the dramaturg what is their job?. the dramaturg what is their job? 1.advise the director on the...
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The Dramaturg
What is their job?
The DramaturgWhat is their job?
1. Advise the director on the literary aspects or historical facts of the play.2. Help select theatre’s repertoire.3. Translate, adapt, and/or edit texts4. Clarify and explain cultural, social, and political aspects of a given
play.5. Contribute to the content and design of posters, programs, press
releases, and other interactions with the media.6. Collaborate with the director in casting.7. Advise designers8. Work with playwrights9. Provide a second set of eyes and ears for the director to help keep a
production on track in rehearsal.
Greek Theatre 534?-400 BCE
Festival DionysusDithyrambic Chorus
Thespis: First Actor, 534 BCE
Tragic Playwrights:AeschylusSophoclesEuripedes
Comic Playwright:Aristophanes
Greek Performance:
Ekkyklema
Chorus
Masks
Greek Performance:
Periaktoi
Theatron – “the seeing place”
Skene
Orchestra
Paradoi
Plan View of Theater at Epidaurus
Ancient Greece
Aristotle: The Poetics, 335 BCEEarliest surviving work of dramatic theory and first philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory.
Topics:Definition of TragedyParts of TragedyRules for construction of Tragedy
Roman Theatre 240 BCE-568 AD
Comic Playwrights
Plautus254-184 BCE
Terence195-159 BCE
Tragic Playwright
Seneca4 BCE-65 AD
Roman Republic Established 509 BCE
27 BCE Roman Empire Established
Theatre at OrangeOrange, France1st Century AD
Scaenae frons
Ancient Rome
Theatre at OrangeOrange, France1st Century AD
Ancient Rome
Theatre at OrangeOrange, France1st Century AD
Ancient Rome
The ColosseumRome, Italy
1st Century AD
Ancient Rome
The ColosseumRome, Italy
1st Century AD
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome
RIFT BETWEEN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND ROMAN THEATRE
393 AD. Any religion other than Christianity outlawed in the Roman Empire
398 AD Christians excommunicated from Church if they went to theatre instead of Church on holy days
398 AD Actors forbidden church sacrements
Ancient Rome
RIFT BETWEEN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND ROMAN THEATRE. WHY?
1. Associated with pagan gods and festivals
2. Plays and practitioners offended church morals.
3. Theatre often ridiculed the church.
The Fall of the Roman EmpireSeptember 4, 476 AD
Ancient Rome
Medieval Drama – MansionsWestern EuropeAfter 925 AD
Medieval Europe
Medieval Drama – Pageant WagonsWestern Europe
1200 AD
Medieval Europe
Renaissance
Renaissance Drama Italy
Characters
PantaloneDottoreCapitanoZanni
Teatro OlimpicoVicenza, Italy
1580
Renaissance Italy
Theatre at OrangeOrange, France1st Century AD
Ancient Rome
Teatro OlimpicoVicenza, Italy
1580
Renaissance Italy
Teatro FarneseParma, Italy
1618
Renaissance Italy
Renaissance in England 1500-1642
Renaissance England
William Shakespeare
Christopher MarloweBen Jonson
Globe Theatre (Shakespeare)London, England
1599 – 1613 & 1614 - 1644
Renaissance England
Globe Theatre (Shakespeare)London, England
1599 – 1613 & 1614 - 1644
Renaissance England
Globe Theatre (Shakespeare)London, England
1599 – 1613 & 1614 - 1644Tiring House
Inner Above
Inner Below
Pit
Stage
Galleries
Renaissance England
Private Theatre(Staurt Court Masques)
English RenaissanceLate 16th Century
Renaissance England
Private Theatre(Staurt Court Masques)
English RenaissanceLate 16th Century
Renaissance England
English Civil War1642-1651 Roundheads vs. Royalists
England
English Interregnum1649-1660
Oliver Cromwell, England
Execution!1649
King Charles I, England
English Interregnum1649-1660
Oliver Cromwell, England
English Restoration1660-1700
Charles II England
English RestorationDrury Lane Theatre
English RestorationComedy of Manners
French Renaissance1500-1700
Renaissance France
French Tennis CourtsFrance
Mid 16th Century
Renaissance France
Only permanent theatre in Paris
Hôtel de Bourgogne 1595-1629
Moliere 1622-1673 Jean Racine 1639-1699
Pierre Corneille 1606-1684
SPANISH RENAISSANCE1580-1680
Renaissance Spain
Corral Theatre of AlmagroAlmagro, Spain
1628
Renaissance Spain
Modern Theatre
1875-1975
InfluencesCharles Darwin: On the Origin of Species
Karl Marx: Das KapitalSigmund Freud: Interpretation of Dreams
Political and social unrestFragmentation of society
5 Theatrical Movementsin the Modern Era
1. Realism2. Rejection of realism
3. Eclecticism4. Continuation of Popular Theatre
5. Globalization
Realism
Henrik Ibsen August Strindberg Anton Chekhov
3 early realistic playwrights.
American Realism
Eugene O’Neill Arthur Miller Tennessee Williams
3 later realistic playwrights from the US.
The New Stagecraft
Adolphe Appia Edward Gordon Craig
Robert Edmond Jones
Eclectics
Popular Theatre
Theatre in JapanOrigins: 350 BCE
Noh
Kabuki
Bunraku
Theatre in Japan
Noh DramaDerived from the word for skill or talent.Musical drama performed since the 14th centuryBased on stories from traditional literatureUses masks, costumes, and dance.
Theatre in Japan
KabukiMost popular form of theatre in Japan.A dance/drama performed since the 17th centuryRelies on live music and spectacleUses elaborate makeup,
Theatre in Japan
BunrakuPuppet theatreVery precise movements that lead to expressive puppets.Founded in 1684Three types of performers: puppeteers, chanters, and musicians
Theatre in ChinaOrigins: 1122-225 BCE Dance Rituals
Beijing OperaUnrelated to western operaCame to popularity in the 19th centuryIncludes: acrobatics and dance related movements, musical accompaniment, vocal performance, elaborate costumes, and makeup