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Renaissance Theater Flashcards

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Characterized by a return of Classical Greek and Roman arts and culture.

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Renaissance Theater arts

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Were formed to recreate Athenian Tragedy

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University Drama

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Tackled issues of morality and the battle between good and evil.

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Renaissance Theater

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Focused on historical figures and events

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Historical Drama

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Which were entertainment made for nobility and wealthy

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Masques

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What are the formally staged theater?

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Comedy, Tragedy, Pastorals, Intermezzi

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Represented the ordinary life

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Comedy

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Focused on the heroism of the character

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Tragedy

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Plays that focused on love and romance in a country setting

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Pastorals

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Public version of the court masques. Based on mythology and used a lot of symbolism. It is the precursor of the opera

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Intermezzi

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A popular form of theater for the masses.

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Street Theater

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Often used simple plots and were acted improvisationally by talented actors

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Commedia Dell’ Arte

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A dramatic entertainment consisting of pantomime, dancing, dialogue, and song and sometimes players wore masks

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Elaborate Masques

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Who was one of the most prominent supporters of Theater?

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Queen Elizabeth I

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A frame around the stage that helped in covering up equipment and other stage utilities from the view of the audience.

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Proscenium Arch

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Surrounds the three sides of the stage which leaves the back free for the movement of the actors and the stage equipment

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Gallery

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Theaters in between the galleries and the stage, which is a central yard that was open to the elements,

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Pit

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They closed down English Theaters in the middle of the 1600s by the English Protestants.

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Puritans

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Who were the three famous playwrights?

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William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Kyd

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He was an English poet, playwright, and actor and regarded as the greatest writer and dramatist in the whole world. Often called as England’s national poet and the “Bard of Avon”.

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William Shakespeare

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Made Doctor Faustus and The Jew of Malta

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Christopher Marlowe

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Was an English playwright, the author of The Spanish Tragedy, and one of the most important figures in the development of the Elizabethan drama.

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Thomas Kyd

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Depicted English or European history

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History Plays

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Is a formalized form of dance which originated from the Italian Renaissance courts

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Ballet

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It was developed from Italy to France with the help of Catherine de’ Medici (Queen of France)

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Ballet

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The early example of Catherine’s development of ballet

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Le Paradis d’ Amour/The Paradise of Love

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The first formal “court ballet” ever recognized.

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Ballet des Polonais in 1573

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When did this start?

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1400 - 1600 CE

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