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Theatre History
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Undergraduate 2
03/04/2009

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Thespis
Definition
535 BC, first actor, traveled around in cart that folded down into a stage
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theatron
Definition
a viewing place (from the seats to the whole thing)
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Why were the theatres built outside?
Definition
hillsides, good acoustics, easy to build, raked seating, stone or wood, 15-17,000 ppl
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proedria
Definition
dignitary seating
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parados
Definition
entrance for audience
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orchestra
Definition
major playing area in middle circle
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thymele
Definition
big stone alter in center (religious ceremonies)
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skene
Definition
scene building behind orchestra, 3 doors, costume changes behind, actors chilled
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thyromata
Definition
center door where lead characters enter or converse in front of
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proskenion
Definition
low porch, give levels and interest
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When were the plays performed?
Definition
comedies- morning with hot bright sun, tragedies in afternoon with shadows, sunrise behind audience
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mica
Definition
first lighting instrument, stone with reflective surface, men reflect light onto leads
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cothurni
Definition
boots with tall heels to create bigger shadows
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onkos
Definition
tall headdress with feathers
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Why masks?
Definition
amplify voice with little megaphone, made of cork or wood with linen, stock characters, one actor with several parts, create female characters, exaggerated expressions, distinguish emotion
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pinake
Definition
wooden frame stretched with fabric and painted, flat used to create scene change
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periaktoi
Definition
three sided flat that rotates, put together to create a scene
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eccyclema
Definition
"that wich is rolled out" wagon rolled out onto stage through thyromata, bodies piled onto it to show aftermath of violence or furniture
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deus ex machina
Definition
god from a machine, rope and pulley system used to lower actor onto stage, portray a God
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Romans were different...how?
Definition
right in city, not on hill, orchestra in half
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scaena frons
Definition
facade of scaena, elaborate
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pulpitum
Definition
raised stage area for performance
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auleum
Definition
raised curtain from a trough in the stage floor, lowered into floor
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trap doors
Definition
used for exits and entrances
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valva regia
Definition
most important, portae hospitales others
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velum
Definition
cloth awning hung over portion of audience to cool them, rose water thrown on them
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roman ampitheatre
Definition
circus, chariot races, gladiators, sea battles
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Marcus Vitruvius
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De Architectura
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What happened in 467AD
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Romans fall, theatres torn down, 500yrs no theatre
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Medieval theatre
Definition
church revives theatre to educate
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trope
Definition
bible strory presented during religious holidays
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mansion
Definition
platform representing representing specific location, built in courtyard too many ppl in church
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pageant wagon
Definition
traveling platform served as a stage, forerunner of a parade
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secret
Definition
stage effects to surprise and entertain audiences, smoke and fire, mouth of hell, trap doors, fireworks, fountains, bladders with animal blood, Jesus walking on water, earthquakes
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who is the most popular character in medieval theatre
Definition
the devil
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sebastiano serlio
Definition
rewrites Architettura Vitruvius, move towards mankind waya from religion, interest back to Greek
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Teatro Olympico
Definition
Roman looking theatre
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forced perspective
Definition
illusion of creating great distance, depth
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who are the freakin Bebienas
Definition
family of set designers
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first proscenium
Definition
Teatro Farnes, picture frame edge for perspective to vanish into, machinery needed to be hidden
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proscenium
Definition
picture frame stage
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wing space
Definition
area off stage L and R to store scenery
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fly loft
Definition
space above stage where scenery is flown out of veiw
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wing and drop scenery
Definition
use of elaborate backdrops and wing flats to create stage scenery, painted in force perspective
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Giacoma Tortelli
Definition
invented pole and chariot system great sets built for grand operas, how do we change the set to amaze audience
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avista
Definition
changing scenery in full views of audience
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raked stage
Definition
stage designed to advance the illusion of distance, with the back of the stage raised higher than the front
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thunder box
Definition
long narrow box lined with copper filled with rocks, tilted back and forth above stage
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wind machine
Definition
open wheel with slats rubbing against a heavy cloth when turned created illusion of wind
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wave machine
Definition
logs carved into wave shapes turned to create illusion of waves across stage
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the yard
Definition
out in the middle
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groundlings or stinkards
Definition
ppl at bottom sitting in yard
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tiring house
Definition
structure in back, green room type thing
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the heavens or the shadows
Definition
protected the actors by covering the stage, painted detailed of sky, ornate, trape door for lowering characters
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inner above inner below
Definition
two levels of tiring house for things like a balcony scene, no breaks
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