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Why are audiences important in plays?
The audience drives every aspect of developing a theatrical performance. Initially, the audience serves the role of driving the content of the play or performance itself. The audience serves the role of driving other decisions as well. Once the audience is in the seats, their role as consumers comes full circle.
What did the audience do if they didn’t like Shakespeare plays?
The audience might buy apples to eat. If they didn’t like the play, the audience threw them at the actors! This is where our idea of throwing tomatoes comes from – but ‘love-apples’, as they were known, come from South America and they weren’t a common food at the time.
Why is it called the Globe Theater?
Working together, the actors built the new theatre as quickly as they could. By May 1599, the new theatre was ready to be opened. Burbage named it the Globe after the figure of Hercules carrying the globe on his back – for in like manner the actors carried the Globe’s framework on their backs across the Thames.
What was the most popular form of play in the 19th century?
The generic term melodrama tends to have been applied to a huge range of 19th century plays. Melodrama became the most popular form of play throughout the 19th century and probably is the most performed genre of drama not only in Britain, but also in Europe, in Australasia and in North America.
What kind of music was popular before jazz?
For nearly the first half of the twentieth century, from about 1915 to 1955, jazz was the dominant form of popular dance music in the United States. Dance music and dance bands existed before jazz and, after the rise of jazz, there were still many dance bands that did not play jazz or used jazz elements only sparingly.
Why is American culture so popular and desirable around the world?
Some aspects of US culture are popular, just like any other country’s. Clearly a lot of US culture isn’t universal. No other country has adopted the US electoral system, or the insanity of its gun laws. No other country has the principle the poor should die of neglect or that the only thing worth spending money on is the military.
When did melodrama become a popular form of play?
Melodrama became the most popular form of play throughout the 19th century and probably is the most performed genre of drama not only in Britain, but also in Europe, in Australasia and in North America. So we are actually talking about a genre that has had an extraordinarily wide impact historically.