THT - W4 Flashcards
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MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN THEATER Staging
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- Staging Wagons - sedes (Mansion - fixed structure - decorative booths) - platea (Place - nonlocalized playing space - actions) - Corpus Christi= Expansive and Novel Special Effects, everyday garments, animal face mask evil)
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Medieval Theatre
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- Loss of ‘organized’ theater
- Christian Church Increased influence
- Miracle Plays
- Mystery Plays
York cycle ‘’45 plays entire bible’’) - Morality Plays = Written to teach about god, relationship.
(E.g. everymen) - Around pagan festival
- Play Cycles
3
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Renaissance & Early Modern Theatre
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Major Political, Social, and Religious Changes
- Absolutism to revolutions and regicides
- Urbanization and the bourgeoisie
- Humanism & Protestantism
- New Worlds and the race for riches
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Major Political, Social, and Religious Changes
- Absolutism to revolutions and regicides
- Urbanization and the bourgeoisie
- Humanism & Protestantism
- New Worlds and the race for riches
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Renaissance & Early Modern Theatre
5
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Professional Theatre (Early Modern)
(Institutionalization of THT)
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- Private/ Public
- Acting Companies and Licensing
- Scenic Design
- Technical innovations
6
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(Renaissance / Early Modern)
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- Historically, associated with what is common or base
- Imitates / mirrors
- Relies on types and conventions
(e. g. Maria: Smarter than her mistress) - Does not necessarily provoke laughter
- Comedy = Conventional release of laughter
- What distances us of the play — Not always funny
- Carnival & carnivalesque
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Elements of Comedy (Ren/ Early Mod)
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- Plot
- Hero
- Set of lovers
- Romeo & Juliet = Comedy (Peace in the end)
- Parody of authority, tradition
- Presence of lovers
- Focus on the human body
8
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Acting Company Lisencing
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- Under the Court (Censored)
- Also Illegal theatre
9
Q
Private vs Public Theatre
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- Private: Homogeneous Attendance
- Public: Heterogeneous Attendance (Rich and Poor)
10
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William Shakespeare
(Born, Marries, Employed, Famous, Died)
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B: 1564
Marr: 1582
Empl: 1592 Chamberlain’s Men
Most FAMOUS
Died: 1616
11
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Twelfth Night (Historical Element)
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- Queen Elizabeth (virgin)
12
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Early Modern refers to
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the period between the Middle Ages and the Industrial Revolution.
13
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Early Modern
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- Mercantile economies
- New World explored and colonized
- Reformations in Church and State
14
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- Mercantile economies
- New World explored and colonized
- Reformations in Church and State
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Early Modern
15
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The European Renaissance: Humanism and the Classical Past
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- Rediscovery of Classical Values from Middle Ages.
- Printing press (spread of texts and commentaries)
- Arts MORE lifelike LESS medieval-flat
