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Drama 116 Exam 1 Terms
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Film, Theatre & Television
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02/24/2013

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theme/spine
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message of play (greek)
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episodes/agons
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dramatic relationships between characters of play (greek)
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exodos
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ending action (greek)
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Dionysus 1
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rural or small - end of December
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Dionysus 2
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Lenea in January
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Anthesteria
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February
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Great Dionysia
Definition
5-7 days
Dithyrambic contests - ancient Greek hymn
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ekkyklema
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rolling platform
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koilon/theatron
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mean theatre or auditorium
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hubris
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Greek - extreme pride or arrogance
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moira
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fate
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harmita
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flaw
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peripetia
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reversal (greek)
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anagnorisis
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greek recognition
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catharsis
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greek - purging of emotion
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Thesips
Definition
Greek playwright. 1st speak - actor
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Aeschylus
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Greek playwright. 2nd actor
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Sophocles
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3rd actor. Oedipus
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Aristophanes
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wrote Lysistrata, old comedy
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Euripedes
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Greek playwright. portrayel of women. wrote cyclops & medea
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stasima
Definition
standing still
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Plautus
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Roman playwright. wrote about trials & tribulations of romance. like modern musical comedies. dialogues was sung. wrote Twin Menaechmi
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Wrote Twin Menaechmi
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Plautus
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Terenc
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Roman Playwright. Elegant language. subtlety of expression
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Seneca
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Roman playwright. closet dramas. 9 plays, only surviving Roman Tragedies
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Twin Menaechmi famous for
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stock character types -
a.) sponge
b.) menaechmus of syracuse
c.) maid
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Famous Roman actor
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Quintus Rascius Gallus
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Famous Medieval Actor
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Quem Quaeritis
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4 types medieval drama
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liturgical, miracle, morality, mystery
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ex of medieval mystery play
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The second shepher's play
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Quem Quaeritis
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"Whom do ye seek?" 4 lines in Medieval Easter liturgy
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pageant wagons
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moved all around city
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mansions
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individual scenic units
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commedia dell'arte
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renaissance theatre. - comedy of professional players
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renaissance stock characters
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1.) arlecchio - harlequin / cunning clown
2.) punch & judy - two lovers
3.) columbina - zannis servant
4.) pantalone - miserly old man
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burla
Definition
general plot for any given performance (renaissance)
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lazzi
Definition
comic routines (renaissance theatre)
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Inigo Jones
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renaissance set & costume designer
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created vanishing point perspective
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filippo brunelleschi
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Q Eliz daughter of
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Henry VIII Anne Bolyn
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Richard Burbage
Definition
member of Shakespeares company. great actor
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soliloquy
Definition
talking to yourself
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