How have the behaviors and expectations of audiences changed throughout history? Which time period seems closest to your own?
What will be an ideal response?
The student could discuss the "spectator" to "audience" shift that occurred with
the religious movements, the professionalization of the theatres themselves, to the
Industrial Revolution's impact on material's necessity to be relatable to the conditions of
the majority of society's current state. The student could then discuss why a certain period
seems closest to the current state of theatre be it the material being created, the audience
being reached and sought out and how, or the current state of the world.
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What will be an ideal response?