DRAMA ONEFirst test and vocabulary

FIRST OF ALL, MEET A STEVENS ALUM:

CATHERINE BACH AS DAISY DUKEFROM

“THE DUKES OF HAZZARD”

OTHER SOUTH DAKOTAN CELEBRITIES:

BOB BARKER OF “THE PRICE IS RIGHT”

CHERYL LADD OF “CHARLIES ANGELS”

DAVID SOUL OF “STARSKY AND HUTCH”

TOM BROKAW OF “NBC NIGHTLY NEWS”

L. FRANK BAUM, ABERDEEN S.D.(FORMERLY FROM NEW YORK)

SOUTH DAKOTANS CAN BE DISCOVERED!

This means…

VOCABULARY #1

And now on to some learning…

1. AREA OF THE STAGE IN FRONT OF THE ACT CURTAINAPRON 2. THEATRE-IN-THE-ROUNDARENA 3. AREA ABOVE THE STAGE RESERVED FOR TECHIESCATWALK

4. PLAY GENRE: CHARACTERIZED BY HUMOR AND HAPPY ENDINGCOMEDY 5. STAGE AREA CLOSEST TO THE AUDIENCEDOWNSTAGE 6. PLAY GENRE: SERIOUS ISSUES AND SITUATIONSDRAMA

7. PLAY GENRE: AN UNBELIEVABLE COMEDYFARCE 8. ‘FAKE’ WALL USED ON STAGEFLAT 9. THE AREA ABOVE THE STAGE TO SUSPEND DROPS, PROPS, ETC.FLY SPACE

10. TRAGIC OR FATAL FLAW IN A PERSON’S CHARACTERHAMARTIA 11. A LONG SPEECH BY A CHARACTER TO SOMEONE ELSEMONOLOGUE 12. WHY A CHARACTER DOES WHAT HE/SHE DOESMOTIVATION

13. USING FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND GESTURES INSTEAD OF WORDSPANTOMIME 14. ‘FAKE’ STAGING ALLOWING FOR ADDITIONAL LEVELSPLATFORM 15. CHARACTER SPEECH SAYING THEIR THOUGHTS ALOUDSOLILOQUY

16. STAGE TYPE WHERE AUDIENCE SITS ON THREE SIDESTHRUST 17. PLAY GENRE: THE HERO LEARNS A HARD LESSON, USUALLY DIESTRAGEDY 18. AREA OF THE STAGE AWAY FROM THE AUDIENCEUPSTAGE

19. STEALING THE FOCUS FROM THE RIGHTFUL ACTOR OR BLOCKING THEM

UPSTAGING

20. OFFSTAGE LEFT AND RIGHT OF THE ACTING AREA

WINGS

• ABYDOS PASSION PLAYABYDOS, EGYPTDEATH OF A GOD - OSIRISROSETTA STONE

Earliest text

DRAMA MEANS: A THING DONETHEATRE MEANS: A SEEING PLACETHESPIS WAS THE FIRST ACTORAESCHYLUS (525 – 456 BC) WROTE “THE ORESTEIA”

INTRODUCED SECOND ACTOROLDEST COMPLETE TRILOGY WE HAVE TODAY

SOPHOCLES (496 – 406 BC) WROTE “OEDIPUS REX”INTRODUCED THIRD ACTOR

ARISTOTLE (384 – 322 BC)WROTE “ARS POETICA”THOUGHT “OEDIPUS REX” WAS PERFECT PLAY

Greek Drama

TRILOGY: THREE TRAGEDIES ONE SATYR PLAYTRAGOS: GOAT SONGDIONYSUS: PATRON GOD OF THEATREGREEK CHORUS: 50 MENSKENE: CHANGING HOUSEORKESTRA: AMPHITHEATRE STAGETHEATRON: AUDIENCE SEATING (HOUSE)DEUS EX MACHINA: SPECIAL EFFECTS APPARATUS

Greek drama continued:

EXPOSITIONCONFLICT/COMPLICATIONRISING ACTIONCLIMAXDENOUEMENT

Aristotle’s five parts of the perfect play

CHARACTER PLOTDICTIONTHOUGHSONG SPECTACLE

Aristotle’s six elements

TRUST

Most important word in theatre: