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The term "'''formal'''" as found in the phrases [[formal acting]], [[formal performer]], [[formal performance]], [[formal play]], [[formal actor]], [[formal actress]], etc. is used in '''[[ESAT]]''' specifically to distinguish what may loosely be termed "traditional" or "classical"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_acting] stage acting in formally written plays (i.e. performing the text as written by a [[playwright]]) from more [[improvisational performance]], where the [[performer]] is probably also a co-creator of the [[text]], and other alternative forms of performance that have been a particular feature of the post 1960s international theatre, and a dominant approach in South Africa since the 1970s.  
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The term "'''formal'''" as found in the phrases [[formal acting]], [[formal performer]], [[formal performance]], [[formal play]], [[formal actor]], [[formal actress]], etc. is used in '''[[ESAT]]''' specifically to distinguish what may loosely be termed "traditional" or "classical"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_acting] stage acting in performances of written plays (i.e. performing the text as written by a [[playwright]]) from more [[improvisational]] work, where the [[performer]] is probably also a co-creator of the [[text]], and other [[alternative]] forms of performance that have been a particular feature of the post 1960s international theatre, and a dominant approach in South Africa since the 1970s.  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 05:51, 12 October 2022

The term "formal" as found in the phrases formal acting, formal performer, formal performance, formal play, formal actor, formal actress, etc. is used in ESAT specifically to distinguish what may loosely be termed "traditional" or "classical"[1] stage acting in performances of written plays (i.e. performing the text as written by a playwright) from more improvisational work, where the performer is probably also a co-creator of the text, and other alternative forms of performance that have been a particular feature of the post 1960s international theatre, and a dominant approach in South Africa since the 1970s.

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