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-Most highly regarded playwright.
- known to borrow themes from other plays
-possibly stole them |
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-Before Shakespeare
- popular tragedian
- added iambic pentameter
- died at a young age in a bar fight
- thought to have wrote Shakespeare's plays |
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- well known for comedy
- believed in neoclassical beliefs for theatre
- prominent in the court of James I
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- wrote Duchess of Malfi
- one of the most popular dramas in jacobean period
- praises fellow playwrights
- created basis of modern "black comedies" |
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- well known duo
- accelerated tragicomedies |
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-(I)nigo= (I)talian.
- brught Italian proscenium style to court.
- designer of Masque
- introduced use of elaborate scenery including backdrops and moving equipment |
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| Plays heavily incorporated stock characters from ___? |
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| actors focused on ___? This is shown by extremely quick delivery of lines and male actors playing female characters |
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| Women were not allowed to act during the Elizabethan theatre due to what? |
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- distaste for actors
- women actors would be considered whores |
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| What is iambic pentameter? |
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| followed a rhythm of stressed n certain syllables. |
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| which characters would go off script and improvise |
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| what was the most famous theatre troupe? |
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- the kings men
- Shakespeare was in it |
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| theatre troupes consisted of members called what? |
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| T or F: Playwrights acted in their own plays? |
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| True, usually minor parts |
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| Little or big use of scenery? |
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- contemporary to Elizabethan time period.
- but not used in respect to play |
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| where were public theatres located? |
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- on the out skirts of town
- they were available to all castes |
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What is the most famous outdoor theater?
give some key information about it |
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- the globe
-20 sides
-3 stories high
-raised skene
- pit for poor, balconies for the rich
- two columns in the front to hod up "roof"
- beautify painted columns and ceilings |
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| where did private theatres reside? |
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- inside the city
- indoor theatre was usually saved for the wealthy |
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| what were flown over the theatre to tell what plays were being performed? |
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