Theater can be viewed as many different things in society, each and every person views bring a different background, experience, and reaction to what is taking place in a venue. Someone that was raised in New York will probably not have the same views of a play as someone that grew up in California. This concept is what makes the role of theatre in our society unique for each of its viewers. Theater plays many different functions in society today, some people use theater as a chance to laugh, escape, be inspired, and even as a guideline for life itself. I view theater as a form of entertainment, allowing actors/actresses to openly express themselves. Although some may feel like theatre is a slowly dying art form it truly separates itself …show more content…
Plays written during the Renaissance were ranging from mystery, tragedy, masques to morality and mostly had a biblical theme. William Shakespeare the most famous play writer during this time wrote plays like Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. Both of these plays were about tragedies and played by an all male cast, cross-dressing and gender binding. Before the 1660s woman did not begin performing regularly in the England Theater. Men were concealed under heavy costumes, forced to wear makeup, and wigs during the …show more content…
Attire was classed based upon the classes someone fell into (lower, middle, upper) and was used to recognize the different characters. The wearing of berets, kennel/gable headdress, basquines, jerkin, peascod-belly doublet are just some of the names of the clothing being presented during this era. Women’s clothing were worn with high waistlines, squared necklines, with sleeves that were fitted at the upper arm and ballooned out, with tightly fittings around the wrist. Men’s clothing accented the shoulder and chest area, they wore tunics, and bodice that reached their knees. Fur lined velvet or leather jackets containing no sleeves were also worn during this time period. Renaissance fashion was known for its luxury looks making jewels, pearls, gold, and lace very
Modern professional theatre is characterized by the widespread challenge to established rules surrounding theatrical representation. This resulted in the development of many new forms of theatre. Such included modernism, expressionism, impressionism, political theatre and other forms of experimental theatre. It is also characterized by the continuing development of already established theatrical forms like naturalism and realism. As years went by, the reputation of modern theatre has been improving, after being belittled through the nineteenth century. However, the growth of other media, more specifically movies, resulted in a smaller role culturally.
In each and every culture theater exists. However, they are not always portrayed in the same way and could take up many different forms. What differ them from others is influenced by the convention of what governs them. What happen on stage depends on the conventions of the theater. Convention is define as “Rules governing a given style of theater, such as fourth-wall verisimilitude or bare stage. These rule should not be violated, but often are, as when actors “break” the fourth wall by delivering a line directly toward the audience” (Altshuler and Janaro 208). The condition governing the staging and performance are known as theatrical conventions, in which what the audiences agree to accept as what is real (Altshuler and Janaro 173). In comparing an Elizabethan and a modern theater to each other there are many differences and similarities between the two. By comparing William Shakespeare “Hamlet” to Lorraine Hansberry “A Raisin in the Sun”, we can see that there is a major difference between the two
“The sixteenth century was one of the most extravagant and splendid periods in all of costume history and one of the first periods in which modern ideas of fashion influenced what people wore” (Sixteenth-Century Clothing). During the sixteenth century, fashion was revolutionary, especially Elizabethan and Italian fashion. Much of the Elizabethan and Italian fashion was influenced by dress that came from other places of the world, but they modified the costume to fit their own style and desires. What people wore back in that era was based upon social class. The wealthy people and ones given a title wore luxurious clothing during this time period. Cheaper and lesser quality dress was worn by those of a lower class. Distinguishing who a person was and what class they came from was made easy by the Sumptuary Laws. These Laws ensured that no one could be mistaken for the wrong class. No choice was given to people; they wore what defined them. Although there were laws to regulate what people wore, Elizabethan and Italian fashion remained sensational.
years ago the word "theater" possessed a different meaning than it does in today's society. The
There were many factors that contributed to the changes made to the Broadway theaters in the 20th Century. Broadway faced many problems during the time period of 1945-1955, resolved by numerous different solutions. This included impacts of World War II and the Great Depression, the decline in audience interest and the loss of many actors and producers.
The Renaissance time period could be considered one of the most artistic eras of all time. Both men and women were encouraged to make a transition from the medieval time period to the Renaissance time period. This was done largely in part by their style of clothing and the way they expressed themselves. Some fashionable trends for the women of the Renaissance time period include corsets, layers, ruffled collars, and closely fitted gowns called cotes. “Corsets like the merry widow were necessary for parties, dances, and other formal occasions” (Hoobler 98). Unmarried girls, brides, and queens of the time were allowed to wear their hair down, while most other women were to wear tall cone-shaped hats called hennin. The men of the renaissance era typically wore their ...
Peasant women wore the cote of the earlier period and handkerchiefs or collars around their neck, to what we call the dress of the Puritans. Renaissance dress makers considered the human form in two parts-- hips and shoulders. The clothing was made to fit the wearer, yet on the outside it was padded to show the body in a completely different form than the natural one. Being the first, lace was woven into dresses. Women wore the low-crowned hat in the same fashion sense as men.
are heavily influenced by theatre and Broadway therefore, people are more aware of live theatre and often attend plays. Cities such as Modesto, Turlock, Stockton, etc. have little knowledge and are less aware of live theatre. As a result, people in such cities prefer entertainment in movie theatres. The entertainment levels differ between live theatre and movies depending on how that particular entertainment is presented and how the audience recognizes it. The main goal of live theatre is to entertain the audience either through comedy, tragedy, romance, and action through the use of costumes, effects, props, and lighting to achieve the highest possible entertainment level for the people in order for them to come watch more theatre and drama. On the other hand, some people prefer movies to be more entertaining due to enhanced sound and edited picture. Movies are mainly offered everywhere meanwhile, live theatre is harder to find especially local. I would advise people to try out and attend live theatre plays and give it a try. It is a great experience for family and friends. I am glad that I took this course and had the chance to explore theatre and drama. I will definitely attend live theatre plays in the future. It is a different form of entertainment compared to movies. Theatre is composed of many emotions and will leave the audience feeling some type of way. In my opinion, theatre is a form of exceptional art. I had different empowering emotions and experience with these three events. Theatre is truly a memorable art of
“The theatre was created to tell people the truth about life and the social situation,” says Stella Adler. Theater is unique and intriguing because it blends literary and visual arts to tell a story. Before Theater 10, I viewed theater on the surface level: cheesy plot lines with dramatic scenarios for entertainment purposes. Throughout the course, I have learned what it means to appreciate theater, such as understanding Brechtian and Chinese theatre; however, I believe understanding theater’s ability to convey crucial historical and social messages, such as in the production of RENT, is more relevant and important for theater appreciation.
Theatre serves to reflect society. From Shakespeare to Sophocles, a playwright’s work illustrates the different mechanics within a culture or time period or society. Theatre offers viewers the experience of taking a step back and looking in on themselves. In this way, theatre is a mirror for the world and the way it functions.
“Theatre makes us think about power and the way our society works and it does this with a clear purpose, to make a change.”
Theatre will always survive in our changing society. It provides us with a mirror of the society within which we live, and where conflicts we experience are acted out on stage before us. It provides us with characters with which we identify with. The audience observes the emotions and actions as they happen and share the experience with the characters in real time.
One of the Musical theatre’s greatest songwriters, Tom Jones once wrote, “It is clear that musical theatre is changing. No one knows where it is going. Perhaps it is not going to one place but to many.” (Making Musicals: An informal introduction to the World of Musical Theatre) Musical theatre, from its modest beginnings to the Great Broadway known to many today has affected a wide array of people and places. While it may have not always been labeled as such, the art of interspersing acting with singing and dancing has been a part of many cultures and *word.
For thousands of years, people have been arguing that theatre is a dying art form. Many people think theatre is all just cheesy singing and dancing or just boring old Shakespeare, but there is much more to theatre than those two extremes. Theatre is important to our society because it teaches us more about real life than recorded media. Theatre has been around for thousands of years and began as a religious ceremony that evolved into an art form that teaches about the true essence of life. Theatre can incorporate profound, and provocative, observations of the human condition that can transcend time; lessons found in Greek plays can still be relevant to the modern world. People argue that the very essence of theatre is being snuffed out by modern