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Tudor Moral Interludes

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morality plays evolve into something more complex, political and religious content, use satire

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Henry Medwall

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first known vernacular English Dramatist, wrote earliest secular play “Fulgrens and Lucrece”

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ban of religious play and its effect

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Elizabeth 1st bans them in 1559, church and guilds oppose theatre, 1560 on: secular regular professional theaters had to be built outside of London

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location of professional theaters and why

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had to be built outside of London bc religious and political plays were banned

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The Theatre

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built by James Burbage in 1576

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The Rose

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built by Philip Henslow in 1587

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Globe, Chamberlain’s men

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took “The Theatre” moved across river in 1599

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subject matter of elizabethan plays

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history, myths, legends, fictions

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master of revels

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man who approved all plays, could censor anything he thought might be offensive

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university wits

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educated play writes 1580s, Marlowe Lyly Green Peele, first professional playwrights

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Kyd

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Spanish Tragedy, influenced by Seneca, features ghost intent vengeance (Ur Hamlet)

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Greene

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called Shakespeare upstart crow

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Lyly

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Gallathea, wrote in prose, performed by Children of St. Paul’s

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Ben Jonson

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Volpone, Alchemist, critically acclaimed, generally neoclassical principals, court masques with Inigo Jones

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Jacobean era

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plays become more cynical and sensational, rise in tragicomedy, more skillful less profound

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masques

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english version of intermezzi, proscenium arch, perspective scenery, wing and groove, music, dance, spectacle, honor the ruler

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Ford

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tis pity she’s a whore

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Webster

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Duchess of Malfi

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Middleton

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Revenger’s Tragedy

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Fletcher

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Henry VIII

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Beaumont

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Knight of the Burning Pestle

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Elizabeth Cary

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Tragedy of Miriam, female dramatist, Fair Queen of Jewry

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Theatre Architecture English Renaissance

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outdoor theatre, 2000-3000 audience, galleries boxes, thrust, three story facade with “discovery space”, heaven/hell

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technical elements english renaissance

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staging, suggestive set pieces, spoken decor, trapdoors, flying machinery, music and dance

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costumes
contemporary dress, special costumes for others
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admiral's men
the Rose, lead actor Edward Alleyn, University Wits plays (Marlowe)
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Chamberlain's Men, King's Men
Blackfriars, lead actor Richard Burbage
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Shakespeare technique
non-illusionistic staging, moral order in which humans are free to choose, poetic imagery, episodic plot
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jacobean theatre
king james
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caroline theatre
king charles
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Catherine de Medici
patron of arts, queen of France
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Maria Fairet
1st professional actress
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gelosi troupe
popular in paris form 1571-1588
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Alexandre Hardy
France's first professional playwright began writing in 1597, 34 plays survive
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Le Cid Controversy
decorum violated, Cornielle wrote it, Academy said no to the play, makes neo-classicism dominant in Europe 1800s theme: death before dishonor, Cornielle switched to neoclassic and stops writing for 2 years
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Cardinal Richelieu and Academie Francaise
Richelieu urged group to form org, they did, Academy rules what is good, 40 most eminent literary figures of France, builds permanent proscenium,
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Golden age of neoclassicism
under Louis XIV, hybrid of opera and ballet develops
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Comedie Francaise
established world's 1st national theatre
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French Rev costumes
contemporary dress and classical costumes, comedies in room with 4 doors
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Moliere
Tartuffe, known for Comedy of Manners, wrote farces, comedy ballets, machine plays, serious drama, obsessive behavior, longer plays in 5 acts, sometimes verse,
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Racine
verse, unities strict, complex characters, Phaedra, Janenism
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Davenant
possible shakespeare godson or son, career spanned caroline period and restoration, used proscenium arch
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Killigrew
one of 2 with patents, exclusive rights to perform in London
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Repertory English Restoration
Dryden: heroic drama, All for Love, Rehearsal by George Villiers, Beaumont and Fletcher
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Aphra Behn
Rover, female dramatist
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Restoration Comedy
Wycherly's County Wife, Congreve's Way of the World, Farce, intrigue, humors, upper-class hedonism, sexual seduction among witty, amoral upper middle class
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Collier controversy
A short view, purpose is to teach and please, morally conservative middle class, many playwrights recanted or gave up writing
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Steele, Sentimental
evoke tears not laughter, heroes "too good" , Conscious lovers
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Lillo, Domestic Tragedy
London Merchant, middle class in everyday situation, teach others
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Pantomime
John Rich, popular in 1723, mix of com media farce, satire, mthology
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Ballad Opera
``` spoken dialogue and lyrics set to popular tunes, Beggar's Opera compares underclass to slaves and prostitutes ```
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Satirical Burlesque
Henry Fielding, ballad opera without music, Tom Thumb
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Licensing Act
Chambarlain could give permittance, only to Drury Lane and Convent Garden, Golden Rump Triggers this
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English Restoration performance conditions
benefit nights, large companies
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Loutherbourg
non-symmetrical sets, unity of design, forerunners of gels, weather and time of day, Garrick scenic designer
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Betterton
restoration actor
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Cibber
comedic actor
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Sheridan
school for scandal, rivals,
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lighting
garrick removed visible light sources, 1785 organ lamp

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