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Drama Exam II
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Fine Art
Undergraduate 1
02/27/2011

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Elizabethan Theater
Definition
hired young apprentices as actors
No women on the english stage yet
New plays added once a week
performed in the afternoon
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The Globe
Definition
stage 5 ft high
3 stories
stage partly roofed
trap door
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Blackfriar Hall
Definition
Shakespeare's indoor theater where his company perfored in the winter
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Professional Acting companies
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Lord Chamberlain's men
Definition
Shakespeares company (*called King's men after she died)
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sharers
Definition
actors, investors, playwrights that are responsible for leasing theaters, hiring actors, and buying plays
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The Theater
Definition
built by James Burbage, it was the first theater
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Shakespeare
Definition
son of a glover
didn't attend Univ
married Ann Hathaway
wrote bios of some KIngs
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Pantalone
Definition
venetian mask to represent misery old man
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arlecchino
Definition
mask to represent a cunning clown
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punch and judy
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mask to represent lovers
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columbina - zanni servant
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Inigo Jones
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Italaian Renaissance architect that designed stage and costumes
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applied theater
Definition
theater as a means of public education
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iambic pentameter
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10 beats per line
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prose vs. verse
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prose is normal talking
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total theater
Definition
an integration of acting, mime, dance, music, text
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Bunranku
Definition
puppet theater
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chanters
Definition
do all the txt and play all the characters in Bunraku
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Kabuki
Definition
originally performed by women but this was later outlawd
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seri
Definition
In Kabuki, platform that can be raised or lowered
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auto sacramantales
Definition
one act play that is also a regligous sacrament
during feast of Corpus Christi
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drolls
Definition
short performances of full length plays (during restoration)
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neoclassicism
Definition
attempt to revive and emulate classical attitudes towards art based on order, harmony, unity, restrained wit, and decorum
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neoclassical drama
Definition
strict unity of time/place/action, no mixing of comedy and tragedy, no chorus, no soliloquoy, no deus ex machina
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restoration tragedy
Definition
follows neoclassical rules
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restoration comedy
Definition
comedy of humor, comedies of manner, comedies of intrigue, farces
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comedies of manner
Definition
mankes fun of manners of society
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comedy of humor
Definition
one trait overshadows all
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comdies of intrigue
Definition
romance and adventure
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apron
Definition
area in front of proscenium arch same size as area behind it (English restoration)
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restoration stage
Definition
normal clothes, scenery painted on falts, upstage downstage
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upstage
Definition
actor moving away from audience
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Tartuffe
Definition
Moliere
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Illustre Theater
Definition
started by Tartuffe. Peformed for
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French Academy
Definition
Tragedies for Kings and Upper class and comedies for the lower class
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romantic drama
Definition
1800's era drama
closet dramas - plays to be read and not produced
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melodrama
Definition
1800's era drama
VERY melodramatic
Camille is an example
Uncle Toms Cabin
originally like a comedic opera
later became a drama with background music to alter the mood
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The Well Made Play
Definition
started by Eugene Scribe
climax very late in play
very neoclassical
suspense is steadily built through the play
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exposition
Definition
an explanation of what is going on and one or two surprises in The Well Made Play
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Denouement
Definition
resolution of the drama in The Well made Play
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realism
Definition
art should reproduce an image of life avoiding dramatic conventions Doll House
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Henrik Ibsen
Definition
A Doll House
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Naturalism
Definition
artist should provide (a slice of life). Everyone is a product of heredity and environment
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Oscar Wilde
Definition
art for art's sake
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