Renaissance Theaters The Renaissance Era Rebirth Late 14th Century to early 17th century Increase of wealth creates an increase in interest for the arts Humanism Printing press 1450 s Era of Exploring Italian Theatre Transformation of theatre Drama is not significant copied Greek and Roman Drama Theatre forms that developed Intermezzi Pastorals Opera Commedia dell arte Form of improvisational theatre Commedia Dell Arte Comedy of professional artists Made up of families 1550 1750 Commedia Companies 10 members 7 men 3 women Traveling Troupe Adaptable Stock Charaters Scenarios Just the framework not an actual story or plot Lazzi A comic Bit Italian Dramatic Rules The neoclassical idea Verisimilitude True to life tries to create reality Unities Time plot can only encompass a day Place only one setting Action Nothing that comes out of direct plot cannot be in the play encompasses time and place Highly Prescriptive Elizabeth England Time of exploration Language and literature flourished Elizabethan Drama Christopher Marlowe Iambic Pentameter Stabbed and killed in a bar fight William Shakespeare Tragedy Comedy History Elizabethan Theatre Production Public Theatres Open space theatre All classes attended the theatre Public Theatre Smaller indoor theatre space Open to the public More expensive No painted scenery Costumes reflected class Acting companies The Spanish Golden Age 1550 1650 Spain was a dominate world power Spanish Armada Extended territory all over the world Roman Catholic despite protestant reform all over Europe Isolationist Spanish Drama Adopted techniques of Medieval Drama Produced Religious and secular drama Corral Place where Spain did their plays France in the 17th Century Renaissance late to France Religious civil war Catholic Vs Protest Louis XIV The Sun King Influenced by innovations from Italian Renaissance The Neoclassical age Moliere Tartuffe The misanthrope The miser Influenced by Commedia Dell Arte Pierre Corneille The cid Jean Racine Phaedra Based on play by Euripides