STUDY GUIDE
SUMMER 2000 - EXAM I
FINE ARTS THEATER

BRING A NUMBER 2 PENCIL TO THE EXAM.

What is Art
What three things Theater/art do for us?
Art/Theater improve the quality of our lives how?

3 basic elements of theatre

Theatron

Drama = Dran = To do

Mode of performance: direct/indirect

Meanings of the word Theatre

Collaborative Art Form

Jobs/collaborators in Theatre

Impersonation

Coleridge's Willing Suspension of Disbelief

Esthetic Distance

Empathy

Things that distinguish theatre from other forms of art

What is a play

Dramatic Action

2 Ways to Classify Plays

Tragedy

Protagonist/Antagonist

Comedy:
    Aristophanes

Tragicomedy

Dark Comedy

Melodrama

Farce Documentary

Musical

Aristotle: Poetics

    6 elements of dramatic form
        Plot, character, thought, diction, music, spectacle

Exposition

Pt. of Attack

Inciting Incident

climax

Denouement

Convention

Order of Play

Preplay

The Transition

The Play Proper

The Post Play

The first actor

The art of acting:

Mimesis - Mimetic

Embodiment

Child's play

Virtuosity

Two phases of becoming an Actor:
    Dev. Instrument
    Dev. Method

Actor's Instrument
    Self: body, voice, mind

Vocal techniques and qualities

Psychological Instrument

Imagination

Two approaches to acting:
    Internal - What
    External - What

The Actor's Studio - who, what
    Method Acting

Konstantine Stanislavski - The Moscow Art Theatre
System of Acting

The Actor's Routine

Auditioning -what

Rehearsing - what

Performing - what

The House of Blue Leaves:    
    Know all character names
    Author
    Themes
    Events of the play