Chapter 12 reinterpretations

Question 1

Verisimilitude

Answer 1

Establish that theoretical events as written and staged should be reality-based

Question 2

Three unities

Answer 2

Unity of time unity of place and unity of action

Question 3

Decorum

Answer 3

The universality of character lead playwrights to draw characters according to current notion of appropriate behavior, values, and language, sex, social class, occupation, and economic conditions

Question 4

Intermezzi

Answer 4

Spectacular pageants full of symbolism and allegory frequently performed between other entertainments or during intervals between acts of a play or opera.

Question 5

Masque

Answer 5

A poetic extravaganza with dancing, often celebrating the monarch or a royal visitor to the court

Question 6

Rolling repertory

Answer 6

A system of daily changes of a play

Question 7

Neoclassicism

Answer 7

A systematic approach to playwrighting based on interpretations of classical Greek and Roman models of plays and theories

Question 8

Proscenium arch

Answer 8

Picture frame theater. Created by the Italians

Question 9

Verisimilitude

Answer 9

Events that could really occur in life

Question 10

Public theater

Answer 10

Open to the sky

Question 11

Rolling repertory

Answer 11

A system of daily changes of a play

Question 12

Chronicle

Answer 12

Dramatic adaptation of historical events dealing with the kings and frequent struggles for the crown

Question 13

Collective hero

Answer 13

All the inhabitants of the village rise up against evil

Question 14

Actresses

Answer 14

Introduced in 1660 in English speaking stage