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Both "blocking" and "block" were applied to stage and theater from as early as 1961. [2] The term derives from the practice of 19th-century theatre directors such as Sir W. S. Gilbert who worked out the staging of a scene on a miniature stage using a block to represent each of the actors. [3]
Hotseat: The student is interviewed in character. By putting the character from a scene, event or story on the "stand", students can further explore their understanding of the content. Other students in the class prepare questions that explore the character and their conflicts. Students are encouraged to write open-ended questions.
Another major difference in drama is that it is not possible to 'go inside the character's head' in the way possible in a novel, meaning this method of character exposition is unavailable. Still another is that in drama, a character usually can be seen and heard and need not be described.
Since the 19th century, the art of creating characters, as practiced by actors or writers, has been called characterization. [6] A character who stands as a representative of a particular class or group of people is known as a type. [9] Types include both stock characters and those that are more fully individualized. [9]
Dramaturgy is the study of dramatic composition and the representation of the main elements of drama on the stage.. The term first appears in the eponymous work Hamburg Dramaturgy (1767–69) by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.
Metatheatre, and the closely related term metadrama, describes the aspects of a play that draw attention to its nature as drama or theatre, or to the circumstances of its performance. "Breaking the Fourth Wall" is an example of a metatheatrical device.
Stichomythia (Ancient Greek: στιχομυθία, romanized: stikhomuthía) is a technique in verse drama in which sequences of single alternating lines, or half-lines (hemistichomythia [1]) or two-line speeches (distichomythia [2]) are given to alternating characters. It typically features repetition and antithesis. [3]
A prop table backstage for the musical number "Food, Glorious Food" in the musical production, Oliver!A prop, formally known as a (theatrical) property, [1] is an object actors use on stage or screen during a performance or screen production. [2]