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1. actors
2. audience
3. space
4. Visual elements (Aristotle)
5. Subject matter (comedy or tragedy)
6. Texts (playwright) |
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| Positivist/Narrative Approach to Theatre |
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| Narrative/the way the bible is told |
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| Revisionist Approach to Theatre |
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| POV of social elite; focuses on what is revolutionary. Popular: chariot fights, sea battles, etc. |
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| Deconstructionist Approach |
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| series of ruptures that create a revolutionary idea. "The A Effect" alienation. |
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| Impact of theatre from audience. Kabuki, action, make up, vocalization of lines |
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| class oriented, economic, government, NAZI germany, political power. Agiprope, propoganda. Establishment of the "Unamerican Activities Commitee." Prosecution of Arthur Miller. |
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| Feminism/Multiculturalism/minorities Approach |
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| reading into plays from the pov of a minority |
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restored to throne and restores the covet garden and dreary lane theatres.
Takes the throne in 1660 and dies in 1685 |
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| creative, regular employment of women, spontaneous, original, blending of comedy and tragedy, nation breadth of scope (reached previous kings and other areas of rule), poetic, people meet their come-upance. |
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| critical, men played women, artificual and imitative reproduces characteristics, tends to separate comedy from tragedy, local scope, not the whole world, but london and the elite |
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| Restoration Political Scene |
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| 1. Parliament restored but without much power. Charles in final years ruled without it. Political thought transformed by Hobbes and Locke, where leader rules benevolently. Expansion of England's territories in America and India. 1663 Navigation Act said AV imports from colonies to England must be in ENglish ships. Sir Issacc Newton; part of royal society of london for improving natural knowledge. |
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| With death of William, 1702. Queen Anne takes throne afterwards. |
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| 5 Male Restoration Playwrights |
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1. Dryden, John
2. Aphra Behn
3. William Congreve
4. Wiliam Wycherly
5. George Farquhar |
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1. Catharin Trotter
2. Mary Pix
3. Susanna Centlivre
4. Delariviere Manly |
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| Restoration Main Dramatic Forms |
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| Heroic tragedy, comedies of manners, comedies of intrigue |
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| Decorum, versimilitude, genre, unities |
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| how you present yourself. All characters should behave in ways based on age, career, sex, rank, etc. |
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| true to life, ghosts/apparitions/super natural events not allowed |
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| comedy and tragedy cannot mix |
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| heroic tragedy, 1631-1700. "All for Love" was a remake of Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopatra. Also wrote The Indian Queen, The Indian Emperor, The Cnquest of Granada, I & II. |
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| deals with extraordinary characters undertaking extraordinary deeds. Reminiscent of the spanish Golden Age. Themes: Love and Honor. Upheld Nonclassical Rules. |
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1640-1989
Plays: The Rover, The Forces Marriage, The Town FOP. Later plays were mostly farces. Best known female playwright. |
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| 1640-1716; one of London's leading wits. Borrowed characters from Moliere and Terence. "The Country Wife," character's names are exemplary of those used in this period. Example: Spark was ironically dumb, Squeamish was very appauled by disgusting things, Quack was a doctor, Horner was a horn dog, etc. |
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| 1670-1729; technically past restoration period. Though he had a brief career as a playwright, he was considered one of the finest. Notable Plays: The Double Dealer, Love of Love, The Mourning Bride, The Way of the World. He acted a bridge between Restoration and the 18th century English sentimental comedy. |
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| 1677 1707; born in Ireland and began a career in acting. He gave it up after wounding a fellow actor. He moved to London in 1697. Wrote: Love in a Bottle, The recruiting Officer, The Beaux's Stratagem (this was produced three days before his death) |
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| most comercialy successful of the English women playwrights. Got somewhat of a bad wrap as Behn did for writing about brothels and other incidents. It was apparently alright for men to write about these things, but not for women. Her best known work: The Busy Body. Also, The Gamester, The Basset Table, and A Bold Stroke for a Wife. |
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| Thomas Betterton, David Garick, Anne Brace Girdle (raised by Bettertons) Nel Gwen |
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| only 2 theatres could make $: Dreary Lane, Covent Garden. This was made because the government was geting made fun of |
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