Welcome to the Renaissance
When was the Renaissance?
1350-1600
Comedy, Tragedy, History
How many words/phrases did Shakespeare create or popularize?
About 1,700
How many syllables are in a traditional Imabic Pentameter line?
10
How would you describe the energy of a renaissance theater?
Rowdy/noisy/like a football game/etc.
What is Feudalism?
A system of governance in which a king delegates responsibilities of oversight of land to a duke, who delegates to farmers, who delegate to serfs
His father sent him to grammar school
What genre did Shakespeare practically create?
Romantic Comedies/Rom-coms
When Shakespeare writes a line in any meter beyond iambic Pentameter, who is he trying to communicate with?
The Actor
What do you call a stage built on a slant toward the audience?
A raked stage
Where did the Renaissance start?
Italy
Where was Shakespeare born?
Stratford-Upon-Avon
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When Shakepeare writes a line in rhyming couplet, who is he trying to communicate with?
The Audience
Why were the cheap seats in Renaissance Theaters located at the front of the building?
They could get rained on
Why did the renaissance occur?
Name one way that Shakespeare was a bit of a rebel.
The affair, his favorite themes, having a child outside of wedlock, etc.
Name at least one film with a Shakespeare reference and what it references.
Star Wars, Hamilton, etc.
How should an actor read lines with less than 10 syllables?
Slower/slowing down
What was the most elaborate part of a renaissance theater performance?
The costumes
Name two Renaissance artists.
Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Shakespeare, etc.
What was the first name of the theater company that Shakespeare joined?
The Lord Chamberlain's Men
Name one film that is based on a Shakespeare story.
Gnomeo and Juliet, Anyone But You, O, etc.
How should an actor read a monosyllabic line?
Hit. Each. Word.
What is a gallery?
The area above the stage