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French Neoclassical & Restoration
theater
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Film, Theatre & Television
Post-Graduate
02/06/2010

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Jeremy Collier

The Purpose of Drama

Definition

-recommend virtue & discountenance

-show the uncertainty of human greatness,sudden turns of fate & unhappy conclusions of violence.

-to expose the singularities of pride & fancy

-to make folly & falsehood contemptible

-to bring everything that is ill under infamy & neglect

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immorality & profaneness of the english stage (1698)
Definition

1) smuttiness of expression

2) swearing & profaneness

3)lewd app. of the scripture

4) abuse of the clergy

5) make the main characters libertines

6) giving them success in their debauchery

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puritans
Definition
they attempted to stamp out (put an end to) theater in England
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Cromwell
Definition
called for the arrest of actors
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tennis courts
Definition
alternate theatre spaces
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William Davenant
Definition
staged the first English opera in his home
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Siege of Rhodes
Definition
the first use of Italianate scenery for the public 1656
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Charles II
Definition

-treated the theatre as royal property

-1660 brought back to England & took the throne

 

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Davenent & Killigrew
Definition
awarded a monopoly on the theatre until 1843
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United Companies
Definition
the merger of the Duke's Men & the King's men ( Davenant & Killigrew)
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comedy of manners
Definition
drawn from the upper class; preoccupation w/ seduction, latest fashions, wit
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comedy of intrigue
Definition
one of the first Englis female writers Aphra Behn
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raked stage
Definition
upstage area only used for scenery
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forestage
Definition
the downstage playing area used only for acting until 1765
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raked pit
Definition
open area for audience with benches
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wing & shutters
Definition
standard scenery usage after 1661
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proscenium doors
Definition
2 on each side of the forestage
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roll drops
Definition
replaces shutters
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act drop
Definition
used for the entr'acte
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avista
Definition
scene changes that take place before the audiences eyes
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footlights
Definition
introduced in 1672
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William Congreve
Definition

-wrote the way of the world

- love = sex

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heroic drama
Definition
emphasized stories centered around rival claims of love & honor
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opera
Definition
similar to heroic drama with the addition of music
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comedy of humours
Definition
eccentricity of behavior depicted based on the bodily humours
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benefit performance
Definition
third night's profits after expenses go to the playwright
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lines of business
Definition
limited range of character types & actor would have through his career
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leading roles
Definition
heroes & heroines in tragedy & light comedy
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secondary roles
Definition
low comedy parts, eccentrics, old  men, fathers
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third line parts
Definition
walking ladies and gentlemen
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utility performer
Definition
spear carrier; young actors
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breeches roles
Definition
women playing men's roles
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neclassical ideal
Definition
"rules" & demonstration of the classic revival 
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unities
Definition

1) time

2) place

3) action

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verisimilitude
Definition
the appearance of truth
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ballet comique de le reyne
Definition
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ballet de cour
Definition
spectacular court festivals
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french academy
Definition
formed to codify the French language
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conferie de la passion
Definition
had a monopoly on the theatre productions in paris
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hotel de bourgogne
Definition
originally the only permanent theatre in paris 
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parterre
Definition
the pit area
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gallery
Definition
seating levels
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loges
Definition
divided boxes for seating
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paradis
Definition
the undivided seating area
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amphitheatre
Definition
the first gallery facing the stage
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jeu de paum
Definition
a tennis court
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prologuist
Definition
actor who entertains the audience before the play
Term
sharing plan
Definition
plan in which profits are divided after each performance
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pensionnaires
Definition
the actors who work for a troupe on salary
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societaires
Definition
sharing members of a troupe
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commedia del arte
Definition
use of improvisational scenes & farce
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le memoire de mahelot
Definition
theatrical record of scenic practices
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theatre superieure
Definition
a second stage set up with balconies & levels
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chariot & pole system
Definition
elaborate method of scene shifting using wagons
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palaisa volonte 
Definition
stock background for tragedy
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chamber a quatre portes
Definition
a room w/ 4 doors
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habit a la romaine
Definition
typical dress of classical heroes
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sun king
Definition
louis XIV
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mazarin
Definition
the prime minister of louis XIV
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richieleu
Definition
prime minister of louis XIII
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moliere
Definition
his work raised comedy to the same level as tragedy in importance
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comedie francaise
Definition
the worlds first national theatre
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