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Kabuki |
a traditional Japanese theatrical art form incorporating all parts of preceding Japanese theatre |
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onnagata |
male actors playing female parts in Kabuki |
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What are the fundamental themes of Kabuki? |
conflicts between humanity and the feudalistic system |
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shosa-goto |
a dance-drama that is almost entirely and exclusively actors dancing to full musical and vocal accompaniment |
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jidai-mono |
a historical drama depicting historical facts or dramatized accounts of warriors or nobles; usually heavy tragedies with brief comedy |
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Why were women banned from acting in Kabuki? |
Authorities feared that the attention they were receiving from male admirers would cause severe public demoralization. |
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When and by whom was Kabuki started? |
It was started by merchants in the latter part of the 16th Century. |
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sewa-mono |
a realistic domestic drama depicting the life of the plebeian class |
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banraku |
Japanese puppet theatre |
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formalized acting |
acting where the most trivial gestures are closer to dancing than anything else; almost every movement is accompanied by music |
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mie |
a climactic moment where the principal actor pauses, assumes a stare, and crosses his eyes |
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What is unusual about Kabuki monologues? |
The cadence in the lines is something halfway between singing and normal conversation. |
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shamisen |
a three-stringed instrument; the most important in Kabuki theatre |
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Why is the color scheme of Kabuki so unique? |
Its costumes and makeup are recognized as some of the most lavish in the theatre world. |
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During what type of play are Kabuki musicians visible to the audience? |
dance-dramas |
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hanamichi |
a flower-walk ramp; a passageway for the actors' entrances and exits from the audience |
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Where in the theatre do Kabuki actors usually perform one of their most important scenes? |
on the hanamichi (flower-walk ramp) |
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Mawari-butai |
a revolving stage that makes rapid changes of scene possible without interrupting the sequence of the plot |
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Describe the Kabuki stage. |
It is low, wide, and has the appearance of a long rectangle. |
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Describe the color and movement of a Kabuki stage curtain. |
It consists of red-brown, black, and green cotton stripes and is not raised, but drawn aside. |
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kurogo |
strange looking figures, clad in all-black, that handle properties on stage while the curtains are open |
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What style did Shakespeare write in? |
early-modern (Elizabethian) English |
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What kind of plays did Queen Elizabeth ban and why did she ban them? |
primarily Catholic religious plays; to avoid public strife |
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What led to the banning of all theatre in England? |
King Charles I was dethroned and exiled by the Puritans. |
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Name four elements of Elizabethian theatre. |
1. many characters 2. men played women's roles (no female actors) 3. many plots 4. many scenes ranging in place and time |
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soliloquy |
a monologue delivered so the audience knows what the speaker is thinking/feeling
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Describe a playhouse theatre. |
• open-air • open to the public • center platform stage surrounded by open standing room • enclosed balcony surrounded the standing room |
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pit (yard) |
an open-air section in the center of the theatre that featured a raised platform stage where most action took place |
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tiring house |
a multi-level facade located at the back of the stage featuring at least two doors at stage level |
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Inigo Jones |
the first innovative set designer who got most of his ideas from Renaissance Italy |
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Blackfriars |
indoor theatres modeled off of Inigo Jones' work that offered high pay to playwrights |
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bear baiting |
a form of Shakespearean-era entertainment that involved tying a bear to a stake and sending dogs to maul it |
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Where was William Shakespeare born? |
Stratford-on-Avon, England |
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How do some experts explain the large number of plays written by Shakespeare? |
he must've been working with a group of writers |
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quarto |
a working copy of a play |
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Nordic Saga |
an epic poem of myth and history from Scandinavia |
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asides |
moments when characters exchange dialogue not intended for other characters to hear
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ending couplets |
two lines that rhyme, denoting the end of a scene |
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How did Shakespeare's plays usually end? |
with public resolution of conflict |
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blank verse |
an non rhyming iambic pentameter; lines included 10 syllables where the stress is on the second syllable |
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Who was the most popular playwright of Shakespeare's time?
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Christopher Marlowe |
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How many plays did Christopher Marlowe wright? |
7 |
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chronicle play |
a history play that emphasizes important issues |
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Machiavellian characters |
characters that would do anything to get what they want |
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How and why did Christopher Marlowe die? |
He was stabbed in the eye in a tavern by someone who thought he was an Elizabethian spy. |
