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Exam 1 Flashcards

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Roman

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200bc-400ad

Violent!

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Greek

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Dythiramb
Later structured
900bc-200bc

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Dark Ages

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No theatre

400-900

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Medieval

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Religion

900-1400

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4
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Renaissance

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1400-1600
Shakespeare - England
Elizabethan

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Cromwell

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Outlaw theatre

1642-1660

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6
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Restoration

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1660-1780

Women 1660

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Romanticism

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Feelings

1780-1840

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Melodrama

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1840-1870

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Modern

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  1. Realism
  2. Expressionism
  3. Surrealism
    1870’s - 1960’s
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Post-Modern

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1970 - Today

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What’s the name of Aristotles essay about theatre?

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The Poetics

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What did Aristotle mean by “pity” an “fear”?

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He believed people putties the hero and fear for themselves.

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Catharsis?

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To purge of emotion

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14
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What are the 3 Unities?

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A) time: 24hrs
B) place: one location
C) action: one story

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Was the Greek theatre religious?

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Yes, dianisus

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Where did theatre as we know it begin?

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Greece

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Does violence happen on/off stage in Greek theatre?

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Off

18
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How is Greek theatre different than roman theatre?

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Romans invited violence

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Greek playwrights

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  • Sophocles
  • Aeschylus
  • Euripides
  • Aristophanes
20
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What’s the chorus?

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Dancing/chanting

21
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Why did theatre stop in the Dark ages?

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400ad
The church banned it
Religious reasons

22
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Why was theatre brought back in medieval times?

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Religious reasons

23
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What’re were passion plays?

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Plays about the crucifixion of Christ

24
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What are morality plays?

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Plays bout religious concepts

25
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What are pageant wagons?

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Wagons with stages on top

Rolling stages

26
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What is the theme of medieval plays?

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Religion

27
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What is the name if the theatre at the end if the renaissance in England?

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Elizabethan, globe theatre

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When was Shakespeare writing?

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Late 1500’s to early 1600’s

29
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What would you experience if you went to Shakespeare’s theatre?

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No women

30
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Were theatres inside or outside if city limits?

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Outside

31
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One characteristics of neoclassical writing style

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It went back to Aristotles idea

32
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Was Cromwell a theatre supporter?

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No

33
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Restoration playwrights

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  • moliere
  • Wycherley
  • Dryden
  • Congreve
34
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What was is like to attend restoration theatre?

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Flirting, fashion, social event, women allowed to act

35
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When did women first appear on stage?

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1660

36
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Characteristics of romanticism

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Love

Patriotism

37
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Characteristics of melodrama

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Action
Adventure
Good vs evil

38
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Characteristics of realism

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Real

True to life

39
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What is a box set?

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Walls

40
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Characteristics of post modern

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Technology
Social
Break 4th wall

41
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Name/describe the 3 levels of comedy

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High - verbal, witty
Low - physical humor
Domestic - silly situations

42
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What is the 4th wall?

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The imaginary wall

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