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| 535 BC, first actor, traveled around in cart that folded down into a stage |
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| a viewing place (from the seats to the whole thing) |
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| Why were the theatres built outside? |
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| hillsides, good acoustics, easy to build, raked seating, stone or wood, 15-17,000 ppl |
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| major playing area in middle circle |
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| big stone alter in center (religious ceremonies) |
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| scene building behind orchestra, 3 doors, costume changes behind, actors chilled |
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| center door where lead characters enter or converse in front of |
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| low porch, give levels and interest |
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| When were the plays performed? |
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| comedies- morning with hot bright sun, tragedies in afternoon with shadows, sunrise behind audience |
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| first lighting instrument, stone with reflective surface, men reflect light onto leads |
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| boots with tall heels to create bigger shadows |
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| tall headdress with feathers |
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| amplify voice with little megaphone, made of cork or wood with linen, stock characters, one actor with several parts, create female characters, exaggerated expressions, distinguish emotion |
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| wooden frame stretched with fabric and painted, flat used to create scene change |
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| three sided flat that rotates, put together to create a scene |
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| "that wich is rolled out" wagon rolled out onto stage through thyromata, bodies piled onto it to show aftermath of violence or furniture |
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| god from a machine, rope and pulley system used to lower actor onto stage, portray a God |
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| Romans were different...how? |
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| right in city, not on hill, orchestra in half |
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| facade of scaena, elaborate |
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| raised stage area for performance |
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| raised curtain from a trough in the stage floor, lowered into floor |
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| used for exits and entrances |
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| most important, portae hospitales others |
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| cloth awning hung over portion of audience to cool them, rose water thrown on them |
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| circus, chariot races, gladiators, sea battles |
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| Romans fall, theatres torn down, 500yrs no theatre |
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| church revives theatre to educate |
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| bible strory presented during religious holidays |
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| platform representing representing specific location, built in courtyard too many ppl in church |
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| traveling platform served as a stage, forerunner of a parade |
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| stage effects to surprise and entertain audiences, smoke and fire, mouth of hell, trap doors, fireworks, fountains, bladders with animal blood, Jesus walking on water, earthquakes |
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| who is the most popular character in medieval theatre |
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| rewrites Architettura Vitruvius, move towards mankind waya from religion, interest back to Greek |
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| illusion of creating great distance, depth |
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| who are the freakin Bebienas |
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| Teatro Farnes, picture frame edge for perspective to vanish into, machinery needed to be hidden |
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| area off stage L and R to store scenery |
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| space above stage where scenery is flown out of veiw |
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| use of elaborate backdrops and wing flats to create stage scenery, painted in force perspective |
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| invented pole and chariot system great sets built for grand operas, how do we change the set to amaze audience |
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| changing scenery in full views of audience |
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| stage designed to advance the illusion of distance, with the back of the stage raised higher than the front |
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| long narrow box lined with copper filled with rocks, tilted back and forth above stage |
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| open wheel with slats rubbing against a heavy cloth when turned created illusion of wind |
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| logs carved into wave shapes turned to create illusion of waves across stage |
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| ppl at bottom sitting in yard |
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| structure in back, green room type thing |
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| the heavens or the shadows |
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| protected the actors by covering the stage, painted detailed of sky, ornate, trape door for lowering characters |
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| two levels of tiring house for things like a balcony scene, no breaks |
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