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In your study of Chapter 17, you were introduced to a number of new “isms”: realism and its extremes, and the many reactions to realism. Over the course of your study of the Art of Theatre, you have been introduced to many styles and genres of theatre as they emerged throughout history and reflected social, religious, political, economic, philosophical, and technological change.
Instructions
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Introduction
In your study of Chapter 17, you were introduced to a number of new “isms”: realism and its extremes, and the many reactions to realism. Over the course of your study of the Art of Theatre, you have been introduced to many styles and genres of theatre as they emerged throughout history and reflected social, religious, political, economic, philosophical, and technological change.
Instructions
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Opening Night: Exit the King
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Watch the first clip of the preview of Eugène Ionesco’s The Exit of the King on Broadway. Does the play appeal to you? What do you like about it? What strikes you as different from other plays you have seen. As you watch it a second time, take notes on what is striking or not about the play as an audience member.
Then watch the second clip with features interviews with celebrities in the audience, the play’s director, and key actors. Consider the director’s vision and what the actors said about the play, its appeal, and its challenges.
Then answer the essay question below.
Does this Exit the King, as an example of Modern Theatre, appear to be the culmination of all that you have seen in the evolution of theatre from the ancients up to the present?
* What does this play include from theatre tradition?
* What does it outright reject?
* How does it reinvent past techniques?
* What do you notice about the characterizations?
* How new or old is the theme?
* Does this play and its characters remind you of others you have seen? Which other plays and characters?
* How does theatre design – stage set, costumes, lighting, sound – call upon old or new ideas?
* What do the actors in Exit the King say about this play that has bearing on the above questions?
Draw from what you see here and all that you have learned from this class. Provide specific examples and insights from your study, synthesis, and own experience attending theatre productions. Your answer should be at least 500 words long.
