THAR 281 1st Edition Lecture 7 Outline of Last Lecture I Reasons for Italian Renaissance II Theatrical Forms Popular Entertainment III Intermezzi and Pastorals IV Opera V Opera Key Terms VI Commedia Dell arte VII Neoclassicism Ideals VIII Theory vs Practice Outline of Current Lecture I English Renaissance The Basics II Elizabethan Drama III Christopher Marlow IV Elizabethan Dramatic Texts V Shakespeare VI Why is Shakespeare Important VII The Audience VIII The Building Itself Current Lecture I English Renaissance The Basics a English Renaissance would not have happened without the printing press b Henry VIII founded Anglican church c Elizabethan drama developed II Elizabethan Drama a Almost opposite to neoclassical ideals b Episodic form c Very heavily uses violence supernatural things and soliloquies d Mixed different genres together i Ex comedy with tragedy III Christopher Marlow a Was part of The University Wits b Killed in bar brawl at a young age c Master at verse drama i Verse drama drama written like a poem d Most famous work was Dr Faustus IV Elizabethan Dramatic Texts a Verse like poetry b Prose not like poetry c Iambic Pentameter iam is a 2 syllable unit with a soft accent i iambic pentameter has 5 iams d Scansion breakdown of accented and unaccented syllables e Masculine Ending a normal line of verse with 10 syllables f Feminine Ending a line of verse with an extra syllable with 11 syllables or more V Shakespeare a Worked for 23 years in London b Was one of the king s men c Works performed at the Globe Theater d Has 37 works attributed to his name e Most famous works Macbeth Hamlet King Lear and Othello i Others include 1 Tanning of the Stew 2 The Tempest 3 Richard III 4 Much Ado About Nothing 5 As You Like It 6 Julius Caesar 7 Rome and Juliet VI Why is Shakespeare Important 1 His fusion of previously developing theatrical components is revolutionary 2 Significantly advanced the neo classical approach to drama 3 Characters from his plays are icons creates a new cannon of icons for others to learn from 4 Situations and conflicts in his plays are timeless VII The Audience a Elizabethan Audience i Comprised of everybody rich and poor ii Audience was rough for Elizabethans iii Audiences were required to actively engage in performances VIII The Building Itself a Partially Roofed b Performances during the day because of light c Audience Spaces i Galleries were covered and people could sit down ii Boxes more private and expensive iii The Pit cheap and ugly d Actor Space i Tiring House where actors change costumes kind of like back stage space ii Inner Above Balcony space iii Inner Below where you would have supernatural creepy things happen iv Inner above and inner below gave bare stage some architectural diversity
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