Thea 1030 1st Edition Lecture 17 Current Lecture Elizabethan Theatre Production All classes of people attended theatre Audience was divided into three tears levels o Pit Closest to the stage Groundlings poorest people watched from here They stand Lowest level o Galleries Sit on cushions Mid level o Boxes Box seats Richest people sit here Highest level Acting Troupes 3 Distinct Levels o Lowest Level Apprentice Level Youngest actors Help build set as well o Mid Level Hirelings Hired for a specific role o Highest Level Shareholders Most experienced Receive a percentage of what the show makes Paid the best Plays performed in repertoire o Different plays everyday Different shows back to back Plots posted backstage with sides o Cue sheet for actor s lines Dialogue spoken directly to Audience 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 o Audience came to listen to the language not necessarily to see the play being performed Christopher Marlow 1564 1593 He creates might line o A new type of dramatic verse Iambic Pentameter o 5 beats to each line o 2 syllables to each beat o Accent falls on the second syllable This metered writing is adopted by other writers of the period Scansion the process of identifying the metric construction of the line of poetry in terms of the Iambic Pentameter William Shakespeare 1564 1616 Prolific Writer he wrote o Comedies o Tragedies o Histories o Poetry Master of Language o Power of metaphors in his language Writes contemporary English Rules of grammar today were not known to him Master of episodic plot structure Creates well rounded characters Able to show us the heart of all men Moves away from the stock characters stereotypes Video Watched in Class The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare One of his earliest comedies Highly influenced by Commedia Del Arte Embraces stock characters in this play but not usually Zanni Servants War between the sexes Takes place in Padua Characters Baptista Nobleman Father Katherine His oldest daughter o Shrew the snob Bianca o Young and fair Hortensio Suitor to Bianca Gremio Suitor to Bianca Lucentio In love with Bianca o Immediately infatuated with her o From Pisa Petruchio Suitor to Katherine o He wants to travel o His father dies o He wants to marry Katherine for money Servants o Tramio o Biondello o Grumio Petruchio s servant
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