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Commedia Dell'Arte:
(1) Intermezzi (2) Pastoral (3) Opera/Libretto |
(1) short pieces depicting mythological tales, performed between acts of full-length plays
(2) Italians imitation of a Greek satyr (3) Invented during renaissance, libretto is the text of the production which is secondary to music in opera |
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Commedia dell'arte
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Comedy of professional artists
No set test - improv Short plot outlines without dialogue (scenario) Stock characters |
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Stock characters:
Pantalone Dottore Capitano Zanni |
Pantalone: miserly old Venetian man
Dottore: foolish scholar Capitano: cowardly, braggart soldier Zanni: foolish servants (Harlequin) |
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Neoclassical Ideals
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Verisimilitude: drama should be true to life, wanted stock dramatic situations
Unity of time, action, and place Tragedy deals with royalty Comedy deals with common people Two genres are never mixed No onstage violence Must teach a moral lesson |
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Elizabethan England: Christopher Marlowe
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Dramatic poetry
"mighty line" = poetic verse Iambic pentameter (u/) |
