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Theatre History
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Undergraduate 4
03/09/2010

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Byzantium
Definition
-End of Rome.
-Combination of Greek/Roman culture & Christianity
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Hippidrome
Definition
-Even bigger than the Colosseum.
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Charlemagne
Definition
-Holy Roman Emperor.
-Got instructions from the Pope.
-He liked culture.
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agrarian
Definition
-Depends of farming and land.
-Plow, harness, windmills all invented.
rotating crops= "three-field" system
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feudalism
Definition
-lord, vassals, serfs
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lord
Definition
-nobel, count, (below the King)
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vassals
Definition
-lesser lord
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serfs
Definition
-peasants.
-only in Russia serfs were slaves.
-once a serf, always a serf.
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Hrosvitha
Definition
-nun.
-Could read Greek & Latin.
-Earliest known female playwright.
-Liked works of Seneca & Terence.
-Wanted to write like Terence but Christian stories.
-No evidence of performances
-Beaken of light in dark theatre.
-4 most written about Christian things:
-marders
-conversions
-repentance
-pennence
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Liturgical Drama
Definition
-Theatre is the logical way of teaching the Bible.
-Theatre comes out of the mass
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Trope
Definition
-Musical passages that addlyrics.
-Added into services.
-Became staged.
Term
Hildegard von Bingen
Definition
-wrote short, religious musical plays performed in her covent.
-German nun.
-Liturgical songs accompanied by text.
-"Ordo Virtutum"
Term
"Ordo Vitutum"
Definition
-Hildegard von Bingen
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Architecture changed from...
Definition
-Romanesque to Gothic
Term
Gothic
Definition
-Pointed arches.
-Men performed all roles.
-Costumes were church vestmonts.
Term
Buttressed walls were in...
Definition
-Gothic Theatre
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Mansion
Definition
-Scenic structure which depicts a locale.
-Gothic Theatre
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Platea
Definition
-Central open space representing the place where all time and place come together in God's scheme.
-Gothic Theatre
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Vernacular Drama
Definition
-Religious drama in the language of French.
Term
Mystery Plays
Definition
-"cycle" plays.
-Plays that dramatize biblical events from creation to judgement day.
-Not performed in church.
Term
The most important holiday in which mystery plays were performed were during...
Definition
-Corpus Christi.
Term
"The Second Shepard's Play"
Definition
-Most famous mystery play.
-Part of the Wakefield Cycle
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Episotic form comes from...
Definition
-Vernacular theatre
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Confraternities
Definition
-Religious Clubs.
Term
Jean Bouchet
Definition
-Most important paegent maters.
-Sometimes referred to as first director.
Term
Morality Play
Definition
-Purpose was to teach a moral through alagorical characters.
-"Everyman"
-Used only professional actors.
Term
"Pierre Pathelin"
Definition
-Most famous Farce.
-Man is a lawyer, and the theme is greed!
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Hans Sachs
Definition
-German writer of farce & shoemaker.
-"The Wandering Scholar from Paradise"
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"Johan, Johan"
Definition
-English farce by John Haywood.
Term
Sottie
Definition
-Special kind of farce.
-French farce that made fun of religion.
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