Origins
Performances that are meant to appeal to mass audiences and do not require any specific education
What is Popular Entertainment?
Synonym for Actor
What is a Thespian?
Religious plays performed in churches that depicted biblical stories
What are Liturgical Dramas?
The meaning of Renaissance.
What is Rebirth?
The Three Unities
What is the Unity of Time, Place, Action?
History can be chronicled objectively and explained logically
What is Positivism?
The two main forms of Dramas
What are Tragedies & Comedies?
Plays that taught moral lessons through allegorical characters
What is a Morality Play?
Improvised comedy with stock characters
What is Commedia dell'Arte?
3 Examples of Stock Characters...
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A general distrust of objective truth, narratives, theories, and definitions of art.
What is Postmodernism?
The 3 main events in a Greek Tragedy
What is Hubris, Nemesis, & Catharsis?
The broader category for Farces and Comedies
What is a Secular Play?
Short performances between acts of a play
What is an Intermezzi?
The Greek festival in honor of the god Dionysus
What is City Dionysia?
Elements of Theatre
What is the Play Space, Audience, Performers, Visuals, Text, Coordination, and Social Requirements?
The patron god of Theatre
Who is Dionysus?
The language spoken by the common people, as opposed to latin.
What is Vernacular Language?
Typical characters that each have recognizable personalities.
What are Stock Characters?
The 6 elements of Tragedies in order of most importance.
What is Plot, Characters, Theme, Language, Music, & Spectacle?
A reflection of Theatre.
The 3 Tragedians
Who are Aeschylus, Sophocles, & Euripides
The function of an Allegorical character.
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Style & Philosophical way of thinking based on Greek and Roman ideas.
What is Neoclassical?
A long hymn sun by a chorus of 50 men.
What is a Dithyramb?