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What are the Comedias in Spanish Renaissance theatre? |
-Dealt with themes of love and honor -About minor members of nobility -Three acts - Mixed drama and comedy - Similar to modern melodrama - Short faces were performed along with them |
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How were women involved in Spanish Renaissance theatre? |
-Several female playwrights during this time. -Women could be actors if they were married or related to an actor in their troupe |
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What did theatres in the Spanish Renaissance look like? |
Corral: public theatres, usually located in the courtyards of buildings -Galleries and boxes for seating were protected by a roof -Boxes for government officials were separate -Separate gallery for the clergy -The yard was for standing audience members -At the front of the yard there were a few bunches set, separated from the rest of the yard by railing -Cazuela: gallery seating for unaccompanied women -Alojeria: refreshment box at the back of the yard -Originally temporary theatres, but they later became permanent |
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Describe the scenery used in Spanish Renaissance theatre. |
Actors showed location with a few props and the play dialogue |
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What was happening in the world in the 18th century? |
- American Revolution (1775-1783) - French Revolution (1789-1799) |
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What were the new dramatic forms in the 18th century? |
-Bourgeois tragedy: tragedy that was about the middle-class. - Domestic tragedy: middle-class tragedy centered around the home |
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What are sentimental comedies? |
comedy of manners, but focused on middle-class |
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What is the Strum and Drang movement? |
In Germany: "Storm and Stress" Based on Shakespeare's episodic structure, mixture of comedy and tragedy, and onstage violence |
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What was the Licensing Act in the 18th century? |
In England, Parliament limited performance of plays to specific theatres |
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Why did theatres in the 18th century become larger? |
to accommodate the middle class audiences |
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What is angle or multipoint perspective? |
painted scenery that pull the eye to multiple vanishing points |
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Describe the acting style of the 18th century |
Acting emphasized the performer's speaking skills They usually said their lines lines to the audience instead of who they were supposed to be speaking to Blocking became standardized and less realistic Beginning to see followings for star performers |
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What was David Garrick's contribution to modern directing? |
More natural style Research characteristic's individual traits and back stories Longer rehearsals Required actors to be on time, know their lines, and act (instead of recite lines) during rehearsals |
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What was happening in the world in the 19th century? |
Industrial Revolution Rise of nationalism |
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What were medicine shows? |
shows the promote fake things that will never work |
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What is Romanticism? |
Didn't believe in rules, believed in artistic genius making its own rules Romantic hero was usually a social outcast in search of justice, knowledge, and truth |
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What is melodrama? |
Emphasis on emotions: suspense, fear, nostalgia, ect. from the audience. Good vs evil, good always wins Suspenseful plots with a climactic moment at the end of each act Visual spectacle and special effects were important |
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What is the Well-Made Play? |
-Cause-and-effect developed plots -Action revolved around a secret known to audience but not the characters -Opening scenes are exposition, revealing all background info -Lots of foreshadowing in the dramatic action -Each act builds to a climax -Finally, the two opposing characters confront each other -Plot resolved so there aren't loose ends |
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How did Freud influence theatre? |
Idea of subconsciousness, and what we're not in complete control of our thoughts and actions |
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What is Realism? |
-One of the five strands of theatre in the modern era -Conveys everything onstage to resemble observable, everyday life to promote a strong sense of audience recognition and identification |
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Why is Ibsen importnat to Realism? |
-Considered the founder of modern realistic drama -He wrote nonrealistic works at the beginning and end of his career -He believed that theatre should discuss problems in society
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Describe the symbolism theatre movement |
-Sought to express inner truth rather than represent life realistically -Goal is to evoke atmosphere and mood |
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Describe symbolism in design |
-Setting should suggest a location but shouldn't reproduce it |
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What is Theatricalism? |
Exposes elements of theatre to remind the audience that they're watching isn't real |
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What is Biomechanics |
Meyerhold's theory that a performer's body should be machinelike and that emotion could be represented externally
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What is Constructivism |
Non-realistic scene designs that usually used ramps, platforms, and levers. Intended to provide more opportunities for physical action. |
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What is Expressionism |
-Goal is to communicate inner feelings -Uses distortion; striking, often grotesque images; and lyric, unrealistic dialogue -Highly subjective -Dramatic action seen through the eyes of the protagonist -Action may be made up of unrelated events -Characters are representative types, often given titles instead of names |
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What is Futurism |
-Idealizes mechanization, machinery, and war -Believed audiences should be confronted and antagonized |
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What is Surrealism |
-Shows the inner workings of the subconscious -Believed subconscious is the highest plane of reality - Usually sat in drama world, mixing unrecognizable and fantastic elements |
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What is Theatre of Cruelty |
-Begun by Antonin Artaud -Theatre based on magic and ritual, which would liberate deep, violent, and erotic impulses -Not physical cruelty against the audience, but the idea the audiences' senses should be bombarded |
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What is Epic Theatre |
-Begun by Bertolt Brecht -Aimed at the intellect of the audience rather than their emotions to effect social change -His goal was to instruct -To prevent emotional involvement, theatricalism is used -Dramatic action is episodic, covering long periods of time -Lots of locations -Complicated plots with many charcaters |
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How did WWII affect theatre |
- Realistic theatre was seen as being easier to manipulate -Government theatre became instruments for propaganda -Artist leaving their countries for safer places -Theatre took place in Nazi concentration camps (secretly in barracks) |
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What is Existentialism |
-Reaction to to WWII -Belief that: existence has little meaning, God doesn't exist, humanity is alone in an irrational universe, only significance thing a person can do is accept responsibility for their actions |
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What is Theatre of the Absurd |
-Idea that most of what happens in life is ridiculous or absurd and cant be explained logically -Belief that this should be reflected in dramatic action - Plots don't have traditional climatic structure - Nothing seems to happen, the plot moves in a circle - Character's aren't realistic - Settings can be strange and unrecognizable |
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What are the roots of modern musical theatre |
-Melodrama uses background music - Operetta is romantic musical piece with singing broken up by spoken dialogue -By the early 20th century, we were seeing musical shows with more realistic dialogue and better plots |
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Why are Bob Cole and William Johnson important |
Wrote, produced, and directed the first African American musical comedy |
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Why are Bert Williams, George Walker, and their wives important |
-Produced musicals and operettas -First time African Americans actors are on the Broadway stage without blackface, speaking without dialect, and costumed as upper class characters |
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What was the Federal Theatre Project |
-Meant to help theatre artists through the Great Depression -Formed separate African American theatre units in 22 cities -Mounted plays and employed thousands of African American writers, performers, and technicians |
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Why is "Trouble in Mind" by Alice Childress important |
First play by an African American woman to receive commercial production |
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Why is "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry important |
-The first play written by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway |
