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Jeremy Collier
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-recommend virtue & discountenance
-show the uncertainty of human greatness,sudden turns of fate & unhappy conclusions of violence.
-to expose the singularities of pride & fancy
-to make folly & falsehood contemptible
-to bring everything that is ill under infamy & neglect |
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| immorality & profaneness of the english stage (1698) |
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1) smuttiness of expression
2) swearing & profaneness
3)lewd app. of the scripture
4) abuse of the clergy
5) make the main characters libertines
6) giving them success in their debauchery |
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| they attempted to stamp out (put an end to) theater in England |
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| called for the arrest of actors |
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| staged the first English opera in his home |
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| the first use of Italianate scenery for the public 1656 |
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-treated the theatre as royal property
-1660 brought back to England & took the throne
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| awarded a monopoly on the theatre until 1843 |
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| the merger of the Duke's Men & the King's men ( Davenant & Killigrew) |
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| drawn from the upper class; preoccupation w/ seduction, latest fashions, wit |
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| one of the first Englis female writers Aphra Behn |
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| upstage area only used for scenery |
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| the downstage playing area used only for acting until 1765 |
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| open area for audience with benches |
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| standard scenery usage after 1661 |
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| 2 on each side of the forestage |
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| scene changes that take place before the audiences eyes |
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-wrote the way of the world
- love = sex |
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| emphasized stories centered around rival claims of love & honor |
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| similar to heroic drama with the addition of music |
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| eccentricity of behavior depicted based on the bodily humours |
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| third night's profits after expenses go to the playwright |
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| limited range of character types & actor would have through his career |
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| heroes & heroines in tragedy & light comedy |
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| low comedy parts, eccentrics, old men, fathers |
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| walking ladies and gentlemen |
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| spear carrier; young actors |
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| women playing men's roles |
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| "rules" & demonstration of the classic revival |
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1) time
2) place
3) action |
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| ballet comique de le reyne |
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| spectacular court festivals |
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| formed to codify the French language |
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| had a monopoly on the theatre productions in paris |
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| originally the only permanent theatre in paris |
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| divided boxes for seating |
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| the undivided seating area |
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| the first gallery facing the stage |
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| actor who entertains the audience before the play |
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| plan in which profits are divided after each performance |
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| the actors who work for a troupe on salary |
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| sharing members of a troupe |
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| use of improvisational scenes & farce |
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| theatrical record of scenic practices |
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| a second stage set up with balconies & levels |
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| elaborate method of scene shifting using wagons |
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| stock background for tragedy |
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| typical dress of classical heroes |
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| the prime minister of louis XIV |
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| prime minister of louis XIII |
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| his work raised comedy to the same level as tragedy in importance |
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| the worlds first national theatre |
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