THEATRE

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WHAT IS THEATRE?
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses

live performers to present the experience of a real or

imagined event before a live audience in a specific
place.

THEATER ARTS
The art of staging a play or drama.
Also refers to the building designed to hold

plays or dramatic performances.

It has changed throughout its history. The
changes reflect the growth and change of
drama and culture.
Ancient Greece is the birthplace of the
THEATER.

ART
Theatre is an art complete with

creativity,

imagination, elegance, power, &

aesthetic harmony.
Meant to capture the human spirit
Integrating our emotions with our
intellect

IMPERSONATION

Unlike other forms of art - poetry, painting,

sculpture, music, cabaret acts the theatre

involves actors impersonating characters

The theater has a long tradition of using

masks

THEATER ARTS
All the arts are found in THEATERsuch

as,

HISTORY OF THEATRE
History of theatre charts the development of theatre over the

past 2,500 years. While per formative elements are present in

every society, it is customary to acknowledge a distinction
between theatre as an art form and entertainment and
theatrical or per formative elements in other activities.

 Greek theatre
Roman theatre
Transition and early Medieval theatre, 5001050
High and late Medieval theatre, 10501500
Commedia dell'arte
Golden age theatre
Renaissance theatre
Restoration comedy
Restoration spectacular
Neoclassical theatre
Nineteenth-century theatre
Twentieth-century theatre

AMPHITHEATER
Was built in a hollowed-out area of a hillside in a

semi-circular form.

The audience sits on bench made of stone and

wood.

The center is made of round stones,

And the area is called the ORCHESTRA.
The speaker in the Greek drama and the chorus

stand in the orchestra.

TYPES OF THEATRE
Puppet Shows
Mime
Musical Theatre
Drama
Comedy
Tragedy
Improvisation
Fantasy
Action

ELEMENTS OF THEATRE
Performance
Audience
Director
Theatre Space
Design Aspects
Text

 Performers

People onstage presenting characters in dramatic action.

Audience

The essence of theater is the interaction between the performer and

audience, Theater needs to be experienced live.

Director

The director makes certain that the performers understand the text
anddeliver the script excitingly and appropriately.

Theater Space

Another necessary element of theater is the space in which performers

oraudiences come together.

Text

A final element essential to theater is thetextthat is performed, and

itmust be present for theater to occur.

STAGE

It is a raised platform behind the orchestra.

DRESSING ROOM

Another building behind the orchestra that is a dressing room

for actors.

ACTORS

Men wearing masks which show the characters they are

playing.

WHAT DOES THEATER

MEAN?
A building

Metaphorically it can mean a place where surgeries or wars

take place

The players (and owners, managers, and technicians) who

perform in a space

An occupation

-- a company.

THEATRE ARCHITECTURE
Proscenium Theatre
Thrust Theater
Arena Theater
Black Box

PROSCENIUM

The 4th wall removed

THRUST THEATER

Seats on 3 sides
More intimate.

ARENA
THEATRE
Seats on all 4 sides
Very intimate
More emphasis on

props & costumes

than on scenery.

THE BLACK BOX

A flexible space
The empty space

TWO TYPES OF DRAMA IN A

THEATRE

TRAGEDY
A play with a sad ending
Sophocles and Euripedes wrote tragedies.

COMEDY
A play in which the main characters and motive

triumph over adversity.

Aristophanes wrote comedies to mock leaders during

his time.

QUALITIES OF AN INTERNATIONAL THEATRE