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33 Cards in this Set
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How are play titles written?
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In italics or underlined
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What are Aristotles Six Elements of Theatre?
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1. Plot
2. Thought 3. Diction 4. Character 5. Spectacle 6. Song/Music |
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What are the four main components of structural analysis?
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1. Point of attack
2. Climax 3. Exposition 4. Denouement |
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What are the two main types of dramatic structure?
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1. Episodic
2. Climactic |
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How does the theatre progress during Greek times?
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It flourished because the government sanctioned and promoted the artform
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What are the four characteristics of Greek Theatre?
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1. Violence occurs off stage
2. Genres were never mixed 3. Actors wore masks 4. Written in VERSE |
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What Greek Playwrights were famous for their TRAGEDIES?
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1. Aeschylus
2. Sophocles 3. Euripedes |
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What Greek Playwright(s) was/were famous for their Complete Comedies?
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Aristrophanes
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How did theatre progress during the Medieval times?
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Disappeared while Church prohibited theatre activity
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What era of theatre used SPECIAL EFFECTS?
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Medieval
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Name the THREE characteristics of Medieval theatre.
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1. Emphasis on the Afterlife
2. 1st use of Episodic structure 3.Mainly Bible stories, then morality & miracle stories |
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In Medieval theatre the location was called what?
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Mansion
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In Medieval theatre the acting space in front of the mansion was called what?
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Platea
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What famous playwright comes from the Medieval theatre?
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Anonymous
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How did theatre progress during Elizabethan times?
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Queen Elizabeth sanctioned and supported it, allowing it to grow.
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Shakespeares (and others) writing changed after what occurance?
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King James I ascends the throne
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Christopher Marlowe contributed what to theatre?
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Perfection of the Iambic Pentameter
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There are some "Combonation Characteristics" in Elizabethan Theatre. What are they?
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Combonation of...
-Medieval & Renaissance -Episodic & Climactic structure -Tragedy & Comedy |
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In Elizabethan Theatre was the violence shown on or off stage? What era influenced this?
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*ON stage
*Medieval |
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Why would Elizabethan playwrights include long speeches and monologues in their plays?
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Their audience loved the English Language
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Who are the famous Elizabethan playwrights?
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1. Christopher Marlowe
2. William Shakespeare 3. Ben Jonson |
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What Era is responsible for the UNITIES?
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French Neoclassical
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What are the three Unities?
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1. Time (less than 24hrs)
2. Place (only one place) 3. Action (only one plot) |
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Who is the playwright famous from the French Neoclassical Era?
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Moliere
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Moliere is thought of as what?
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The French equivalent of Shakespeare
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What was the most influential movement on Western theatre practice?
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Realism
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What are the two main characteristics of Epic theatre?
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1. Desire to create an intellectual experience
2. Alienation |
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What is Alienation?
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It is reminding us that we are in a theatre watching a play; it destroys theatrical illusion
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What are the three characteristics of Theatre of the Absurd?
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1. Illogical plot
2. Non-sequitors 3. Artists influences by existentialsim |
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Modern theatre combines what two things?
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realism & non-realism
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Who are the famous playwrights from Modern Theatre?
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1. Eugene O'Niell
2. Arthur Miller 3. Tennessee Williams |
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What word most acurately describes Contemporary Theatre?
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Eclectic
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Who are the famous playwrights from Contemporary theatre?
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1. David Mamet
2. Wendy Wasserstein 3. Tony Kushner |
