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1
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Intermezzi

A

between the scenes

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Strum und Drang Drama

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translates to storm and stress; German; lots of spectacle, supernatural, music, and confusion

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cothurni

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high topped boot, one foot in height

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first actor, first ever to speak line alone

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Thespis

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an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate period from 1800 to 1850

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romanticism

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Thespis

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first actor, first ever to speak line alone

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scrim

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backdrop on procemian stage ; light in front and you can’t see through, light behind and you can

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company of 10-12 actors and actresses, funny situations, lots of improvision, appearance of comic buisness, plots revolved around love and intrigue, always two lovers and harliquinn

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Commedia Dell’Arte

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5
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caused the aisles and helped people focus

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paraskene

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5
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a device used for displaying and rapidly changing theatre scenes

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periaktoi

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7
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parados

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entrance of chorus OR name of the aisles down which the chorus came

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7
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orange girls

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fruit vendors

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gesamtkunstwerk

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master artwork, associated with Wagner

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7
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period in England with rule by parliament and not king

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interregnum

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8
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Thymale

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alter where animals were sacrificed

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Wagner

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famous, respected German opera writer

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Pagent wagons

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used to tour, compared to u-haul trucks, used as stage

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11
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comedic prop

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phallus

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11
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between the scenes

A

Intermezzi

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12
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verisimilitude

A

appearance of the truth

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13
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entrance of chorus OR name of the aisles down which the chorus came

15
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Dionysus

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God of Wine and Fertility

16
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translates to storm and stress; German; lots of spectacle, supernatural, music, and confusion

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Strum und Drang Drama

17
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backdrop on procemian stage ; light in front and you can’t see through, light behind and you can

19
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Commedia Dell’Arte

A

company of 10-12 actors and actresses, funny situations, lots of improvision, appearance of comic buisness, plots revolved around love and intrigue, always two lovers and harliquinn

20
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storage house; back wall; dressing room

20
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had the troughs

A

wing and drop system

21
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conceived and sketched out poetics called the Well Made Play; made 6 parts of plot triangle; verisimilitude

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Scribe and the Well Made Play

22
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wheeled platform rolled out through a skênê

24
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paraskene

A

caused the aisles and helped people focus

25
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used to tour, compared to u-haul trucks, used as stage

A

Pagent wagons

27
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Scribe and the Well Made Play

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conceived and sketched out poetics called the Well Made Play; made 6 parts of plot triangle; verisimilitude

29
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ekkyklema

A

wheeled platform rolled out through a skênê

30
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master artwork, associated with Wagner

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gesamtkunstwerk

32
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skene

A

storage house; back wall; dressing room

34
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Litergical drama

36
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periaktoi

A

a device used for displaying and rapidly changing theatre scenes

38
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phallus

A

comedic prop

39
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romanticism

A

an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate period from 1800 to 1850

40
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secular

A

Litergical drama

41
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God of Wine and Fertility

42
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interregnum

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period in England with rule by parliament and not king

43
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famous, respected German opera writer

44
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fruit vendors

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orange girls

45
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neoclassisism

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draw inspiration from the “classical” art and culture of Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome

46
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high topped boot, one foot in height

47
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wing and drop system

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had the troughs

48
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alter where animals were sacrificed

48
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appearance of the truth

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verisimilitude

50
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draw inspiration from the “classical” art and culture of Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome

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neoclassisism

51
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realism

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the attempt to represent subject matter truthfully without artificiality and avoiding artistic conventions, implausible, exotic and supernatural elements

52
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the attempt to represent subject matter truthfully without artificiality and avoiding artistic conventions, implausible, exotic and supernatural elements

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