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Group dynamics
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Functioning of humans wen they come together into groups
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Paper the house
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To give away a lot of free tickets to the families and friends of cast members in order to make it appear as though the performance is well attended
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Willing suspension of disbelief
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When we admit that what is happening is not real
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Aesthetic distance
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The audience's ability to remove themselves from a work of art just far enough so that they can contemplate it or even judge it
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Presentational theatre
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Makes no attempt to offer a realistic illusion onstage and the actors openly acknowledge the audience and sometimes even invite members to participate
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Representational theatre
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Actors never acknowledge the audience and go about their business as if there were no audience present
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Realism
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A style of theatre that attempts to portray life as accurately as possible
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Fourth wall
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An imaginary wall between the actors and audience
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Curtain
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The start of the show
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Director's note or playwright's note
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Explains what he or she intended to accomplish with the play
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Reviews
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Evaluations of a production and are often published in newspapers or magazines
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Dramatic criticism
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Offers the reader a discriminating, often scholarly interpretation and analysis of a play, and artist's body of work, or a period of theatre history
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Aristotle's six elements
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Plot, character, thought/theme, spectacle, diction/language, song
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Censorship
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Altering, restricting, or suppressing of information, images, or words circulated within a society
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Licensing act
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Law that placed censoring of plays under the authority of lord chamberlin
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