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Theatre History Terms- Italian, English, French and Spanish Theatre
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Film, Theatre & Television
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05/28/2009

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Commedia dell'arte
Definition
comedy of arts
Term
verisimilitude
Definition
true to life
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decorum
Definition
characters behave in ways of age, profession, gender, etc.
Term
intermezzi
Definition
short plays between acts
Term
lazzi
Definition
short comedic bit
Term
capitano
Definition
cowardly/baggart soldier
Term
slapstick
Definition
physical comedy
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pastoral
Definition

short/ribald comics,

happy endings,

lovers reuinited

Term
opera
Definition
reflects classical influences
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Teatro Olimpico
Definition
oldest surviving theatre
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procenium arch
Definition
framing device
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perspective
Definition
illusion of depth
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humanism
Definition
emphasis on human/ God things
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Arlecchino
Definition
most popular of comic servants
Term
Pantalone
Definition
lecherous, miserly old venetian
Term
Dottore
Definition
foolish pedant involved in neighbors affairs
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zanni
Definition
servants (zany)
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Innamorato
Definition
male lover
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I Gsielo
Definition
most acclaimed commedia dell'arte
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Teatro Farnese
Definition
most noteable theatre of Italian Renaissance
Term
pit
Definition
where audience stood
Term
raked
Definition
angled upstage to downstage
Term
Giacomo Torelli
Definition

the great wizard

pole and chariot method- scene shifting

Term
Sebastiano Serlio
Definition

scene design

introduced perspective

Architetura

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Lodovico Castelvetro
Definition
codified the 3 unities
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Nicoli Machiavelli
Definition
La Mandragola
Term
The Globe
Definition
Shakespeare's Theatre
Term
tiring house
Definition
actors changing house
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private theatres
Definition
excluded to those who couldnt afford it
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sides
Definition
contained an actors lines and cues
Term
masque
Definition
extravagant court festivals praising monarchs
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yard
Definition
groundlings
Term
heavens
Definition
roof of Elizabethian theatre
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The Second Blackfriars
Definition
private theatre
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iambic pentameter
Definition
5 iams- Shakespeare
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spoken decor
Definition
characters that described the setting
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the master of revels
Definition
liscensing man
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Lord Chamberlains men
Definition
Shakespeare's company
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The University Wits
Definition

school of dramatists

circle of young writers

Term
Christopher Marlowe
Definition

1st Dramatists

Doctor Faustus

Term
Thomas Kyd
Definition
The Spanish tragedy
Term
Richard Burbage
Definition

creates globe

lead of Hamlet

leading actor of LCM

Term
Ben Johnson
Definition

violated neo rules

involved with war of the theares

court poet

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Inigo Jones
Definition
court architect/designer
Term
Francis Beaumont
Definition
Philaster
Term
Robert Green
Definition
university wit
Term
The Spanish Tragedy
Definition

ghosts/soliloquies

theme of revenge

Term
Volpone
Definition

Ben Johnson

comedy of Humors

Term
Auto Sacramental
Definition

religious plays

(Corpus Christi)

Term
corrales
Definition
public theatres
Term
comedias nuevas
Definition
secular plays
Term
carros
Definition
pagent wagons
Term
pasos
Definition
short comic pieces
Term
autor
Definition
author/manager
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capa y espada
Definition
cape and sword
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entermeses
Definition
interlude during intermission
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mosqueterors
Definition
groundlings
Term
cazuela
Definition

"stew pot"

where women sat

Term
zarzuela
Definition
stylized musical drama based on mythology and ornate scenic effects
Term
Lope de Vega
Definition

The Sheep Well

Ordianed Piece

Term
Lope de Rueda
Definition

author/manager

most popular performer

Term
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
Definition

nun

female playwright

Term
Pedro Calderondela
Definition
Life is a Dream
Term
The Olives
Definition
Pasos play
Term
Societaires
Definition
share holders
Term
Confrerie de la Passion
Definition
organized in Paris to present religious plays
Term
Theater du Marais
Definition
French Theatre
Term
Comedie Francaise
Definition
establishment of French National Theatres
Term
Pleiade
Definition
library froup forming neo french plays
Term
Hotel de Bourgogne
Definition
Theatre made from tennis courts
Term
Indoor tennis courts
Definition
theatres
Term
Palais Cardinal
Definition
first precenium theatre
Term
doyen
Definition

head of the company

actor with the longest service in troupe

Term
pensionnaires
Definition
contracted to perform minor roles
Term
Armande Bejart
Definition
Molieres wife
Term
Alexandre Hardy
Definition

supernatural characters

ignored

Term
Jean Racine
Definition

French King of Tragedy

Phaedra

Term
Michel Baron
Definition
finest of late 17th century
Term
Pierre Corneille
Definition

Heroic characters

Le Cid

Term
Moliere
Definition

wrote play for the court

Tartuffe

Term
Phaedra
Definition

neoclassical tragedy

Racine

Term

Le Cid

 

Definition

violated neoclassicalism

serious play

Cornielle

Term
Tartuffe
Definition

most known comedy

"thoughtful comedy and satire"

meaningful

Moliere

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