creates a sense that the audience is sharing the experience with others for the first time
What is theatrical illusion?
100
Known for eloquent language, was a slave.
Who is Terence?
100
Dealt with trails of romance, good portion of the dialogue was sung.
Who is Plautus?
100
early drama, written in Latin and as part of the mass.
What is liturgical drama?
100
must not be too perfect or pull too hard at the heartstrings but must be noble.
What are Aristotle's guidelines for tragedy?
200
performance that places human experience before a group of people--an audience--in that present moment
What is theater?
200
born in 1564; wrote tragedy, comedy, and history plays.
Who is Shakespeare?
200
needed a good singing voice.
Who is the Roman Actor?
200
earliest known trope.
What is Quem Quaertis?
200
a recognition of truth involving fate.
What is anagnorisis?
300
a reversal (the here gets what he wants, but it is actually destructive)
What is peripeteia?
300
wrote Fences
Who is August Wilson?
300
first orator that emphasized the body.
Who is Cicero?
300
dramatized the mystery of Christ's passion through a series of Biblical events
What are Mystery Plays?
300
introduced the 2nd actor.
Who is Aeschylus?
400
the conclusion is catastrophic and seems inevitable, protagonist suffers terribly and seems disproportionate to culpability, suffering is redemptive and brings out the noblest of capacities for human learning
What is tragic vision?
400
wrote Angels in America
Who is Tony Kushner?
400
elimination of the chorus, added musical accompaniment, created an emphasis on eavesdropping.
What are changes in Roman drama?
400
used religious characters and themes to teach a moral lesson.
What Morality plays?
400
the festival in February.
What is the Anestheria?
500
often dealt with the lower classes (showing the stark side of life). Focused on the lower class to call attention to social problems and initiate reform.
What is naturalism?
500
wrote 1200 plays that were mostly short in length; Most famous Spanish playwright.
Who is Vega?
500
place that could be flooded for special effects.
What is the orchestra?
500
the Protestant reformation and secular qualities overcoming religious material.
What are reasons for the decline of Medieval theatre?
500
the hero, alone and willful, asserts his or her intellect and energy against the ultimate mysteries of an imperfect world.