbook is from one of the leading educators working in theatre today. What Is Theatre? will make its reader a better playgoer, responding more fully to performance, with a keener appreciation of all the resources of theatre-acting, design, direction, organization, theatre buildings, and audiences. By focusing on the best professional practice and the most helpful learning processes, Dr. Brown shows how to read a play-text and to see and hear its potential for performance. Throughout this book, suggestions are given for student essays and class discussions, to help both instructor and reader to clarify their thoughts on all aspects of theatre-going. While the main focus is on present-day theatre in North America, history is used to illuminate current practice. Theatres in Europe and Asia also feature in the discussion. A view is given of all contributors to performance, with special emphasis placed on actors and the plays they perform. This textbook is not tied to a few specific play-texts, but designed to be effective regardless of which play a student sees or reads. In Part Two, leading practitioners of different generations and cultural backgrounds describe their own work, providing a variety of perspectives on the contemporary theatre. All this is supplemented by nearly 100 black and white and color illustrations from productions, working drawings, and plans. This new text engages its readers in the realities of the theatre; it is up-to-date, comprehensive, and packed with practical advice for understanding how theatre works and how plays come alive in performance. John Russell Brown is professor of Theatre at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and has taught at a variety of colleges including New York and Stanford Universities. For 15 years he was an associate director of the National Theatre in London, and he has directed plays in many other theatres including Cincinnati Playhouse, the Empty Space in Seattle, and the Clurman Theatre in New York. Professor Brown has written extensively about theatre, especially about Shakespeare and contemporary theatre. He is editor of The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre.

Theatre

Author : Steven Archer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780939693610
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book Theatre written by Steven Archer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2003 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theatre: Its Art and Craft is intended for use in theatre appreciation and introduction to theatre courses. This new edition features updated statistics and references that keep the text current. The first chapter of the text introduces readers to the broad issues of artistic practice, while the second chapter inspects the specific area of live theatre. The remainder of chapters examine in detail the various functionaries of the theatre (audience, critics, playwrights, directors, actors, designers, historians, and dramaturgs). As in previous volumes, readers are encouraged to examine the complex interaction of all theatrical elements. Just as in music some instruments supply the basic structure and some embellish that structure, so in the theatre the elements of script, directing, acting, and design interact in shifting configurations to offer a new work of art at every performance. Examining these relationships will enrich the theatrical experience. A Collegiate Press book

The Theater Experience

Author : Edwin Wilson
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
ISBN 13 : 9780070706835
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (68 download)

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Book Synopsis The Theater Experience by : Edwin Wilson

Download or read book The Theater Experience written by Edwin Wilson and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages. This book was released on 1991 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ideal theater appreciation text for courses focusing on theater elements, "The Theater Experience" encourages students to be active theater-goers as they learn about the fundamentals of a production. By addressing the importance of the audience, Wilson brings the art of performance to life for students who may have little experience with the medium. .

A Practical and Concise Approach to Theatre Appreciation

Author : John Bray
Publisher : Cognella Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781631899331
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book A Practical and Concise Approach to Theatre Appreciation written by John Bray and published by Cognella Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2014-12-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Theatre Practice

Author : Stark Young
Publisher : New York : C. Scribner's Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Theatre Practice written by Stark Young and published by New York : C. Scribner's Sons. This book was released on 1926 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume undertakes to consider not dramatists and plays alone but rather the arts of acting too, of theatrical design and production and such special phases and problems of these as illusion, stage movement, tempo, realistic and poetic methods, the voice, music, color and lights, and, furthermore, such artists, designers, producers, directors, and playwrights as illustrate and embody the principles considered. The very subjects undertaken, then, are not common to books on the drama and deal with points and problems that are often felt, but only vaguely shadowed, in the minds of students and lovers of the theatre and even of its creative artists. By such subjects the author at least intends to dilate the scope of the discussion and to illuminate a little further perhaps the essential nature of the art of the theatre.

Gao Xingjian's Idea of Theatre

Author : Izabella Łabędzka
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047433742
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Gao Xingjian's Idea of Theatre written by Izabella Łabędzka and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008-08-31 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that Gao Xingjian's Idea of Theatre can only be explained by his broad knowledge and use of various Chinese and Western theatrical, literary, artistic and philosophical traditions. The author aims to show how Gao's theories of the theatre of anti-illusion, theatre of conscious convention, of the "poor theatre" and total theatre, of the neutral actor and the actor - jester - storyteller are derived from the Far Eastern tradition, and to what extent they have been inspired by 20th century Euro-American reformers of theatre such as Antonin Artaud, Bertolt Brecht, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Jerzy Grotowski and Tadeusz Kantor. Although Gao' s plays and theatre form the major subject, this volume also pays ample attention to his painting and passion for music as sources of his dramaturgical strategies.

Style for Actors

Author : Robert Barton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429589174
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (295 download)

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Download or read book Style for Actors written by Robert Barton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-30 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Style for Actors is an award-winning handbook and the definitive guide to roles in historical drama. Anyone who has ever struggled with capes, fans, swords, doublets and crinolines should make this third edition their constant companion. The past is a foreign country, and this outstanding book is concerned with exploring it from the actor's point of view. Specific guides to each major period give readers a clear map to discover a range from Greek, Elizabethan, Restoration and Georgian theatre to more contemporary stylings, including Futurism, Surrealism and Postmodernism. New material in this edition covers Commedia dell'arte and non-Western forms of theatre, theatrical fusion and developments in musicals and Shakespeare. The book’s references, images, resource lists and examples have all been updated to support today's diverse performers. Robert Barton takes great care to present the actor with the roles and genres that will most commonly confront them. Containing a huge resource of nearly 150 exercises, suggestions for scene study and applications not only for theatrical performance but also for stylistic challenges in the reader’s own offstage life, this book is an invaluable resource for students and practitioners of acting and drama.

Engaging Audiences

Author : B. McConachie
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230617026
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Engaging Audiences written by B. McConachie and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-11-24 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engaging Audiences asks what cognitive science can teach scholars of theatre studies about spectator response in the theatre. Bruce McConachie introduces insights from neuroscience and evolutionary theory to examine the dynamics of conscious attention, empathy and memory in theatre goers.

Theater

Author : Dean Panttaja
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780787257095
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Theater written by Dean Panttaja and published by . This book was released on 1999-02 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Necessity of Theater

Author : Paul Woodruff
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199715750
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book The Necessity of Theater written by Paul Woodruff and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is unique and essential about theater? What separates it from other arts? Do we need "theater" in some fundamental way? The art of theater, as Paul Woodruff says in this elegant and unique book, is as necessary - and as powerful - as language itself. Defining theater broadly, including sporting events and social rituals, he treats traditional theater as only one possibility in an art that - at its most powerful - can change lives and (as some peoples believe) bring a divine presence to earth. The Necessity of Theater analyzes the unique power of theater by separating it into the twin arts of watching and being watched, practiced together in harmony by watchers and the watched. Whereas performers practice the art of being watched - making their actions worth watching, and paying attention to action, choice, plot, character, mimesis, and the sacredness of performance space - audiences practice the art of watching: paying close attention. A good audience is emotionally engaged as spectators; their engagement takes a form of empathy that can lead to a special kind of human wisdom. As Plato implied, theater cannot teach us transcendent truths, but it can teach us about ourselves. Characteristically thoughtful, probing, and original, Paul Woodruff makes the case for theater as a unique form of expression connected to our most human instincts. The Necessity of Theater should appeal to anyone seriously interested or involved in theater or performance more broadly.