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Next
Show:
There's No Place Like Rome
Love
what you do;
Learn how to do it!
ARISTOPHANES-satirical,
political comedy
MENANDER- Situation comedy with fixed character
types
ROMAN COMEDY (Plautus & Terence)-developed
Menandrine comedy and made it much more domestic
COMMEDIA DEL' ARTE-'improvised' sequence of
comedy sketches based on a catalogue of recognisable character types
(and masks)
STOCK CHARACTERS - A range of exaggerated character
types still used in sit.com.s today.
ANAGNORISIS- the moment of realisation/
"awakening"
CATHARSIS- the
feeling of both fear and pity evoked in the audience by a good tragedy;
according to Aristotle
-The
Wonderful Drama of Punch and Judy -Papernose Woodensconce, esq.
-Comberbach Soul-Cakers Play-Trad. Cheshire Hallowe'en Play
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inclusive
group
6pm - 9pm
Next General Meeting
Summer Show Rehearsals
14 Sep
21Sep show week
28 Sep
5 Oct
12 Oct
19 Oct
26 Oct
2 Nov
9 Nov
16 Nov
23 Nov
30 Nov
7 Dec
14 Dec
21 Dec
28 Dec
4 Jan-2011
11 Jan
18 Jan
25 Jan
1 Feb
8 Feb
15 Feb
22 Feb
1 Mar
8 Mar
15 Mar
22 Mar
29 Mar
Next Show:
Strictly Come Shakespeare
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5 pm - 7 pm
Next General Meeting
14 Sep
21Sep
28 Sep
5 Oct
12 Oct
19 Oct
26 Oct
2 Nov
9 Nov
16 Nov
23 Nov
30 Nov
7 Dec
14 Dec
21 Dec
28 Dec
4 Jan-2011
11 Jan
18 Jan
25 Jan
1 Feb
8 Feb
15 Feb
22 Feb
1 Mar
8 Mar
15 Mar
22 Mar
29 Mar
Next Show:
flee
Early November
Key
Words:
Seven Cs
Control
Concentration Convention
Consistency Commitment
Consideration
Co-operation
Stock Characters:
-Senex Iratus
-Miles Gloriosus
-Shrewish Wife
-Clever & Foolish Servants
Transformation
Stereotypes
Devising/Scripting/
Making Drama
- exposition
- denouement
- plot
- structure
- character
-climax
-catastrophe
-deus
ex machina
-"the willing suspension
of disbelief" (Coleridge)
Masks
-clocking
Staging
signals - proximity of actors to
the audience and each other
(cf. John Webster)CLIMAX- the
high point of tension
CATHARSIS- the feeling
of both fear and pity evoked in the audience by a good tragedy
TRAGEDY-
word comes from Gk. 'tragos' -a goat. The goat was sacrificed to
the god Dionysus whilst the story was sung - a goat song.
COMEDY-
word comes from Gk. 'komos' - a wild celebratory revel, dance,
song, story, booze-up to Dionysus.
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out more here
Script
work
-The Golden Boy-
Clifford Odets
-The Dark at the Top of the Stair-
William Inge
-Summer
and Smoke- Tennessee Williams
-Bar Mitzvah Boy- Jack Rosenthal
-The Witch of Edmonton-Dekker,Ford & Rowley
-Green Forms-Alan Bennett
-The Beaux Stratagem-George Farquhar
-Tick Tock-Jill Hyem
See
what you can find out about these playwrights and plays.
...and songs!
-Let's
Call the Whole Thing Off-G&I Gershwin
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