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THESPIS
Definition
-6th cent. BCE
-first actor; stepped out of chorus and took on persona of character
-first hypokrite- answerer
-tragic playwright
Term
ARISTOTLE'S SIX ELEMENTS OF THEATRE
Definition
1. plot
2. character
3. thought (theme)
4. diction (language)
5. music (song)
6. spectacle
Term
ARISTOTLE
Definition
-384-322 BCE
-materialist philosopher
-POETICS- justify tragedy as legitimate form diff from epic poems
-mimesis is how humans learn
-theatre= pleasure and instruction
Term
PLATO
Definition
-429-347 BCE
-greek idealist philosopher
-"allegory of the cave"
-metaphor for how we see reality
-ideal reality is objective but transcendent
-material is poor copy of ideal
-theatre is a copy, therefore bad
Term
SOPHOCLES
Definition
-mid-to-late 400s
-7 plays extant
-introduced third actor
-altered choral structure
-ANTIGONE
-OEDIPUS THE KING
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AESCHYLUS
Definition
-490s BCE
-7 plays extant
-widely regarded
-introduced second actor
-ORESTIA (extant trilogy)
Term
EURIPIDES
Definition
-late 400s
-18 extant plays out of 90
-not so popular then, now-pretty popular
-wrote touchy subject matter for his time
-"favorable depictions of women"
-changes structure of tragedy, more adventurous
-BACCHAE
-MEDEA
-THE CYCLOPES - only complete satyr play
Term
ARISTOPHANES
Definition
-448-380 BCE
-political satire
-made fun of other playwrights/people
-wrote against peloppenesian war
-became less political after athens sacked
-established old comedy structure
-LYSISTRATA
-THESMOPHORIOSUZAE
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MENANDER
Definition
-weird dr. fletcher voice
-342-291 BCE
-best-known greek new comedy playwright
-written in 5 acts
-followed aristotlean classical structure
-role of chorus was greatly diminished
-SAMIA (GIRL FROM SAMOS)
-ASPIS (THE SHIELD)
-EPITREPONTES (THE MEN WHO WENT TO ARBITRATION)
Term
PLAUTUS
Definition
-first roman comic playwright
-130 works known, 21 extant
-wrote for theatrical performance, not literary merit
-"copied menander", but was very witty
-lots of music
-created comic servant
-complex plots, slapstick comedy
-wrote less pathos/moral conundrums
-MENAECHMI- source for shakespeare's COMEDY OF ERRORS
-MILES CLORIOSUS
-PSEUDOLUS
-^^both sources for FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO FORUM
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TERENCE
Definition
-freed slave from carthage?
-first black playwright?
-all 6 plays survived
-adapted from greeks, more complex than plautus
-mixed and matched greek stories
-myth- not popular; truth- popular
-prologues- for actor-manager; defenses against other playwrights' attacks
-survived bc of fine writing
Term
SENECA
Definition
-known for Sententia (moral soundbites)
-BEST PLAYWRIGHT EVER IN ROME
-advisor to Caligula and Nero- crazy dictators, bad emperors
-9 plays survive
-OEDIPUS
-MEDEA
-PHAEDRA
-THYESTES
-most influential for elizabethan era
-(see influences on Renaissance
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KAN'AMI
Definition
-japanese
-credited with coming up with No form
-1300s
Term
ZEAMI
Definition
-1300s
-japanese
-kan'ami's son
-perfected No
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CHIKAMATSU MONZAEMON
Definition
-japanese
-1600s
-wrote kabuki and bunraku plays
-most famous playwright in Kabuki
-crossed adapted plots from one to the other
-THE BATTLES OF COXINGA
-THE LOVE SUICIDES AT SONEZAKI
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OKUNI
Definition
-1600s
-japanese
-priestess/courtesan who performed Kabuki
-prostitutes advertised services thru bawdy plots
Term
TERTULLIAN
Definition
-late 100s
-roman empire
-theatre=bad b/c it degraded christians and promoted false gods
Term
ST. AUGUSTINE
Definition
-400s
-wrote "City of God"
-theatre=bad b/c it put christians in bad light
Term
HROSVITHA
Definition
-935-1001
-canoness
-wrote 7 dramas- in response to terence's plays
-importance of chastity
-SAPIENTIA
Term
HILDEGARD VON BINGEN
Definition
-1100s
-christian mystic- saw visions
-created Ordo Virtutum- play of virtues
-psychomachis
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HORACE
Definition
-poet famous for lyrical poetry
-THE SATIRES
-THE EPODES
-THE ART OF POETRY
-drama is to profit and to please
Term
BHARATA MUNI
Definition
-ancient indian musicologist
-authored NATYA SHASTRA
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BHASA
Definition
-most productive playwright of classical india
Term
SUDRAKA
Definition
-THE LITTLE CLAY CART
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KALIDASA
Definition
-wrote SHAKUNTALA
Term
HANS SACHS
Definition
-16th century- medieval german
-farce
-THE WANDERING SCHOLAR FROM PARADISE
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POETICS
Definition
-written by aristotle
-old tragedy?
-defense of mimesis
-6 elements of tragedy
-tragic plot
-tragic hero
Term
ARS POETICA
Definition
-written by horace-poet
-don't mix comedy and tragedy
-5 acts
-to teach and to please
-unity, grace
-decorum
Term
ORESTEIA
Definition
-written by aeschylus
-trilogy of greek tragedies
-end of curse on the house of atreus
-when performed- accmpd by PROTEUS, satyr play
Term
ORDO VIRTUTUM
Definition
-(PLAY OF VIRTUES)
-created by hildegard von bingen in 1100s
-psychomachia: battle btwn allegorical vices and virtues
-definitely performed, was it dramatic?
-music still exists
-precursor to morality plays
Term
QUEM QUAERITIS
Definition
-"Whom do you seek?" - marys looking for jesus -possible background of cycle plays -trope in 900s -liturgical drama that possibly led to cycle plays/mystery plays
Term
REGULARIS CONCORDIA
Definition
-"monastic agreement" of 965-975
-possible background of cycle plays
-how-to guide for monks, laid out strict orders for days
-created Visitatio Sepulchri
Term
VISITATIO SEPULCHRI
Definition
-possible background of cycle plays
-"visit to the tomb"
-scene out of quen quaeritis in late 900s
-scene appears to be mimetic, therefore theatrical
-increasingly elaborate staging of this and other scenes
Term
JEU D'ADAM
Definition
-PLAY OF ADAM
-1100s france
-possible background of cycle plays
-staged at doorway of church
-stage directions in latin
-dialogue in french
Term
THE PEONY PAVILLION
Definition
-written by Tang Xianzu
-first performed in 1598
-one of Tang's "four dreams"
Term
THE LITTLE CLAY CART
Definition
prakarana by Suraka
Term
SAKUNTALA AND THE RING OF RECOGNITION
Definition
-nataka by Kalidasa
-best-known sanskrit drama
-masterpiece
-based on episode from the MAHABHARATA
Term
OBERAMMERGAU
Definition
-current cycle play
-since 1634
-inhabitants of village of oberammergau, bavaria, germany
Term
NATYASASTRA
Definition
-treatise on performing arts, encompassing theatre, dance, music -200 BC-200 AD -Sage Bharata
Term
SATYR PLAY
Definition
-chorus of satyrs, poked fun at gods, licentious -CYCLOPES by Euripides
Term
DITHYRAMB
Definition
-choral dance hymns to Dionysus -had political element- 10 tribes of athens
Term
GREEK OLD COMEDY
Definition
-400s
-Aristophanes
-old comedy structure
-prologue- sets forth happy idea
-agon- argument that expresses POV about happy idea
-parabasis- divides play in 2; chorus addresses audience; critique
-series of scenes that explore application of happy idea
-komos- reconciliation scene and restoration of previous order
Term
GREEK NEW COMEDY
Definition
-Menander
-domestic, sitcom-ish
-chorus has little to do w/ plot
-stock characters- broad types
-very popular, second to homer at time
-copied by plautus and terence
-THE GROUCH by Menander
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GREEK TRAGEDY
Definition
-tragedy structure
-prologue- intro-exposition
-parados- entrance of chorus
-several episodes/stasimon exchanges
-sung-chanted w/ dancing
-2-3 main actors w/ chorus
-long speeches, songs, scenes of stichomythia
-late pnt of attack
-violence offstage
-continuous action
-single place
-based on myth
Term
GREEK MIME
Definition
-(phylakes)
-included women
-first professional actors
-jack-of-all-trades
-singers, skit players, acrobats, etc.
-ill repute
Term
ATELLAN FARCE
Definition
-fabula atellana
-400s BCE (influenced by greek mime?)
-four stock characters: braggart, comic old man, gluttonous fool, hunchback
-short, mostly improvised
-lowbrow humor, mostly about rural life
-often afterpieces
-disappeared around 0s bce as roman mime took over
Term
ROMAN MIME
Definition
-fabula ricinata
-200s BCE
-made fun of officials
-emperor Heliogalabus ordered livesex acts as part of performance
-popular with common folk
-serious or comic
-short, sometimes elaborate
-sex, nudity, violence
-acrobatics
Term
ROMAN PANTOMIME
Definition
-fabula sattica
-400s
-solo storytelling thru movement w/ chorus singing/chanting
-masks
-historic or mythic themes
-comic or serious, serious more popular
-precursor to ballet
Term
ROMAN COMEDY
Definition
-not as popular as other forms
-only 3 playwrights we know of
-no works survive
Term
ROMAN TRAGEDY
Definition
-fabula praetexta
-possibly celebratory declamations or pageants staged at festivals
-not necessarily tragic
-OCTAVIA- thought to be written by seneca; seneca and nero characters
-prob written after seneca died
Term
NAUMACHINAE
Definition
-form of roman entertainment
-SEA BATTLES
Term
VENATIONES
Definition
-roman entertainment
WILD ANIMAL FIGHTS
Term
NATAKA
Definition
-sanskrit
-well-known story of heroism and love
-epic heroes
-"fairy tale" mix of supernatural and domestic
Term
PRAKARANA
Definition
-invented story of love btwn merchants and courtesans
Term
NO, NOH
Definition
-japanese form
-elements of dance, storytelling, and zen buddhist principles
-shite, maeshite, nochijite, waki, tsure, chorus, misc, kyogen, musicians
Term
KYOGEN
Definition
-unmasked actors
-comedic skits in btwn acts of noh plays
Term
ZAJU
Definition
-chinese form
-4 acts w/ wedges
-songs
-covers months-years
-simple stage
-colorful costumes, stylized
THE ORPHAN OF ZHAO
SNOW IN MIDSUMMER
ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN CHAMBER
THE STORY OF THE CHALK CIRCLE
Term
KUTIYATTAM
Definition
-related to sanskrit
-dance and drama
-performed in shrines in india
-visual sacrifice to gods
-adaption of some sanskrit plays
Term
RAMLILA
Definition
-1600s
-long month of pageants, chants, parades
-re-enacting life of Ram
-devotional drama form
-ends w/ burning effigy of demon
-in everyday language
-very popular
Term
WAYANG KULIT
Definition
- indonesion shadow puppet drama
-est by 1000 CE
-intricate cutout puppets
-one person (dalang)
-nighttime (8:30-dawn)
-situation, intrigue, hero appears, battle, triumph of hero
-come-and-go
Term
MARVEL DRAMA
Definition
-(chuanqui)
-later southern form of zaju (mid 1300s)
-longer and more complex
LUTE SONG by Gao Ming
Term
MING DYNASTY DRAMA
Definition
-1600s Ming alters southern form (kunqu)
THE PEONY PAVILLION by Hsien-tsu; 55 acts
Term
CYCLE PLAYS
Definition
-1200s-1500s
-liturgical drama/processions backgrounds
-cycles- guilds take different sections
-pageant wagons, true processional, stop-and-go processional, audience processional
-stationary: mansion, platea
Term
MORALITY PLAYS
Definition
-late medieval
-allegorical plays
-presence of pagan elements
EVERYMAN
CASTLE OF PERSEVERANCE
Term
MIRACLE PLAYS
Definition
-apocryphal events and marvels
-CROXTON PLAY OF THE SACRAMENT (1400s/1500s)
Term
KABUKI
Definition
-1600s-1800s
-historical play glorifying samurai
-dance
-domestic drama
-spec FX, lots of scenery
-loyal, good, courageous men; villain; comic roles; children's roles
-onnagata- men playing women in white face and rouge
-elaborate costumes, patterned makeup
-emblematic props
-stylized movement:
kata: movement forms
ma: pauses
mie: extreme pose at climax of kata and ma
Term
BUNRAKU
Definition
-puppeteers (ningyotsukai) 3 of them
-chanters- tayu- all dialogue
-5 acts- 3 scenes each
-act 3 scene 3= climax
Term
CHAMBERS OF RHETORIC
Definition
-netherlands, 1500s
-philosophical question posed to soceties
-societies each devise allegorical dramas to answer question
-two-story stage
-best won prize given by "Lady Wisdom"
-very elaborate
Term
MUMMINGS
Definition
-(mummers plays)
-based on earlier "Morris Dances" (sword dances w/ costumes)
-character dies and doctor brings him back
-father xmas, clown, fool, hobby horse, maid marion, st. george, dragon
Term
DISGUISINGS
Definition
-general name for costumed playlets
-for commoners, later royal events/tournaments
-royal versions are elaborate, allegorical, tailored to praise single personage
Term
ROYAL ENTRIES
Definition
-1200s into renaissance
-elaborate processionals thru town
-playlets or tableau vivants
-basically cycle play processionals except w/ secular/royal emphasis
Term
SERMON JOYEAUX
Definition
-form of farce in 1400-1500s
-parody sermons by parody priests
-feast of fools-type
-done by secular societies in france
Term
SOTTIES
Definition
-form of farce in 1400s-1500s
-political satire; all characters are fools
-done by secular societies in france
Term
FEAST OF FOOLS
Definition
-high middle ages
-inversion of status
-lesser clergy can ridicule superiors
-"Bishop Fool" presided over
Term
HISTORIOGRAPHY
Definition
-the study of writing history
-history ≠ events
-history is fictional
SEE NOTES
Term
POSITIVIST
Definition
-closest to objective science
-id's and collects sources
-gathers into archive
-finds order- linear
-epistemologically objective
Term
REVISIONIST
Definition
-positivist + what is left out
-uncovers more to fill in gaps
-linear and evolutionary
-epistemologically objective
Term
DECONSTRUCTIONIST
Definition
-history, archive, facts, documents- constructions of historians
-history is only linear and evolutionary bc historians select evidence, arrange archives, and construct narratives
SEE NOTES
Term
EPISTEMOLOGY
Definition
how do we know what we know
Term
TRAGEDY
Definition
-6 elements
-tragic plot
-anagnosis: recognition
-peripeteia: reversal of fortune
-katharsis: purgation
Term
TRAGIC HERO
Definition
-upper class
-not too good, not too bad
-harmartia: missing the mark, bum rap
* lots of tragedies don't have a tragic hero
Term
CITY DIONYSIA
Definition
-festival
-end of march- beginning of april
-celebrate end of winter, harvesting crops
Term
LUDI
Definition
-Roman
-public games for benefit and entertainment
-feature of roman religious festivals
Term
TETROLOGY
Definition
-group of three tragedies followed by a satyr play
Term
HYPOKRITE
Definition
-answerer in Greek
-THESPIS was first- answers to chorus
Term
MIMESIS
Definition
-"how humans learn"
-theatre can give pleasure and instruction
Term
PERIPETEA
Definition
reversal of fortune
Term
ANAGNORISIS
Definition
recognition
Term
HARMARTIA
Definition
mistake, flaw; not wickedness, not sin, but a "missing the mark", a bum rap
Term
KATHARSIS
Definition
purgation
Term
RASA
Definition
major emotional flavor or sentiment in audience
Term
SANTARASA
Definition
ultimate rasa
-wholeness, unity, peace
Term
BHAVA
Definition
-actions used to express rasas
- 8 of them- one for each rasa
Term
SUDTRADHARA
Definition
actor-manager in all productions a troupe does
Term
SAHRDAYATVA
Definition
with-heartedness
describes trained/specialized audience members that attend sanskrit drama
Term
MUDRA
Definition
conventional gestures
Term
SHITE
Definition
-doer in Noh
-usually masked
-in need of letting go
-undergoes transformation
-maeshite -> nochijite
Term
WAKI
Definition
-side-man in Noh
-unmasked- guides shite into realization
Term
YUGEN
Definition
-Noh
-"gentle gracefulness, "subtle mystery"
-mysterious beauty of impermanence that combines elegance with awareness of fragility
Term
ONNAGATA
Definition
men playing women in whiteface and rouge in KABUKI theatre
Term
KATA
Definition
movement forms, building blocks/vocab of movement in KABUKI
Term
MA
Definition
pauses between movements in kata
KABUKI
Term
MIE
Definition
extreme expressive pose at climax of series of kata and ma
KABUKI
Term
TAYU
Definition
highest class of female entertainers in NOH and KABUKI
Term
HANAMICHI
Definition
bridge out into audience
KABUKI
Term
HASHIGAKIRI
Definition
bridge-like section in NOH connecting main stage protruding into the kensho and connecting stage with nagami no ma
Term
MANSION
Definition
set structures tied down to a particular locale
ex- Heaven and Hellmouth
used in cycle and morality plays
contained special effects
Term
PLATEA
Definition
neutral space in front of mansions
becomes whatever the scene requires
used in morality and cycle plays
Term
STOCK CHARACTER
Definition
-atellan farce
-Braggart (Bucco)
-comic old man (Poppas)
-gluttonous fool (Maccus)
-hunchback (Dossenus)
Term
PSYCHOMACHIA
Definition
battle between allegorical vices and virtues in Ordo Virtutum
Term
PAGEANT WAGONS
Definition
processional staging in england of cycle plays
6? 8? wheels
Term
FOURTH LATERAN COUNCIL OF 1215
Definition
-possible background of cycle plays
-transubstantiation
-made transubstantiation for everyone all the time
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