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When the practitioner is trying to achieve and make the audience think/feel.
Purpose
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The world in which a play exists and how this has influenced it.
Context
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what we know about people at the time of writing;
Social Factors
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what we know about the way people lived and behaved at the time of writing;
Cultural Factors
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events that coincided with the time of writing;
Historical Factors
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political and legal events/changes that may have impacted upon the work.
Political Factors
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Theatre which relies on the performers' physical motion rather than, or combined with, text to convey storytelling and character emotions
Physical Theatre
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Documented theatre in which plays are constructed from the precise words spoken by people interviewed about a particular event or topic.
Verbatim Theatre
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Theatre that attempts to create an illusion of reality through a range of dramatic and theatrical strategies.
Naturalism
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the distinctive way in which the practitioner stages the work, i.e., how their ideas are shown/expressed on stage;
Style
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the application of the practitioner's ideas, as opposed to their theories (this may be their rehearsal practice and specifically how they approach rehearsing with actors, or it may be more about their practice when staging work;
Practice
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the purpose of their work, i.e., what they are trying to achieve and make the audience think/feel. We often try to consider a practitioner’s creative intentions. These are often communicated through the themes/issues in the work
Intentions
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A stock of plays that a performer or company knows or has written.
Repertoire
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: A play or other theatrical work that has been brought to life on stage (produced) by a director and company of actors
Production
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The individual sharing of a theatrical production on one specific occasion.
Performance
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Card 2

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The world in which a play exists and how this has influenced it.

Back

Context

Card 3

Front

what we know about people at the time of writing;

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

what we know about the way people lived and behaved at the time of writing;

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

events that coincided with the time of writing;

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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