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THEA 1030: EXAM 2
commedia dell' arte
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Shakespear and his contemporaries, plays that had stock characters such as pantolone, doctor, capitano etc... Lazzi. Middle Ages. it established professional theatre.
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lazzi
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stock bits
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zanni
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stupid
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slapstick
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comic bit used in commedia dell arte
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pantalone
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was a master
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Arlecchino |
a servant, the one that is clever and funny
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inamorata
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female lover
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Teatro Olimpico
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oldest enclosed theatre in Vicenza in northern italy
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Teatro Farnese
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Teatro Farnese is a Baroque-style theatre in Parma, Italy. It was built in 1618 by Giovanni Battista Aleotti. The theatre was almost destroyed by an Allied air raid during World War II (1944). It was rebuilt and reopened in 1962.
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neoclassical ideas
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derived from Aristotle and Horace, prescriptive criticism and theory (attempts to impose rules.) verisimilitude the appearance of truth. decorum-appropriate social behavior morality. universality-unchanging truths. 3 unities- place, time, action. 5-act structure. no genre- mixing.
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verisimilitude
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the appearance of truth
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three unities
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place time and action
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intermezzi
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fits in between a musical or a dramatic entity, court spectacle with lavish costumes and sets, short plays performed between the acts of a five act play or by themselves.
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opera
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created as an attempt to re-create ancient greek music-drama (tragedy)
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Elizabethan
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refers to the theatre of England, largely based in London, which occurred between the Reformation and the closure of the theatres in 1642. It includes the drama of William Shakespeare, Christopher Marloweand many other world-famous playwrights.
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Christopher Marlowe
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perfected rhythm, most important before Shakespeare
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William Shakespeare
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Lord Chamber ins
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othello
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Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army; his wife Desdemona; his lieutenant, Cassio; and his trusted ensign Iago. Because of its varied and current themes of racism, love, jealousy, and betrayal Othello is still often performed in professional and community theatres alike and has been the basis for numerous operatic, film, and literary adaptations.
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Taming of the Shrew
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comedy by Shakespeare , The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the Induction, in which a drunken tinker named Sly is tricked into thinking he is a nobleman by a mischievous Lord. The Lord has a play performed for Sly's amusement, set in Padua with a primary and sub-plot.
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Lod Chamberlain's/ Kings Men
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williams shakespeare belonged to this group of actors, formed in London.
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public theatre
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the globe
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The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613. A second Globe Theatre was built on the same site by June 1614 and closed in 1642
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tiring house
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