Class Presentation Notes

Peter Brook:
Producer Director
Worked at "Royal Shakespeare Company"
"Simplicity is not a style"
Blank verse= Iambic Pentameter
Everything just has to make sense. (Good sense and Common sense)
Empty Space: The Deadly(Old), The Holy, The Rough(Dramatic), and The Immediate
International Centre of Theatre Research

Brecht:
Under the influence of war so his plays includes politics
The play was judged by the country
He doesn't want the audience to relate to the play
"Baal" is the first play
Epic Theatre relates to him, it should not make the audience emotionally connects with the play, but with a rational thought about it.
"Alienation" (The distance)

Artaud:
French dramatist, poet, essayist, actor and theater director
"Theater of Cruelty" (Get people more back to their emotional instinct)
"Organized Anarchy"
The text does not matter, what matter is the general feeling
• Verbal incantations
• Groans and screams
• Pulsating lighting effects
• Oversized stage puppets and props
"The Cenci"

Grotowski:
Innovative Polish theatre director
Influenced by Stanslavski
"The Poor Theatre" (Physical, spiritual and ritualistic aspects of theatre, the nature of role, and the relationship between the actor and spectators)
"Building could be the stage" (Acting outside of the theatre)
Refuse to use fancy props since he wants the audience to connect with the emotion aspect of the play
Physical movements
Human relationship develops when people really want to look at each other and listen to each other
Simplest possible use of staging. Imagination is really important
"Emotion Memory"
Voice is really important because actors can utilize their voices in the way they want




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