In the round- a stage in the center with a round audience
Procenium- a more traditional style theatre with one side for the audience
On Wednesday we met and discussed the Roule play we watched last week. First we analyzed the script itself. It was a different sort of crticism than I've come across before. Usually when you critique a performance, one tends to emphasize the acting and what one views on the stage. However when evaluating a script it can be terribly difficult to judge it simply by reading. You need voices and physical prescence to distinguish between characters, and to evaluate how they interact with one another. Actors provide a double-edged sword. While a piece isn't complete without their presence, if an actor misinterprets a character it can demean the value of the performance. One may dismiss the script, but the words spoken were not the original author's. I think I've expanded my critical capabilities, and it's crossed over to my work on the current UHS musical. When watching actors and giving notes, I've been focusing on what the words mean on the page versus how they come across when delivered.
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