cip lesson 2 Flashcards
A unit of theatre; not a thing but an event taking place in real time and real space.
Play
What are the types of play according to duration?
full lengths and short play (or one-act play)
usual duration of full length play
2-4 hours
usual duration of short play/one-act play
20 mins - 1 hour
two one-acts played back to back
twin bill
three one-acts played back to back
trilogy
why are one-act plays played back to back
para hindi mabitin ang audience and hindi ma-dissatisfy
during the ________ and ___________, its possible na yung plays nila are between lunch and dinner
greek and shakespearean theatre
greek words that means ode or song
tragos
during greek theatre plays dati, usually the characters are the mc and villain, while the rest are ___________.
storytellers / chanters / singing the narration
a genre that usually ends with death
tragedy
this genre shows the downfall of a character
tragedy
what are examples (4) of tragedy plays?
prometheus bound, oedipus rex, medea, oresteia
who wrote the play prometheus bound
aeschylus
who wrote oedipus rex?
sophocles
who wrote medea?
euripides
who wrote the trilogy oresteia
aeschylus
the oresteia trilogy consists of what 3 plays?
agamemnon, the libation bearers, & the eumenides
greek word meaning “merry-making”
komoros
light toned stories. where it usually has happy ending
comedy
what are examples of comedy plays
lysistrata, the birds, the frogs, the cloud
it’s about a woman who convinces all the women of Greece to abstain from sex until the Peloponnesian War ends
lysistrata
who usually dies in tragedy plays?
mc, villain, love interest of mc
because art is a continuing evolution, it deliberately attempts to bridge the two original genres. lightens tragedy.
tragicomedy
dark comedy can also be called as ?
comedy of manners
farces can also be called as?
slapsticks or low comedy