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T D 301: Exam 2
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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 1
11/06/2006

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Performance Studies
Definition
"All the World's a Stage."

Everyone is performing in life.
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Hot-Seating
Definition
Pulling a character out of a scene so that the audience can address them and ask questions.
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Role-Playing
Definition
Devices include feedback and hotseat.
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Qwalli
Definition
Musical vehicle for ecstasy.
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Fana
Definition
Similar to nirvana state of mind.
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Sufism
Definition
Love of the universe. Includes spinning.
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Cycle Plays
Definition
-Late Medieval Era (1300-1600)
-Shifts from feudal lords to Kings and guilds
-Rise of guilds to protect merchants and trade workers
-Rise of University and Secular learning
-Feast of Corpus Christi
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Corpus Christi
Definition
-"Body of Christ"
-Emphasizes union of human and divine as mystery which gives meaning to life.
-Makes church more relevant and accessible
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Guilds
Definition
Unions the protected trade workers and merchants.
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Mansion
Definition
Basic structure of medieval theatre, however many were needed to indicate locale were used, placed on platforms or wagons.
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Platea
Definition
Stage space in front of the mansions.
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Hell Mouth
Definition
Special effect used to attempt to scare the audience by dramatizing an actively grasping description of Hell.
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Cardinal Richelieu
Definition
1625 Prime Minister, made French cultural center of Europe, adopted neoclassical ideals.
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Neoclassicists
Definition
Recognized tragedy (about kings and nobles) and comedy (about middle and lower classes), never mixing them.

Believe drama was to teach and please.

Plays should be in 5 acts.
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Three unities
Definition
-Time (all action occurs within 24 hours)
-Place (all action occurs in the same place)
-Action (only one plot)
-Should uphold poetic justice.
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Verisimilitude
Definition
Appearing to be true or real.
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Decorum
Definition
An etiquitte of appropriate styles of vocabulary and diction.
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Le Cid Controversy
Definition
-Failed to adhere to neoclassical rules
-Play ended happily
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Moliere - The Man
Definition
-Jean Baptiste Poquelin
-Middle Class
-Theatre Illustre
-Court theatre
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Moliere - The Plays
Definition
• Character Comedies
• Middle Class Subjects
• Influence of Commedia
• Example: Tartuffe
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Noeclassical Staging Conventions
Definition
Proscenium stage and perspective scenery.
Term
A Doll's House
Definition
-Ibsen
-Alienated from family and society
-Considered home and children blackmail
-Women as property
-Box set for realism
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Darwin
Definition
-The Origin of Species
-Progress and change
-Environment and Heredity
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Freud
Definition
• -The Unconscious mind (Id vs. Superego)
• -Motives not always known
• Photography
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Truth
Definition
What we can observe with the 5 senses.
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Gaslight
Definition
Light used for realism
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Subtext
Definition
Don't always say/know what they mean.
Term
•Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Definition
• -Crowd scenes
• -Attention to Detail
• -Historical Accuracy
• -Realistic, not “realist”
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Stanislavski
Definition
-"The System"
-Directing Chekov
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Naturalism
Definition
-Extreme Realism
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