Hellenistic Theatre Flashcards

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Alexander the Great

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greatest generals of all time; conquered Egypt, Alexandria named for him; culture shift from Athens to Egypt; patron of the arts, added more festivals, not all had to be dedicated to Dionysus - allowed more plays to be performed.

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Hellenistic Theatre structure

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Raised stage 8-13 ft, paraskenia eliminated, prosenion, episkenia with thyromata

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Proskenion

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1st level of stage

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episkenia

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2nd level of stage

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thyromata

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openings on episkenia, teeny tiny proscenium stages

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Vitruvius

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1st century BC; knowledge of theatre structure and scenic practices came from his book de Architectura

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Greek Mimes

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employed women in the troupes, supreme act of mimes (imitation, sculpting a character); improvised skits/scens, were actors and acrobats and juggling; very obscene, adultery (and other sexuality) was common theme, at times illustrated quite graphically; were very popular/notorious; continued theatre during brief collapse of civilization during teh dark ages

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Phylakus

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mimes took work to Sicily and Southern Italy

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Fabula Atellana

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native Italian farces “fables Atellana”; served as after pieces for longer works, eventually evolved and stood on their own, featured four stock types: bucco, pappus, maccus, and dossenus

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What were the four stock types featured in Fabula Atellana?

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bucco - vicious braggart; pappus - comic old man, oftentimes stupid; maccus - gluttonous fool, very greedy; dossenus - hunchback, coniver, manipulator

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Trical Atelannae

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tricky bits of stage business (ex. pie in face, tripping, cudgeling another character)

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Pantomime

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discovered by Romans, called “Italian dance”, grew alongside mimes; diff b/c it was performed solo, peaked during the time of the ROman Empire (Ceasar) 60BC, favored by the upperclass; 1 actor who acted/danced and would perform as all the characters (diff. costume changes); accompanied by a chorus who sang the libretto there were also musicians who accompanied by flute

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