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Vinegar Tom Pot Luck
More VT Pot Luck
100
The demonstration of attitudes and opinions through gist, gesture and costume
What is Gestus
100
Joans old tomcat, what some believe to be her 'familiar'
What is Vinegar Tom
100
Malleus Maleficarum
What is the Latin name for the book written by Kramer and Sprenger
100
Thumbscrews, leg vices, ducking stool
What were ways of getting witches to confess in 17th century
100
Kramer and Sprenger
Who wrote 'The Hammer of Witches' used in the 16/17th century to help persecute 'witches'
200
The Brechtian technique used in Vinegar Tom to provide commentary on the action
What is song
200
The method Packer uses to test for witches
What is pricking
200
The Witchfinder general who Packer was based on
Who was Matthew Hopkins
200
Elizabeth CLarke
Who was the 'real' 17th century witch whom Joan Noakes was based on?
200
The feminist theatre company Caryl Churchill wrote the play with.
Who was Monstrous Regiment?
300
The juxtaposition of images and scenes in order to 'shock' the audience into recognition and thought
What is Montage
300
A doll made out of clay and used to inflict pain on others by 'witches'
What is a 'poppet'
300
approx. 60,000
How many people were burned as witches in 16/17th Century Europe?
300
To create an objective distance from the issues being addressed
Why did Caryl Churchill set Vinegar Tom in the past?
300
The woman who wrote the music for 'Vinegar Tom'
Who was Helen Glavin?
400
The process of 'making strange' in performance
What is Verfremdungseffekt?
400
The cunning woman, who cures others using herbs
What is Ellen
400
The Equal Pay Act
What act, introduced in 1970, inspired the creation of the play?
400
To create an objective distance from the issues being addressed.
Why did Caryl Churchil set Vinegar Tom in the Past?
400
a system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it
What is patriarchy?
500
intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction
What is the definition of Didactic
500
Any woman who stood outside of societies 'norms'
Who was accused of witchcraft in the play?
500
Who was ruling monarch at the start of the witch trials in England?
Elizabeth I
500
In contemporary dress in a contemporary style that stood outside of the action
How were the songs performed in the original performance of Vinegar Tom?
500
To create a critical distance from the characters and support gestus
Why did Churchill use Multi-roling in VT?