STUDY GUIDE
EXAM I
INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE

PLEASE BRING A #2 PENCIL AND EXTRA PAPER TO THE EXAM.

EXAM Date:  Friday, September 19th

Intro and Chapter 1:

What is Art - 18th Cent, etc.
What three things Theater/art do for us?
Art/Theater improve the quality of our lives how?
3 basic elements of theatre
Theatre a living Art form
Theatron
Drama = Greek?
Collaborative Art Form
Coleridge's Willing Suspension of Disbelief
Esthetic Distance
Empathy
Things that distinguish theatre from other forms of art

CHAPTER TWO:

Creative process ends with Mind of Spectator
Audience considerations: who is in audience,
    who different to watch theatre vs. film.
3 Steps to Critical Response:
3 Types of Critics
Definition of Criticism
Basic Problems of Criticism
All critical response should ask 3 questions?
Qualities needed to be a Critic

CHAPTER THREE:

How to read a play

Aristotle
Poetics
6 elements of dramatic form
Plot, character, thought, diction, music, spectacle
Exposition
Pt. of Attack
Inciting Incident
Climax
Denouement
Convention

CHAPTER FOUR:

Early Theatre

Greek Theatre - time span
Dionysus
Dithyramb
Thespis
Tragedy
    Protagonist and Antagonist
    Tragic Flaw
Greek Contests
        Where, what, how
Parts of the Greek Stage
Three first playwrights
Chorus and Choreagus
    Function and makeup of chorus
The four categories of performers
Masks - purpose and function
Tragic Form
    Parts of a Tragic play

Oedipus - Characters, themes, events in plays.

CHAPTER 13:

The Actor
Mimetic and Embodiment
Virtuosity
Voice and Body and Mind of the actor
Two phases of becoming an actor
The Actor's approach - External and Internal
Stanislavski
Method Acting
The Actor's Routine