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1
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Renaissance French started when?

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“Rebirth” roughly 1400-1650

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System of Patronage

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-Developed from Merchant Princess (wealthy)

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Merchant Family like…

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…like the Medici family in Florence and high church officials

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Where were performances in the Italian? Renaissance?

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preformed in Court Theatre’s for Wealthy Partons who give finical support for artist.

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Italian Renaissance Academics?

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Formal Institutions of Learning

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Italian Renaissance Study who’s work to create their form of theatre…

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…studied works of Greeks and Roman and Aristotle, Horrace, and Virtruvius

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Patronage of artist and performance of plays as a reflection…

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…of political power, wealth, education, and taste

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What was the major contributions of Italian Renaissance did to Theatre?

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  • Dramatic Criticism Neoclassical Ideals
  • Julius Ceasar Scaliger
  • Lodovico Castelvetro
  • Commedia dell’arte
  • Theatre Architecture
  • Scenic Design
  • Opera
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Julius Caeser Scaliger

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1484-1558

verisimilitude and decorum

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Lodovico Castelvetro

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1505-1571 the 3 unities

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Scenic Design

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Perspective painting, single vanishing point

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Italian Renaissance Genre/Forms

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  • Tragedy following the Greek and Roman models
  • Comedy following the Roman models
  • New Form
  • Intermezzi
  • Opera
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New Form

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“The Pastoral”

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Intermezzi

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  • Courtly Enterainment

- Combines music, poetry, spectacle

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Opera

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La Carmerata Academy study of Greek Chorus and Intermezzi

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The Physical Theatre

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yep

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Stage Space

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  • Divided by Proscenium Arch
  • Rake Stage
  • Stage Floor Machinery
  • Painted Drop
  • Curtains
  • Mechanical Devices
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Perspective Scenery

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  • angled wings to flat wings
  • Soft Flats
  • Borders
  • Side Wings
  • Back Drops
  • Shutters
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Sebastiano Serlio

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1545

tragedy, comedy, pastoral

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Giacomo Torelli

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made groove system and chariot and pole

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Pole and Chariot came about when?

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1640s and opera

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Italian Renaissance Flying Machines

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(look at figure from macs notes)

  • track for chariots
  • wheels for chariots
  • mechanism for running pulleys
  • stage floor
  • scenic flats seen on stage
  • stage wall
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Italian Renaissance Lighting

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Candles and Oil Lamps

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Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza

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  • started 1584 by Andrea Patlladio

- finished in 1584 by Vincenzo Scamozzi

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Teatro Farnese

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  • built in Parma

- Giovan Battisa Aleotti 1618 finished

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Commedia dell’Art

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  • Actor Centered
  • Improvised working from scenario
  • Physical adapt “Lazzi” surefire comic bit
  • Adapted to any playing space
  • Stock Characters: Stock Costumes, Mask
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Zauni

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Servants, smart to dumb, help or hurt

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Descendants

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  • Laural and Hardy
  • The 3 Stooges
  • Marx Brothers
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The innovations of the Italian Renaissance in theatre architecture and scene design have been unmatched…

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…in theatre history.

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Henry II

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16th century, ruled France 1547-1559, Marries Catherine de Medici

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Civil War between who?

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Catholics v.s. Prostestant

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Henry IV

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1589-1610

renounces his Protestantism and turns Catholic.

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33
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17th Century French Society Finally…

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  • estabilized under Louis XIV
  • revokes the Edict of Nantes
  • court life highly structured and opulent
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34
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French Exploration and Profit

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-France re-esablished as most powerful European country, until 1769.

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Cardinal Richelieu

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he advanced the French Culture and help established French Academy 1635

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Cardinal Mazarin

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Italian, replaced Richelieu when he died, strong influence over Louis XIV, only 5yrs when he becomes king)

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37
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How did French Professional Theatre evolve?

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Out of Medieval Plays

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38
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What formed for the production of plays?

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trade guilds and associations

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39
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Simultaneous Staging

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is when theatre move inside

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Juev du Paumes

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adapt/renovate “hotels” and indoor tennis court

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41
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You should know the theatre driven by the court…

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…also performances at royal palaces.

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42
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Frech theatre adopt and adheres…

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to the neoclassical ideals.

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43
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French revamped what after the Italians?

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Physical Theatre and Scenic Design

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44
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Commedia Troupes

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perform throughout France (Italian Influence)

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Neoclassical Ideals

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  • Decorum
  • Verisimilitude
  • The Unities
  • Genre Rule
  • No deus ex machina
  • No Soliloquy
  • Alexandrine Line
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Decorum

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dramatic characters should behave in ways based on their age, profession, sex, rank, and the like. each character should follow this set behavior.

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Verisimilitude

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all drama was to be “true to life”

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The Unities

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  • Time
  • Place
  • Action
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Unity of Time

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required that the dramatic action in a play should not exceed the 24 hour rule.

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Unity of Place

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restricted the action of a play to one locale.

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51
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Unity of Action

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required on central story (no-sub-plots)

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Genre Rule

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Comedy and Tragedy, should not mixed.

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Why shouldn’t Tragedy and Comedy shouldn’t be mixed?

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Tragedy dealt with royalty and Comedy dealt with common people

Comedy must resolve happily Tragedy most resolve calamitously.

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No Soliloquy

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Add character known as “confidant”

55
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Drama was to be what?

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Teach a Moral Lesson

56
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Alexandrine Line

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12 syllables- 6 and 6 rhyming couplets

57
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Physical Theatre under Neoclassical Rules

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Prior to this Medieval Influence

58
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Scenic

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Simple/ Single Locale/ Generic in Detail (Neo)

Italian Style .w/ Wings, Borders, Back-scenes

59
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Auditorium and Stage resembled what?

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Italian Design

60
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French Playwrights

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  • Alexander Handy
  • Pierre Corneille
  • Jean Racine
  • Moliere
61
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-Alexander Handy

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(1572-1632)

  • wrote all genres
  • claimed 500 plays
  • teamed with Valleran Le Conte to form “The Kings Players”
62
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Pierre Corneille

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1606-1684  "The Cid"
Middle Class, well educated, studied law, civil servant job
First play "Melite" a comedy
"Lid Cid" huge success but big problems
Accepted neoclassic rules
Simple Characters, complex plot
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Pir

A

kj

64
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Moliere

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(Jean-Baptiste Poquelin)
1622-1673
“Tartuffe”

65
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The French Academy

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1635

66
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Commedia Troupes performed where?

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Paris and French Cities

67
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Catherine de Medici

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equals to Intermezzi and Masques

68
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Hotel de Bourgogne

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  • Built by the Confrerie de la Passion- Religious

- Group/Religious Plays

69
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Theatre du Marais 1634

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The French tennis court style

70
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Palais Royal

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brought by Torelli

71
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Comedie Francaise

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1650 Government Support French National Theatre

72
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Acting Troupes

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(10-15 member 1650)

  • organized by share plan
  • Included Women
  • Democratic Organization
  • Plays Selected by Vote of Troupe
73
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What happen after Moliere death?

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order merging of 5 different theatre companies

74
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Cromwell

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Dies 1658 (son unable to keep control)
Charles II living in France resorted to the thrown Restoration Period
75
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The Glorious Revolution

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bring in William and Mary as king and queen

76
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Theatre Disolved when?

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Puritans Close Theatre’s 1642

77
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Drolls

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During the Commonwealth “Drolls” performed in private homes, music spectacles with acting and scenery, but still threat of arrest

78
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Charles II

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Restored theatre activity grants patents/license retuning nobles and upper class embrace theater as their own pursuit of pleasure

79
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William Davenant

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Dukes Men

80
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William Killigrew

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King Men

81
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Licensing Act of 1737

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due to violation of patents, restores monopoly to 1660 patents by Parliament

82
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What are the Theatres in London allowed to produce drama? (Licensing Act Loosened)

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  • Drury Lane
  • Covent Garden
  • Later Haymarket Theatre (Summer)
83
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Genre/Forms of English Theatre

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  • Heroic Tragedy
  • Love & Horror
  • Restoration Tragedy
  • Comedies of Intrigue
84
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What was the famous genre of all Restoration?

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High Comedy

85
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Stock Type Characters

A

name sums up the roll

86
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Leading Actor

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serves as the managers of Theatrical trope and also theatrical businessmen/women

87
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Actors Possessed Parts

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  • Repertory System
  • Playwright
  • Women allowed on Stage
88
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Playwright

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  • fixed salaries
  • benefits
  • no royalties
89
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Famous Actors of England 16-1700’s

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  • Thomas Betterton
  • Collie Cibber
  • Nell Gwynn
  • Anne Bracegridle
90
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Playwrights of England late 1600

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  • John Dryden
  • Aphra Behn
  • William Wycherly
  • William Congreve
91
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Playwrights of England early 1700

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  • Susana Centivre

- George Farquhar

92
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What was French physical theatre?

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new construction and renovations incorporating Italianate features.

93
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Italian influence the French how?

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  • wings
  • shutters
  • boarders
94
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Wing and Groove system used more by the who?

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English

95
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Neoclassic Influences

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  • Unity of Place/Unit Set
  • Large space downstage of Proscenium
  • Proscenium Doors
96
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Audience

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  • Upper Class (sit

- Young Gallants

97
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Jeremy Collier

A

idk

98
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What was the first know theatrical Performance in the USA?

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Williamsburg,VA

99
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Where and when was first and second theatre?

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1st in 1716
2nd 1751

In Williamsburg, Va

100
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Great Awakening

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a religious revival, services provided entertainment

101
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English Touring Companies

A

idk

102
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Lewis Hallam Family

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idk

103
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Robert Munford

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1770-1771 written, based on British Comedy of Manners

104
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Ralpho

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is the first African American character in a play

105
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What happens to theatre’s after the American Revolution begins?

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Congress forbids theatrical activities

106
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Early Revolutionary plays

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not professionally performed

107
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Who wrote “The Battle of Bunker Hill”?

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1776 Hugh Brackenridge

108
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“The Fall of British Tyranny”

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1776 Leacock

109
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Post American Revolution

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1781, Battle of Yorktown

110
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Peace Treaty, 1784

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1784 Peace Treaty

111
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John D. Burke

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wrote 7 historical epics

112
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Bostan finally lifts banned on theatre

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1793

113
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Kentucky Circuit

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Samuel Drake

114
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Chicago first theatre was when?

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first professional theatre in 1833

115
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NYC takes over Philly as…

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…center of theatre

116
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In NYC the build theatre’s able what?

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seat more people

117
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M. Edwin Forrest

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  • 1806-1872
  • start in nyc
  • authentic style of acting
118
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Industrial Revolutions

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Factories Developments
Urbanization
Tech Advances
Robert Morse Telegraph
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Rise of Nationalism
119
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War of Independence

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Latin America
Greece
Germany
Italy

120
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Adam Smith

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The wealth nation

121
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Karl Max

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1818-1883

122
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Darwin

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Theory of evolution

123
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Theatre in the 19th Century

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Popular Theatre and Entertianment/ Escapist Drama
Audience
Theatre Riots
Nationalism

124
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American Theatric Genre/Forms

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Romanticism, Philosophical and Literary Movement

125
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Melodrama

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Popular in 19th century, song drama, music refers to background music

126
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Qualities of Melodrama

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Strict Moral Judgment
Good Rewarded
Heroes and Heroines
Villains
Good vs Bad Character
Recognized Stock Character
Climatic Moments
Visual Effects
127
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American Physical Theatre and Scenic Elements

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More Spectators
Tradition Proscenium Arch
Diminish in size (Box Set)

128
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American Technological Advances scenic and lighting?

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Scenically: revolving stages, elevator stages, treadmills, local color

Lighting: gas lighting

129
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La Carmerata Academey

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La Carmerata Academy is the study of Greek Chorus and Intermezzi

130
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3 Unities

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Unity of action
Unity of time
Unity of place

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