Woyzeck
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- Woyzeck
- OPC
- First performed in Munich 1913
- Residenztheatre- proscenium arch theatre
- audience arranged in tiers like a traditional london theatre
- Residenztheatre- proscenium arch theatre
- revolving stage
- detailed sets used for each setting was able to moved with smooth transitions between scenes
- Modernism
- move away from naturalism and demand less characterisation from the actors
- looking stylised with over the top actions
- developing in Europe at the time the manuscript of Woyzeck was found(1878)
- explored inner psyche of human beings
- encourages audiences to ask questions about the character and what they are going through
- brought more overt political messages to audiences
- exposing audiences to what life is really like- no happy endings- a battle against idealism
- move away from naturalism and demand less characterisation from the actors
- German Naturalism
- obsession of science and medicine
- Buchner challenges this with the Doctor looking foolish and Woyzeck's body being found with no blood
- obsession of science and medicine
- Audiences
- wanted new and exciting experiences from theatre
- Language of the play is simple and audiences may have found it crude when first performed
- wanted new and exciting experiences from theatre
- Political context
- brink of WW1
- enjoyed by an audience unhappy to be ruled by Kaiser Wilhelm
- themes- hidden behind the facade of a simple story about an ordinary (mentally unstable) man
- Being contemporary and corrupt surprised audiences
- Class system- oppression and class issues would have been pertinent to audience
- Expressionism
- began in germany around 1912
- short-lived but significant theatrical movement
- rebellion against realism and naturalism in the theatre
- focused on the inner qualities of the protagonist- a theatre of a social and political protest
- atmosphere would be dreamlike and surreal, nightmarish, eerie, appeal to audiences emotions
- acting style used appearance of over-acting- intense, violent, expressing tormented emotions
- lighting was often stark, illuminating key areas of the stage with deliberate use of shadow
- stages were often bare with few props-only essential setting
- lighting was often stark, illuminating key areas of the stage with deliberate use of shadow
- acting style used appearance of over-acting- intense, violent, expressing tormented emotions
- atmosphere would be dreamlike and surreal, nightmarish, eerie, appeal to audiences emotions
- focused on the inner qualities of the protagonist- a theatre of a social and political protest
- rebellion against realism and naturalism in the theatre
- short-lived but significant theatrical movement
- began in germany around 1912
- structure
- disjointed, episodic- intended by Buchner to be placed in any order
- series of imaged depicticting Woyzeck's struggle
- structure would eb new to audiences- used to narrative/linear
- series of imaged depicticting Woyzeck's struggle
- disjointed, episodic- intended by Buchner to be placed in any order
- First performed in Munich 1913
- Berkoff
- mime and physical theatre
- play moves from location to location
- use cast to create location and using one or two key pieces of set (blocks or stage rostra)
- play moves from location to location
- over-articulation
- specific style
- precise and deliberate speech and movement
- exaggerative, stylised style
- specific style
- mime and physical theatre
- Buchners Intentions
- being common and unsophisticated was better than being morally corrupt
- Woyzeck's poverty leads him into the Doctors experiments
- our lives are determined by our environment and social circumstances
- some things that happen to Woyzeck are a result of circumsatnceshe cannot change
- murder was his choice
- poverty was not his choice
- some things that happen to Woyzeck are a result of circumsatnceshe cannot change
- being common and unsophisticated was better than being morally corrupt
- Context
- europe was becoming overpopulated and many people found themselves without work or in extreme poverty
- people blamed industrial revolution as machinery were taking their jobs
- people in big cities were worse off and conditions were cramped and led to diseases
- poverty and suffering are a big theme as Buchner saw the poor as the purest
- not corrupt by presentation
- europe was becoming overpopulated and many people found themselves without work or in extreme poverty
- OPC
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