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The Play A Play As An Event That People Go And Witnesses

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A play is the fundamental part of theatre, it’s an event that people go and witnesses. There are two major types of plays, comedies and tragedies, and every play should have a beginning, middle and an end. A play’s structure also known as dramaturgy, the vertical axis where it revolves around the characters and the action, while the horizontal axis consists of the time and plot. Plays exists in a worldly structure the preplay, play and the post play. Preplay is when the advertisement for the play beginnings, the producer tries to attract an audience by renting out giant billboards, and making posters so they can get the people interested, and will be more likely to attending it. The theatre does this to try and get peoples attention without this no one would even know if a play was going on. Advertisement is need theatre to make money. Play consists of four parts exposition, conflict, climax, and denouement. Its the moment when we as an audience step into a different world, it’s not until the post play that we re-enter the real world. It’s where the actor’s re-enter the stage and takes a bow it signals the end of the performance to both the audience and the performers. But it doesn 't end, the people in the audience go out and has conversations with other people and that might interest other to go see it or even see it again. We still look at Aristotle works today. They are the most influential pieces in the western history, they are the core building blocks of a theatre

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