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device. Playwright: William Shakespeare Production: National
Theatre, England, 1964 Director: Laurence Olivier Set and
costumes: Jocelyn Herbert. Transformation or rewriting of a
work. For example, an adaptor can transpose a novel to the
stage, providing dialogue and creating scenes to further the
action, edit several texts into one whole or modify a play by
changing the setting, the ending or the number of characters.
Denotes either a theatre’s regular clientele or all the
spectators gathered in a theatre. No audience no theatre.
Exaggerated form of improvised comedy, often crammed with sexual
allusions. Situations are exploited by stock characters: the
drunken husband, the shrewish mother-in-law, the pretty,
scatterbrained young girl, and so on. A group that stages
productions guided by a particular artistic vision or theatrical
method. Often headed by a director. Some theatre companies