Robert Cohen - Theatre, Brief Version-McGraw-Hill Education (2016)

Contents
Chapter 1 What Is Theatre? 6
The Theatre Building 7
The Company, or Troupe, of Players 8
The Occupation of Theatre 9
Work 9
Art 12
Impersonation 12
Performance 14
Live Performance 16
Scripted and Rehearsed Performance 17
spotlight: Film Stars on Stage Acting 18
Preface
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Introduction 1
Chapter 2 What Is a Play? 20
Classifying Plays 21
Duration 21
Genre 22
stagecraft: Genre-ly Speaking 24
Dramaturgy: The Construction of Drama and
Dramatic Performance 26
Drama’s Components: The Vertical Axis 27
Plot 27
Characters 27
Theme 27
Diction 28
Music 28
Spectacle 28
Convention 29
Drama’s Timeline: The Horizontal Axis 31
Pre-Play 31
Play 31
The Exposition 32
The Conflict 33
The Climax 34
The Denouement 35
Post-Play 35
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