Play Styles. Timed Writing What is style? How would you describe your personal style? How would you describe a style for a person you know: maybe someone.

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1 Play Styles

2 Timed Writing What is style? How would you describe your personal style? How would you describe a style for a person you know: maybe someone whose style you admire or find unique? What’s unique about it? What makes something stylish?

3 Spectrum RepresentationalPresentational Naturalism Naturalism Realism Expressionism Expressionism Theatricalism Theatricalism

4 Naturalism “Slice of Life” or “hyper-realism” Incredibly lifelike, spontaneous appearing; almost voyeuristic. The fourth wall is present.

5 Realism The play feels a lot like TV or Film, where the sets and costumes look very real and happen in realistic locations. Dialogue is realistic and never directed at the audience. Dialogue is realistic and never directed at the audience. The fourth wall is present.

6 Theatricalism Scenes and characters are heightened and don’t represent “real life.” The idea of a play is represented. The fourth wall is often broken with narrators or asides that acknowledge the audience.

7 Expressionism Scenery, lighting, props, staging often are used to represent a character’s emotional state instead of always through dialog.

8 Classicism or Neo-classicism Consciously imitates Greek or Roman styles using the 3 unities.

9 Shakespearean Adhering to Shakespearean style: language, structure, and presentation follow Shakespearean format and structure

10 Romanticism Full of strong emotion, with a sense of nostalgia for simpler times. Plays are presented in idyllic (or model) situations, settings and circumstances