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  2. Improvisational theatre - Wikipedia

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    Improvisational theatre. Improvisational theatre, often called improvisation or improv, is the form of theatre, often comedy, in which most or all of what is performed is unplanned or unscripted, created spontaneously by the performers. In its purest form, the dialogue, action, story, and characters are created collaboratively by the players as ...

  3. Characteristics of Harold Pinter's work - Wikipedia

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    Characteristics of Pinter's work Pinteresque "That Harold Pinter occupies a position as a modern classic is illustrated by his name entering the language as an adjective used to describe a particular atmosphere and environment in drama: 'Pinteresque' "–placing him in the company of authors considered unique or influential enough to elicit eponymous adjectives.

  4. Improvisation - Wikipedia

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    Improvisation, in theatre, is the playing of dramatic scenes without written dialogue and with minimal or no predetermined dramatic activity. The method has been used for different purposes in theatrical history. The Ligue d'improvisation montréalaise (LIM) is a league of improvisational theatre based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada Comedy

  5. Musical theatre - Wikipedia

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    Musical theatre. Not to be confused with Music theatre. The Black Crook was a hit musical on Broadway in 1866. [1] Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music ...

  6. Glossary of theater terms - Wikipedia

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    Angel: An individual or organization which provides financial support for a production. [2] Apron: The front area of the stage, nearest the audience; the portion of the stage in front of proscenium arch. [2] Aside: A line spoken by an actor/actress directly to the audience, unheard by the other performers on-stage. [2]

  7. Presentational and representational acting - Wikipedia

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    Many types of drama in the history of theatre do make use of the presentational 'outside' and its many possible interactions with the representational 'inside'—Shakespeare, Restoration comedy, and Brecht, to name a few significant examples. However, both Stanislavski and Hagen applied their processes of acting towards these types of drama as ...

  8. Scene (performing arts) - Wikipedia

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    A scene is a part of a film, as well as an act, a sequence (longer or shorter than a scene), and a setting (usually shorter than a scene). While the terms refer to a set sequence and continuity of observation, resulting from the handling of the camera or by the editor, the term "scene" refers to the continuity of the observed action: an ...

  9. Recitative - Wikipedia

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    Recitative is a dialogue between a (usually) solo voice and an instrument or instruments. Usually the voice and instrument (s) alternate, or share a chord while one continues. In this way the speech-like rhythm of the singer does not need to be coordinated and synchronized with the instrument (s). Recitative cadences: The dialog ends with the ...