September 6, 2020

Spoken theater: An overview

Culture, entertainment and art are combined in a theater. Not only classical pieces of world literature but also socio-critical, political, satirical, or religious topics are dealt with in an artistic way.

The spoken theater

A spoken theater is a performance in which the actors speak predominantly. It is also called drama.

The spoken theater is characterized by the fact that a play is performed on the stage in which the text passages are in the foreground. The language is only really brought to bear through acting, facial expressions, and gestures, which is why the theater actors not only have a talent for speaking but also have to be able to express themselves through movement and facial expressions.

The spoken theaters include, for example

  • Tragedies
  • Comedies or
  • The cabaret

While the theater-goer is presented with a play with a tragedy that is tragic such as the worst prisons in the world and often ends in a catastrophe or with the death of the main character. A comedy encourages him to laugh, amuse, and cheer him up.

In cabaret, on the other hand, parodies and satires are presented and criticism of people or society is made in a humorous way. Cabaret actors often stand alone on the stage and use instruments as background music for their performances.

Features of the drama

Whether the terms “spoken theater” or “drama” are used depends on the type of theater in question. So it can be with a play, a tragedy, a melodrama, a farce, or a comedy act. Tragedy and comedy are among the most important representatives of classical drama.

Tragedies are mostly about fateful conflicts of the protagonists, whose situation worsens more and more in the course of the plot so that they ultimately fail and a tragic end occurs. A comedy, on the other hand, is about funny content that is supposed to make the viewer laugh. This is how the comedy ends happily in most cases. The tragicomedy is a mixture of tragedy and comedy.

Venue

Theaters, the performances of which are mainly in the field of drama, are called playhouses. Often it is also an operation that takes place in several venues.

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