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| Fuenteovejuna: playwright? |
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| Define efficacy in accordance with Schecner's theories |
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Changes of state, ie. marriage, baptism, etc.
effacacious theatre tries to advocate a change of state |
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| What are Schecner's three high points in western theatre? |
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| Greek, Shakespeare, 60s NYC |
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| Give three main points re. the French Golden Age |
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-Rose from a period of inhibited theatre during religious wars
- Begun by state funding of the arts in 1634
-Key playwright and actor was Moliere |
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| What was the restoration? |
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| Period of theatre in England during the restoration of the monarchy following strict control by the Puritans. Super obscene. |
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| Who wrote Hernani? Why is it significant? |
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| Victor Hugo. Significant because it caused a riot in 183, because the first line of the play broke from the classical meter of poetry |
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| Give 4 main changes that occurred in 19th century theatre |
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-People sat further from the stage
- Emergence of melodrama
- Emergence of naturalist drama
- Focus of plays shifted to lower/middle classes |
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| What was the political climate during the Spanish Golden Age? |
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| When was Lope de Vega born? Name one of his contemporaries |
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| What was the most important theme in SGA theatre? |
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| How was theatre received during the SGA? |
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| Most popular art form from 1550-1651 |
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| When did the Spanish Inquisition take place? What was it? |
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1481-1834
- Targeting of non-catholics by the church
- Underlying goal was to conquer the peninsula
- Esp. Christian vs. Islam |
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| Give 3 key points about SGA commedia |
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-Formulaic- prologue, interlude, dance
- Occasionally used Commedia de L'Arte characters
- No tragedy |
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| What was a heroic-honour play? |
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- Sub-genre of SGA commedia
- Nationalistic ideal
- Ex. Fuenteovejuna |
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- Used in SGA
- Meta spatial (public invading private) |
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| Seating specifically for women in coral theatres, very crowded |
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| How was theatre viewed in SGA Madrid? What were the consequences of thsi? |
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| Rowdy, only 2 companies liscensed to work |
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| How did actresses relate to SGA theatre? |
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- women only allowed to perform in presence of their husband or father
- could not wear male clothes without a skirt |
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| What's the significance of wardrobes in SGA theatre? |
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| Actors used their own wardrobes to help them get roles |
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| SGA playwright, friar, wrote first Don Juan story |
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| Who is Calderon de la Barca? |
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| SGA playwright who became a priest, |
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| Why was Spanish theatre a global phenomenon? |
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| Who is Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz? |
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| Mexican female playwright who criticized Spanish colonization and Catholic church |
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| How many collections of plays did Lope de Vega write? |
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| True or false: Lope de Vega fought in wars against Portugal and England |
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| Besides plays, what did Lope de Vega write? |
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| "New Art of Making Comedies at the Present Time" which told people how to write commedia |
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| Give 3 untraditional features of Lope de Vega's writing |
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- mixed high and low comedy
-mixed comedy and tragedy
-wrote Fuenteovejuna in 3 acts instead of 5 |
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| What are the 3 unities of SGA theatre? |
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- Unity of space- all action in 1 place
- Unity of time- all action with 24 hours
- Unity of action- only 1 driving action |
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| How does Fuenteovejuna sit as a political play? |
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| It idealizes the process of unification that took place during the Spanish Inquisition |
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| True or false: Funeteovejuna seems to support ethnic cleansing, esp. of Islamic people |
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| "A boy who with such great aplomb fights, conquers and deals out justice (and punishment) must one day become the scourge of Islam, and eclipse their blue crescent with his bright cross." |
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Funeteovejuna, Lope de Vega
Speech from Flores after battling with the Commander all day
Significant because it promotes anti-Islam themes |
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| Which 3 key political institutions does Fuenteovejuna promote? |
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- Catholic Church
-Catholic Monarchs
-Absolutism |
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| What 3 key historical events does Fuenteovejuna deal with? |
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-Rising of peasants against feudal lord
- Capture of Ciudad Real
- Conflicts between Spain and Portugal |
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| How is Funeteovejuna typically used today? Why is it ironic? |
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| People cut the play down to one act to make it supportive of socialism. Ironic because de Vega wrote it to express support for the monarchy |
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| What is 1 act equivalent to in SGA theatre? |
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| What is the relevance of "An idyllic land is placed in danger by a demonic figure and is then rescued" |
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| Typical SGA play structure |
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| In what style did Lope de Vega primarily write? |
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| Give the 5 of the 9 key themes of Funeteovejuna |
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-Honour
-Love
- City vs. Country
- Free will vs. God's will
- Progress
-Tyranny vs. Benevolence
- War
-Feudalism
- Torture |
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| A person who undergoes significant change |
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| King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella |
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Fuenteovejuna
Benevolent Spanish monarchs |
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| The Grand Commander of Calatrava |
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Funeteovejuna
-Key oppressor |
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Fuenteovejuna
-Subordiantes of the Commander |
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Fuenteovejuna
-Laurencia's father
-Mayor |
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Fuenteovejuna
-Laurencia's Uncle |
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Funeteovejuna
-Laurencia's friend |
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Fuienteovejuna
-In love with Frondoso |
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Funeteovejuna
-Mengo's sister
-Raped by commander |
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Funeteovejuna
-Jacinta's brother
- Beaten by commander |
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Fuenteovejuna
-Frondoso's friend |
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Fuenteovejuna
-In love with Laurencia |
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| What caused the delay of the Golden age of French Theatre? (GFT) |
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| How was FGT affceted by the Italian Renaissance? |
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-Neoclassicism
- Opera
- Commedia de L'arte |
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| A theatre movement that focused on the importance of staying true to Greek theory |
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| Give 5 of the 10 key aspects of FGT theatre architecture |
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-Proscenium
- Orchestra
- Deep stage
- Wings
- Mostly indoors
- Sets from Italy
- Audience in front of stage
- Perspective scenery
- Clear separation between actor and spectator
- Lighting from candles |
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| What does the word Renaissance translate to? |
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| What did the Renaissance, in general, aim to do? |
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| Reawaken the spirit and energy of the classical age, especially its enthusiasm for learning, science, and art |
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| What key event sparked the beginning of the Italian Renaissance |
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| The fall of Constantinople in 1453, which brought an influx of Greek scholars and classical texts to Italy |
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| A scholarly movement within the Renaissance that was based in the idea that the human in all its manifestations is a proper subject of study |
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| When were the French Wars of Religion, and what was there effect on Theatre? |
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-1562-1598
- Not enough security for art, so no theatre was created |
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| What is the Confrerie de la Passion? |
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| An association of amateur actors who built a theatre |
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| Who was Cardinal Richelieu? |
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Worked for Louis XIII and supported the arts
-Commissioned the building of the theatre Moliere would eventually use |
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A French heroic tragicomedy by Corneille that was produced in 1637
Cause outrage because the action didn't conform to a unity of time
Outlawed by Cardinal Richelieu |
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Playwright who changed the form and structure of drama
- Anti-neoclassicism
- Attacked for not adhering to vraisemblance
or bienseance |
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| An FGT term meaning "what is appropriate for time, place, and character" |
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| An FGT term meaning "what it appropriate for propriety and decorum" |
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FGT Playwright
-1639-1699
- Supported neoclassicism
- Wrote Phedre |
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| Give 5 key points about Moliere |
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- FGT playwright and actor
- Believed theatre should be for pleasure, not instruction
- Wasn't given sanctified burial because of his profession
- Wrote Tartuffe
-Responded to critics in his plays |
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King of France during FGT
- "Sun King", "L'etat c'est moi"
- Supported the arts |
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| What are some prominent themes in Tartuffe? |
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-Excessive devotion
- Obsession
- Love/Lust |
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| What might have motivated Moliere to write about love/lust? |
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| Worked for the Bejart Theatre company and had an affair with Madeleine Bejart. He then married Armande Bejart, who was either Madeleine's sister or their daughter |
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| True or false: Orgon trying to marry off Marianne to Tartuffe would have apalled audiences |
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| False, marriages where the man was much older were common |
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| Where did Moliere draw the inspiration for Tartuffe? |
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| Old Commedia de L'arte plots |
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| How many mistresses did Louis XIV have? |
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| What does Tartuffe mean? (3 definitions) |
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| How would Tartuffe have been staged? |
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| Indoors, in a single room |
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| What is the origin of the names Elmire, Orgon, Cleante, and Damis? (Not which play are they from, the actual origin) |
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| How were women seen differently in France during the time of FGT, and how is this reflected in Tartuffe? |
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- Had more power than in other parts of Europe
- Women drive the plot in Tartuffe |
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| Picture of naked woman reclining with baby |
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| Nell Gwynn. Associated with either The Country Wife or The Rover. Restoration Comedy, first actress. Mistress of Charles 2 |
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| Picture of panicked crowd outside of a building |
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| Astor Place Riot. 2 performances of MacBeth, 1 with a British lead and 1 with an American lead. Nationalism led to a riot. 28 people died. |
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| Picture of rioting crowd inside a theatre |
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| Hernani Riot. Hernani was a play by Victor Hugo performed in 1830 Paris. First line broke the traditional meter of poetry which outraged classicists and started a riot. No one died. |
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| Picture of man kissing woman's hand with 2 other peeps present |
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| A Bold Stroke for a Wife. Anne Lovely, Colonel Fainwell,Mr. and Mrs. Prim, the Quakers. Scene at the beginning when Fainwell is taken to "meet" Anne by Sir Phillipl. Significant because it sets off the action of the play. |
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| Fuenteovejuna, Lope de Vega. Spanish military orders. Significant because the Commander belongs to the Order of Calatrava |
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| Picture of Abraham Lincoln's assasination |
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| Related to Uncle Tom's Cabin. Significant because Lincoln was assasinated for being an abolitionist, and because of his ties to Harriett Beecher Stowe, "So this is the Little Lady who Started the War" |
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| Connected to Tartuffe by Moliere. Proscenium Stage, would have been found in FGA theatre |
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