THEA 1030 1st Edition Lecture 15 Chinese Theatre Beijing Opera Jingju All male characters must wear a head dress Water Sleeve o Extends emotion in the scene Everything must seem effortless and graceful Make up identifies role good or bad Make up replaces mask 3 Things Which Influence Japanese Chinese Theatre from the Greeks Romans 1 Use of masks 2 Use of music 3 All male actors Renaissance Theatre 13 16th Century Renaissance means rebirth o Rebirth of society culture etc Highly dependent upon the Greek and Roman model for society Humanism o A new cultural philosophy emerges o Focuses on man rather than God o Stresses the importance of intellect and reason These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Commedia Del Arte o New dramatic form o Art of comedy o Improvisational form of theatre o Plot outlines but the dialogue is made up by the actors o Used masks but they were partial face masks mouth chin exposed Often grotesque or exaggerated o First to embrace women o All characters are incorporations of stock characters Stock Characters Capitano o Cowardly o Braggart Soldier Pantalone o Lecherous old man attracted to young girls Dottore o Foolish o Scholars o Young Lovers no masks Zanni o Crazy Servants Very Styled Overall stock characters Characters Often carried slapsticks o Used for fighting o Used for noisemaking Performed Lazzi o Standard bits of comic business o Lazzi repetition of an action that makes you laugh Their masks are traditionally leather
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