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What is royal theare?
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professional actors and actresses under the protection and influence of royality
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Theatre companies became associated with the power base of countries such as.. (3)
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Spain, england, france
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Who was Lord Protector
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Oliver Cromwell(was said to have ended a type of threate and begin a new one)
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Theatre buliding and manner of productoin were directly influenced by
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Italty
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What became the most dominant style of theatre?
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The proscenium Arch
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Plays were writting to...
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conform to the dictates of the French Academy
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Theatres were influenced by what sport
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Tennis
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Carteere(pit floor)
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The smart gossip people there 3-4 hours early mainly to be seen, you didn't go to see play
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Neoclassical Dramaturgy
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unities of time, place and actionm, five act structure, avoid stage violance and vigorous stage action
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French wanted plays to be writting by rule, by..
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Aristotle
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Plays were over how long of a time peroid?
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23 hours
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How many acts were in a play?
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5, couldn't be a load of subplots, can't haveviolence
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Characteristics of asian theatre? 4
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Traditional(passed on thru theatre), Synthesis(comming together of diff arts, dance, etc) Non-realistic, spectacle(based on show, bright colors)
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How many different types of masks?
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60
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Types of Noh plays(2)
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Realistic, Dream
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Type of Characters in Noah plays realisitc and dream
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Realistic: travelers, prist
Dream: God's and devils |
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Schools:
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Kanze 1355, the kanze is head of school for life until dead, so far 26
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Define yugen
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fleeting, mysterious beauty
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Define Shite
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Main figure or hero-"doer"
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Define Waki
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Secondary protagonist or antagonist
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Tsure
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companion (usually monks or travelers)
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Define Kyogen
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human comedy (realistic acting, dialoge, lighten up mood)
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Whats Special about the masks
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they are smaller then face, designed so slight tilts of mask will show different facial experssions
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Kabuki elements 3
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All male actors, musical accompaiment, song, dance, skill
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history plays
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take current issues (character upper class)
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Domestic plays(kabuki)
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people more humble standing, what is going on in persons life
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Define onnagata
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make actors playing female roles
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Define kata and Mie
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specific tense momement, character flash and pause
Kata: manner, will know what school actor is from, patter Mie: highen dramatic moment |
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What is Bunraku
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Puppet theatre
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What is gidayu(kabuki)
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narrator
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Chinese opera set
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sets limited, costumes detailed symbolism, elaborate
music:percussive, repetitve vocals movement: stylized, ordered, symbolic precise |
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Roles Sheng(chinesed opera)
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Male
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Dan
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Female
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Jing
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Painted face
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Chou(chinese opera)
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comic
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Acting elements(bunraku)
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speech, song, movement, acrobatics
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Vietnamese water puppetry orgins..
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Farmers along the red river delta
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Locations(water pup)
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Ponds, pools
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Stories.. (water pup)
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Daily life, legends natural histopry
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Kabuki breaks down to what 3 things?
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Song, dance, skill
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Define onnagata(kabuki)
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Woman-style.. acting style
Idealized feminity, Conventionalized |
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Define Aragato(kabuki)
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Wild Warrior Style(samari/warrior, in kamno) mainly in jidimono(history plays) story of upper class
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Shosagoto(kabuki) play
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Dance drama
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Jidamono(kabuki) play
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history play... can't show current events that r political
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Sewamono(kabuki) play
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domestic play (middle/low class character protag, upper play antag.)
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Shinjumono(kabuki) plau
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Love suscide play
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