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Theatre as a dangerous
influence
Theatre as entertainment
3) The Audience
Tells a story
The textook compares theatre with sports both rely on
conventions (rules or accepted practices)
Painting,
sculpture, photography =
visual arts
Novels,
*Art
Elements of Theatre
Spectatorship
For
Aesthetic Distance
Being detached
enough from the
performance to
view it with some
objectivity.
Empathy
Feeling of
involvement with
the performers.