singing, song writing, acrobats, juggling, fire eating, jesting, conjuring, played musical instruments.
100
What church took control and banned drama for 200-300 years?
Roman Catholic Church
100
What is a speech that is given by an actor directly spoken to the audience (breaking the 4th wall)
Aside
100
Define "Doth"- "The fool doth think he is wise"
Does
200
What were some issues that took place in the audience: labeling them as "rowdy"
prostitution, theft, drugs, violence, vegetables being thrown, the weather/elements
200
What modern day literary concept developed from minstrel songs/performances
Nursery Rhymes
200
How many lines were in a "playlet"?
4
200
What is one play we discussed that involved both "eavesdropping" and "play within a play" techniques?
Hamlet
200
"Thou know'st the mask of night is on my face" Define 'thou know'st"
You know
300
What do you call the area inside of the canopy where actors waited to be lowered "from the heavens" through a trap door?
The Hut
300
What are some common themes of minstrel songs?
love, hardships, traveling, historical events, great leaders.
300
A play which depicted saints and their rise to religious glory
miracle plays
300
What is the difference between a soliloquy and a monologue?
a monologue will continue a conversation- a soliloquy is a speech given about internal feelings on an empty stage
300
"give every man thy ear, but few thy voice"
You should listen and learn from everyone, but only tell a select few what you are thinking.
400
What determined where you sat at the theatre?
Theatre was very much a social event so people often went just to be seen. The levels of seating you could sit at depended on your social class.
400
Once the church saw how effective minstrel performances were for story telling, they adapted dramatic techniques into their services for what reason?
To try to reach the lower class in a more "vernacular" way.
400
What was so important about the female play write who created "Quem Quaeritis" (Whom Do You Seek)?
She took traditional scripts and rewrote them in a way which tested female roles in their religious convictions and had them succeed in order to try to change the way the church viewed women.
400
During this time the purpose of drama switch from "teaching" to...
Entertaining
400
Translate:
"A maiden blush bepaints my cheek"
Im starting to blush!
500
What did the options of a red, black, or white flag flying represent? (Be specific for each color)
Black- Tragedy
Red- History
White- Comedy
500
Minstrel Performance began after dancing was named as a sin. Why did the church think it was a sin?
They said there was nothing emotional about it: that it was strictly a physical act.
500
What type of focus was placed on costuming and set design in Medieval Drama
costumes were not elaborate- they didn't try to convince you that the actors were actually the characters. Stages were either fixed or mobile and special effects were little to none.
500
Describe traditional costuming and set of Elizabethan Drama: How much did they focus on each.
Costumes were elaborate and scenery was not: one tree might represent a forest or a throne would represent a castle.
500
Translate:
"Or if though think'st I am too quickly won,
I'll frown and be perverse and say thee nay."
If you think I am "too easily won" or "too quick to love you" and you tell anyone that I will deny it and be angry at you and slander your name for it.