The Purpose of the Theatre

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The Purpose of the Theatre

• Created by
• Laura Dedic
• Madison Central High School

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Reasons for Creating Dramatic Works

• Sharing the human experience
• Theatre is used to express or
  communicate emotion, feelings, ideas or
  information
• Examples
• Social change
• Communicate universal themes
• Interpret and recreate information,
• ideas and emotion

What does this scene from Pride and Prejudice
communicate?
Scene from the motion picture film Pride and
Prejudice, Universal Studios, 2005
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Reasons for Creating Dramatic Works

• Passing on tradition and culture
• Examples
• Narrative, storytelling
• Folktales
• Religious ritual
• and ceremony

Right, Nativity Play Left, folktales
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Reasons for Creating Dramatic Works

• Recreational
• Examples
• Entertainment
• Diversion
• Festivals
• Broadway, New York City,
• Musical Capital of the World

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Reasons for Creating Dramatic Works

• Artistic Expression
• Theatre is created with the INTENT to express or
  communicate emotion, feelings, ideas or
  information
• Examples
• Dramatic works created and performed in a
  theatrical setting for an audience

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Resources

• Kentucky Core Content, version 4.1
• Google Images