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Wilson Detailed TOC
Chapter 1: Experiencing Today?s Global, Diverse Theatre
A Preview
Theatre as Source and Foundation
The Actor-Audience Encounter
Theatre is Transitory and Immediate
Human Beings?The Focus of Theatre
The Universal Impulse Toward Theatre: Ceremonies and Rituals
Global Theatre
Theatre of Diversity
A Theatre of Infinite Variety
Summary
Part 1 The Audience
Chapter 2: The Audience: Its Role and Imagination
The Relationship between Performer and Audience
The Special Nature of Theatre: A Contrast with Film
The Chemistry of Performer-Audience Contact
Theatre as a Group Experience
Psychology of Groups
How Audience Makeup Affects the Theatre Experience
The Separate Roles of Performers and Spectators
How Should the Audience Be Involved?
Audience Participation through Direct Action
The Imagination of the Audience
Tools of the Imagination: Symbol and Metaphor
The ?Reality? of the Imagination
The Imaginary Worlds of Theatre
Realism and Nonrealism
Distinguishing Stage Reality from Fact
Summary
Chapter 3: Background and Expectations of the Audience
Background of Individual Spectators
Background of the Period
Theater and Society
Greek Theater and Culture
Elizabethan Theater and Culture
Modern Theater and Culture
BOX: Historical Perspectives: Women in Greek and Elizabethan Theatres
Background Information on the Play or Playwright
Expectations: The Variety of Experiences in
Modern Theater
Broadway and Touring Theater
Resident Professional Theater
Alternative Theaters: Off-Broadway and Elsewhere
Children?s Theater
College and University Theater
Community and Amateur Theater
Multiethnic, Multicultural, Global and Gender Theater
Summary
Chapter 4: The Critic and the Audience
Theatrical Criticism
What Is Criticism?
Preparation for Criticism
Critical Criteria
Descriptive and Prescriptive Criticism
Fact and Opinion in Criticism
The Reviewer and the Critic
The Dramaturg or Literary Manager
The Audience?s Relationship to Criticism
The Audience?s Independent Judgment
Analysis and Overanalysis
Summary
Chapter 5: Stage Spaces
Creating the Environment
Theatre Spaces
Proscenium Stage
Arena Stage
Thrust Stage
Created and Found Spaces
BOX: Making Connections: Popular Performance Spaces
All-Purpose Theater Spaces: The Black Box
Special Requirements of Theater Environments
Summary
Part 2 The Performers and the Director
Chapter 6 Acting: Offstage and in the Past
Examples of Acting in Everyday Life
Social Roles
Personal Roles
Acting in Life versus Acting Onstage
Stage Acting: A Historical Perspective
Physical Demands of Classical Acting
Vocal Demands of Classical Acting
BOX: Historical Perspectives: The Status of the Performer
Performing in Classics Today
The Development of Realistic Acting
Summary
Chapter 7 Stage Acting Today
The Acting Experience
Challenges of Acting Today
BOX: A Life in the Theatre: The Artist Speaks: Cherry Jones: Actress
The Stanivlasky System: A Technique for Realistic Acting
Various Approaches
Performers? Training Today
BOX: Dynamics of Drama: Warm-Up Exercises for Voice and Body
BOX: Dynamics of Drama: Finger Language: A Part of Indian Acting and Dancing
Moving from Preparation to Performance
Judging Performances
Judging Performances
Summary
Chapter 8 The Director and the Producer
The Theater Director
Photo Essay: Director
BOX: Historical Perspective: The Evolution of the Director
The Director and the Script
BOX: Global Cross-Currents: Peter Brook: International Director
The Director and the Production
The Director?s Power and Responsibility
The Producer or Manager
The Commercial Producer
Noncommercial Theaters
Completing the Picture: Playwright, Director,
and Producer
BOX: Dynamics of Drama: A Career in Theater: Employment for Young Performers, Playwrights, Directors, Designers, and Technical Personnel
Summary
Part 3 The Playwright: Creating the Play
Chapter 9 Creating the World of the Play
The Subject and Verb of Drama: People and Action
Structural Conventions: The Rules of the Game
Limited Space
Limited Time
Strongly Opposed Forces
A Balance of Forces
Incentive and Motivation
Essentials of Dramatic Structure
The Form of Drama: Plot versus Story
BOX: Dynamics of Drama: Significance of Structure: The Architecture of Drama
Dramatic Characters
Creating a Dramatic Structure
The Opening Scene
Obstacles and Complications
Crisis and Climax
BOX: Dynamics of Drama: Structure in Women?s Plays
Point of View
The Dramatist?s Point of View
Society?s Point of View
A Cautionary Word about Genre
Summary
Chapter 10 Dramatic Forms: Climactic, Episodic,
and Others
Climactic Structure
Characteristics of Climactic Structure
Significant Periods of Climactic Structure
Episodic Structure
Characteristics of Episodic Structure
BOX: Dynamics of Drama: Comparing Climactic and Episodic Form
Significant Periods of Episodic Structure
Combinations of Climactic and Episodic Form
Ritual and Pattern as Dramatic Structure
Rituals
Patterns
Serial Structure
BOX: A Life in the Theatre: The Artist Speaks: Richard Foreman: Director,
Playwright, and Designer
Experimental and Avant-Garde Theater
Special Structures
Segments and Tableaux as Structure
Structure in Musical Theater
Summary
Chapter 11 Dramatic Characters
Types of Characters
Extraordinary Characters
Photo Essay: Extraordinary Characters
Representative or Quintessential Characters
Stock Characters
Characters with a Dominant Trait
Minor Characters and Major Characters
A Narrator or Chorus
BOX: Making Connections: Characters: Images of Ourselves
Nonhuman Characters
Using Dramatic Characters Effectively: Juxtaposition
and Interaction
Juxtaposition of Characters
Orchestration of Characters
Summary
Chapter 12 Tragedy and Other Serious Drama
Tragedy
Traditional Tragedy
BOX: Global Cross-Currents: The Asian Influence on the Playwrights Brecht and Wilder
Modern Tragedy
Heroic Drama
Photo Essay: Modern Domestic Drama
Bourgeois or Domestic Drama
Melodrama
BOX: A Life in the Theatre: The Artist Speaks: Emily Mann: Playwright-Director
Summary
Chapter 13 Comedy and Tragicomedy
Comedy
Characteristics of Comedy
Techniques of Comedy
Forms of Comedy
Tragicomedy
What Is Tragicomedy?
Photo Essay: Forms of Comedy
BOX: A Life in the Theatre: The Artist Speaks: Suzan-Lori Parks: Playwright
Modern Tragicomedy
Theater of the Absurd
Absurdist Plots: Illogicality
Absurdist Language: Nonsense and Non Sequitur
Absurdist Characters: Existential Beings
Summary
Part 4 Setting the Stage: The Designers
Chapter 14 Scenery
A Brief History of Stage Design
Scenic Design Today
Objectives of Scene Design
Aesthetic Aspects of Stage Design
The Scenic Environment
Mood and Style
BOX: Historical Perspectives: Robert Edmond Jones on Scene Design
Realistic and Nonrealistic Scenery
Locale and Period
The Design Concept
The Central Image or Metaphor
Coordination of the Whole
BOX: Global Cross-Currents: The Magic of Designer Josef Svoboda
Scene Design and Popular Entertainment
Practical Aspects of Scene Design
The Physical Layout
Materials of Scene Design
Special Effects
BOX: A Life in the Theatre: The Artist Speaks: Robin Wagner: Scene Designer
The Process of Scene Design
Elements of Design
Steps in the Design Process
The Scene Designer?s Collaborators
Designing a Total Environment
Summary
Chapter 15 Stage Costumes
Costumes for the Stage
The Costume Designer at Work
BOX: A Life in the Theatre: The Artist Speaks: Jess Goldstein: Costume Designer
Other Elements
Makeup
Hairstyles and Wigs
Masks
Coordination of the Whole
Summary
Chapter 16 Lighting and Sound
Stage Lighting
A Brief History of Stage Lighting
Objectives and Functions of Lighting Design
The Lighting Designer
BOX: A Life in the Theatre: The Artist Speaks: Peggy Eisenhauer: Lighting Designer
Sound in the Theater
Sound Reproduction: Advantages and Disadvantages
The Sound Designer
Understanding Sound Reproduction and Sound Reinforcement
Sound Technology
Summary
Part 5 The Theater Landscape Today
Chapter 17 Global Theatre
to come
Chapter 18 Musical Theater
Background
Drama and Music
The Appeal of Music and Dance
Opera
Types of Musical Theater
A Brief History of the American Musical
Antecedents
The 1920s and 1930s: Musical Comedies
The 1920s and 1930s: Advances in Musicals
Musical Theater of the 1940s and 1950s
BOX: A Life in the Theatre: The Artist Speaks: Nathan Lane: Actor
Musicals from the 1960s through the 1980s
BOX: Global Cross-Currents: The Theatre of Julie Taymor
Musicals from 1990 to the Present
Summary
Chapter 19 Contemporary American Theater
Traditional and Avant-Garde Theatre
Theatre of Diversity
African American Theatre
Asian American Theatre
Hispanic Theatre
Native American Theatre
Feminist Theatre
Gay and Lesbian Theatre
Political Theatre
Performance Art
Postmodernism
Summary
Appendixes
Appendix A Synopses of Plays
King Oedipus, Sophocles
Tartuffe, Molière
A Doll?s House, Henrik Ibsen
The Cherry Orchard, Anton Chekhov
Mother Courage, Bertolt Brecht
A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams
Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller
Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett
A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry
Fences, August Wilson
Appendix B Major Theatrical Forms
and Movements
Appendix C Glossary
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
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المستخلص
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The ideal theatre appreciation text for courses focusing on theater elements, The Theatre Experience encourages students to be active theatre-goers as they learn about the fundamentals of a production. By addressing the importance of the audience, Wilson brings the art of performance to life for students who may have little experience with the medium. Two new chapters and added Global Cross-Currents boxes throughout greatly expand the text's coverage of global theatre, while revised coverage of theatrical design and production exposes students to the latest processes, techniques, and technologies in the field. Along with an extended box program and dynamic new photos, these elements combine to provide an engaging, current, and comprehensive introduction to the world of theatre.
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