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29 Cards in this Set
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How long did the Middle Ages last? |
From the fall of the Roman Empire around 470 AD to the 15th century |
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Who had an enormous divide in the Middle Ages? |
Nobility and peasants |
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What are Christian formal dramas referred to as? |
Liturgical dramas |
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Secular |
Things of the world |
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Non secular |
Religious things |
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What are passion plays? |
Plays that commemorated Biblical events culminating in the crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus |
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What is the best known of medieval passion plays ( Corpus Christi)? |
York Cycke in York, England |
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Who is the first modern theatre director? |
George II Duke of Sade-Meiningen |
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The British theatrical designer and theorist who compared the direction of a play to the captain of a ship |
Edward Gordon Craig |
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When did the role of the modern realistic director emerge |
In the second half of the 19th century |
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Who were Chekhov’s early plays developed and collaborated with |
The Russian realist director Konstantinos Stanislavsky |
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When did the Renaissance begin |
In Italy in 15th Century B.C. And quickly spread throughout Europe |
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The chief Italian contribution to the theatre with actors portraying stock character such as “Pantalone” and “Dottore” |
Commedia dell’Arte |
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What inspired the Renaissance? |
The rediscovery of the Classical ideas of ancient Greeks and Romans |
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Humanism |
Humanity is the measure of all things |
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How many plays and sonnets did Shakespeare write |
37 plays; 154 sonnets |
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Where were Passion plays performed |
On a fixed or moving stage |
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What language were passion plays in |
Latin |
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What three categories were Shakespeare plays divided into |
Tragedy, Comedy, and History |
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What is a key to longitivity of Shakespeare’s greatness and acclaim? |
Universality |
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What were Shakespeare’s plays primarily written in? |
Iambic pentameter |
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What is the period in time when Elizabeth I ruled called |
Elizabethan period |
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Where was English theatre performed? |
Large outdoor “public” theatres and more intimate indoor “private” or “chamber” theatres |
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What is the Globe |
The Elizabethan theatre most associated with Shakespeare |
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What was the Elizabethan stage design influenced by? |
Medieval courtyards, Trestle stages, Pageant wagons, Roman amphitheaters |
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What is Lord Admiral’s Men |
The home troupe of playwright Christopher Marlowe |
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What was Composer George Gershwin’s final show for Broadway |
Porgy and Bess a “folk opera” set in the AA community in Charleston, South Carolina |
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What is the Federal Theatre of WPA? |
A federal government program designed to employ out of work actors during the Great Depression |
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What was On the Town |
A musical focusing on three American soldiers on shore leaving during WWII |
