Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
80 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
|
inn-yards
|
preceeded theatres in Elizabethan era, took place in the yards of Inns - alcohol, raised platforms, backstage space.
|
|
|
|
bear and bull-baiting rings
|
spectator sports with circular arenas built for gambling on bears that were tied and tortured by dogs
|
|
|
|
James Burbage
|
carpenter that built the Theatre
|
built what?
|
|
|
The Theatre 1576
|
first permanent theatre in England, raised platform, galleries
|
|
|
|
Richard Burbage
first what? originated what? |
1st famous actor in England, son of James, originated Othello, Richard III, Hamlet and Lear
|
|
|
|
Johannes de Witt Sketch
|
Sketch of the swan and other theatres that gave insight into how the globe was built
|
|
|
|
The Swan
|
theatre in Elizabethan Era that preceeded the Globe
|
|
|
|
The Globe
|
Theatre that housed shakespeare's plays - burnt and was rebuilt and then torn down later. Rebuilt in 1997
|
|
|
|
The heavens
|
hidden from audience, place where rigging for flying machines / balconies
|
|
|
|
Pit
|
where commoners would stand to watch the play
|
|
|
|
Tiring house
|
backstage area for changing
|
|
|
|
inner stage / discovery space / inner below
|
place hidden from the audience for inner scenes
|
|
|
|
clowns / fools
2 people |
William Kempe and Richard Tarleton - danced jigs
|
|
|
|
jigs
|
dances sung with words over them
|
|
|
|
Blackfriars theatre
used to be what? |
Private (indoors) used to be an old monastery, then boys theatre groups played there, and later Shakespeare's Kings Men played there. Exempt from city law - religious property
|
|
|
|
Inigo Jones
and similar to? collaborated with? |
designed theatres and court masques, similar to Serlio, collaborated with Ben Johnson
|
|
|
|
court masques
|
elaborate specatacles in indoor theatres
|
|
|
|
University Wits
|
marlowe, kyd, lyly, and greene
|
|
|
|
corral(es)
|
spanish playing spaces b/t two houses in a yard - aka spanish innyards
|
|
|
|
patio
|
spanish version of pit - standing area
|
|
|
|
taburetes
|
benches before stage
|
|
|
|
la cazuela
|
rear seating area
|
|
|
|
Lope De Vega
and first what? |
first spanish playwright to earn a living, wrote 1200 plays 750 survive
|
|
|
|
entermeses
|
interludes between plays
|
|
|
|
Pedro Calderon de La Barca
|
wrote relgious plays, court plays, myths - a priest and writer
|
|
|
|
autos sacramentales
|
religious plays related to the sacraments - for corpus christi
|
|
|
|
carros
|
spanish pageant wagon - 2 stories had hidden area
|
|
|
|
Pundonor
|
point of honor - no gray area b/t morality and honor, nobody is innocent, justice/vengeance
|
|
|
|
Le Cid
first what? |
1st modern french drama about a man who kills fiancee's father - based on a spanish epic, but french academy deemed it not in values of france
|
|
|
|
hotel de burgogne
first? |
first permanent french theatre
|
|
|
|
Theatre du Marais
|
rival of burgogne, converted tennis court burnt down and was rebuilt
|
|
|
|
Moliere, aka Poquelin
director of what troupe |
director of Bejart troupe, great playwright, adaptations of commedia
|
|
|
|
Sir William Davenant
1) personal life 2) did what to avoid what 3) persuaded who to do what 4) formed what company |
playwright, shakespeare's godson? did opera to circumvent law, persuaded king to grant monopoly to just 2 companies, formed the Duke's Company, adapatations of shakespeare in the 1660s
|
|
|
|
Dukes' Company
first? |
first professional company in england to act in a theatre equipped with changable scenery
|
|
|
|
Thomas Killigrew
what company? |
child actor, then courtier, got a royal patent for his group, Kings Company, not a good businessman
|
|
|
|
King's Company
|
actors who had performed pre-English Civil War, performed in coverted tennis courts and then moved into the Theatre Royal, had rights to major prewar dramas
|
|
|
|
Lincoln's Inn Fields
who performed here |
former tennis court, used first by Duke's company, then by King's company, then back to tennis court, thn later 1400 seat theatre.
|
|
|
|
Drury Lane Theatre (aka theatre Royal)
who performed here |
There have been 4 since 1663, Killigrew's company performed here, fire, got bigger, seen as too plain, david garrick ran it at one point, had forestage
|
|
|
|
Dorset Garden Theatre
who performed here |
Davenant / Duke's Men played here, had a music room
|
|
|
|
Nell Gwynn
|
orange seller to the King, was onstage, had an affair with the king + bore him a child, women onstage at this time
|
|
|
|
Charles Macklin
first what? |
fist naturalistic actor, approached roles more thoughtfully, also an acting teacher, major role - Shylock
|
|
|
|
David Garrick
|
manager, actor, playwright, director, managed the Drury Lane for many years, also adapted many of shakespeares plays
|
|
|
|
Phillipe de Loutherbourg
|
scene painter that brought realisms to the stage, created cut outs, real storm effects
|
|
|
|
Theatre Licensing act of 1737
|
prevented acting for hire/reward/gain in theatres not accepted by parliament, restricted authorized theatres to westminister - so only 2 theatres could exist - drury and covenant garden b/c fed up with pol. satire
|
|
|
|
fop
|
originated by Colley Cibber's portrayal of Lord Foppington, this word is for a stock character who is vain and pompous
|
|
|
|
vizard masks
|
masks worn by women in restoration, later became a symbol of prostitution
|
|
|
|
Sarah Siddons
|
19th Cent. Theatre - sister of john kemble famous touring actress- great lady macbeth
|
|
|
|
John Phillip Kemble
|
actor, manager, playwright - acted @ drury lane, then covenant garden, stiff actor, forerunner to director, helped rebuild covent garden after fire
|
|
|
|
William Capon
|
designed covent garden, authentic
|
designed what
|
|
|
Edmund Kean
|
spirit of romanticism, played othello, debut at covent garden, alcoholic
|
|
|
|
charles kean
what kind of actor? first to? |
son of edmund, actor manager, not as good as edmund, historical accuracy, first to use focused limelight, wooden actor
|
|
|
|
Ira Alderige
|
started with african theatre succeeded kean, early psychological realist
|
succeeded who?
early what? |
|
|
African Grove
|
pleasure garden - drinks + entertainment in US, later became african theatre
|
|
|
|
Mme Vestris
major firsts/achievements |
innovator of theatrical representation, intro box set, ran olympic theatre, covenant garden
|
|
|
|
box set
|
furnished stage rooms with every accessory, just like real life
|
|
|
|
Charles Macready
|
famed english actor, failed manager, forced to stage, though wanted to be a lawyer, famous for pauses, tour in US sparked astor place riot
|
|
|
|
Edwin Forrest
first what? |
first great american born actor, large man, hissed at macready playing macbeth part of astor place riots
|
|
|
|
astor place
|
23 dead, many injured - too many tickets given to nativist sympathizers, chairs thrown at maccready in 3rd act, 15,000 protestors, militia showed up class conflict
|
|
|
|
Augustin Daly
|
had a company at Fifth Avenue, later madison square theatre, theatre manager and playwright
|
|
|
|
david belasco
|
had attention to detail, 6500 river effect
|
|
|
|
henry irving
first what |
first knighted actor, famous in victorian era
|
|
|
|
edwin booth
|
greatest american actor? younger brother killed lincoln
|
|
|
|
charles kean
|
son of edmund, great tragic actor
|
|
|
|
saxe-meningen company
|
started by a duke, experimental theatre co 1866, anticipated the method
|
|
|
|
augustin daly FOR REAL
first what? |
first american director, autocratic manager, playwright, also theatre critic, talent developer
|
|
|
|
Richard Wagner
|
using musical and spectacle, concern for unity and theme as well as gesamtkunstwerk - total work of art ,
|
|
|
|
Bayreuth Festpielhause
|
festival theatre for vagner, good acoustics germany
|
|
|
|
naturalism, who did it
|
zola, gorky, environment and characters intertwined, kitchen-sink drama, photography
|
|
|
|
realism
|
ibsen, is a performance "real"? proposes social problem, solution
|
|
|
|
Independent Theatre Movement
|
small theatres, realistic portrayal of life, andre antoine, stanislav, dachenko
|
|
|
|
andre antoine
|
ran theatre libre (free), did zola, slice of life plays
|
|
|
|
stanislavsky
|
actor director teacher, method acting
|
|
|
|
vladmir dachenko
|
moscow art theatre w/ stanislav. recreation of life of the play, dramaturg, mXAt
|
|
|
|
max reinhardt
|
character actor and director, most celebrated euro director, worked in hollywood and broadway
|
|
|
|
edward gordon craig
|
brit. theorist, director designer, non-naturalistic theatre, wrote the Art of the Theatre, abstract theatre use of light, moveable screens
|
|
|
|
adolphe appia
|
lighting designer, symbolic sets created institute at hellerau
|
|
|
|
Robert edmund jones
|
set and costume designer, dramatic imagination writer, designed for eugene o'neil and provincetown players
|
|
|
|
expressionism
|
externalization of an inner reality, inner mind or pyschological study, emotion, cause and effect minimized, abstract
|
|
|
|
brecht
|
theorist, alienation formed berliner ensemble, communist, berliner ensemble and epic theatre with helen weigel
|
|
|
|
antonin artaud
|
surrealist movement, words < spirituality, physical, mystical, ritual, director is author
|
|
