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Theatre History Terms- Italian, English, French and Spanish Theatre
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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 4
05/28/2009
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Commedia dell'arte
 Definition
comedy of arts
Term
verisimilitude
 Definition
true to life
Term
decorum
 Definition
characters behave in ways of age, profession, gender, etc.
Term
intermezzi
 Definition
short plays between acts
Term
lazzi
 Definition
short comedic bit
Term
capitano
 Definition
cowardly/baggart soldier
Term
slapstick
 Definition
physical comedy
Term
pastoral
 Definition

short/ribald comics,

happy endings,

lovers reuinited
Term
opera
 Definition
reflects classical influences
Term
Teatro Olimpico
 Definition
oldest surviving theatre
Term
procenium arch
 Definition
framing device
Term
perspective
 Definition
illusion of depth
Term
humanism
 Definition
emphasis on human/ God things
Term
Arlecchino
 Definition
most popular of comic servants
Term
Pantalone
 Definition
lecherous, miserly old venetian
Term
Dottore
 Definition
foolish pedant involved in neighbors affairs
Term
zanni
 Definition
servants (zany)
Term
Innamorato
 Definition
male lover
Term
I Gsielo
 Definition
most acclaimed commedia dell'arte
Term
Teatro Farnese
 Definition
most noteable theatre of Italian Renaissance
Term
pit
 Definition
where audience stood
Term
raked
 Definition
angled upstage to downstage
Term
Giacomo Torelli
 Definition

the great wizard

pole and chariot method- scene shifting
Term
Sebastiano Serlio
 Definition

scene design

introduced perspective

Architetura
Term
Lodovico Castelvetro
 Definition
codified the 3 unities
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Nicoli Machiavelli
 Definition
La Mandragola
Term
The Globe
 Definition
Shakespeare's Theatre
Term
tiring house
 Definition
actors changing house
Term
private theatres
 Definition
excluded to those who couldnt afford it
Term
sides
 Definition
contained an actors lines and cues
Term
masque
 Definition
extravagant court festivals praising monarchs
Term
yard
 Definition
groundlings
Term
heavens
 Definition
roof of Elizabethian theatre
Term
The Second Blackfriars
 Definition
private theatre
Term
iambic pentameter
 Definition
5 iams- Shakespeare
Term
spoken decor
 Definition
characters that described the setting
Term
the master of revels
 Definition
liscensing man
Term
Lord Chamberlains men
 Definition
Shakespeare's company
Term
The University Wits
 Definition

school of dramatists

circle of young writers
Term
Christopher Marlowe
 Definition

1st Dramatists

Doctor Faustus
Term
Thomas Kyd
 Definition
The Spanish tragedy
Term
Richard Burbage
 Definition

creates globe

lead of Hamlet

leading actor of LCM
Term
Ben Johnson
 Definition

violated neo rules

involved with war of the theares

court poet
Term
Inigo Jones
 Definition
court architect/designer
Term
Francis Beaumont
 Definition
Philaster
Term
Robert Green
 Definition
university wit
Term
The Spanish Tragedy
 Definition

ghosts/soliloquies

theme of revenge
Term
Volpone
 Definition

Ben Johnson

comedy of Humors
Term
Auto Sacramental
 Definition

religious plays

(Corpus Christi)
Term
corrales
 Definition
public theatres
Term
comedias nuevas
 Definition
secular plays
Term
carros
 Definition
pagent wagons
Term
pasos
 Definition
short comic pieces
Term
autor
 Definition
author/manager
Term
capa y espada
 Definition
cape and sword
Term
entermeses
 Definition
interlude during intermission
Term
mosqueterors
 Definition
groundlings
Term
cazuela
 Definition

"stew pot"

where women sat
Term
zarzuela
 Definition
stylized musical drama based on mythology and ornate scenic effects
Term
Lope de Vega
 Definition

The Sheep Well

Ordianed Piece
Term
Lope de Rueda
 Definition

author/manager

most popular performer
Term
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
 Definition

nun

female playwright
Term
Pedro Calderondela
 Definition
Life is a Dream
Term
The Olives
 Definition
Pasos play
Term
Societaires
 Definition
share holders
Term
Confrerie de la Passion
 Definition
organized in Paris to present religious plays
Term
Theater du Marais
 Definition
French Theatre
Term
Comedie Francaise
 Definition
establishment of French National Theatres
Term
Pleiade
 Definition
library froup forming neo french plays
Term
Hotel de Bourgogne
 Definition
Theatre made from tennis courts
Term
Indoor tennis courts
 Definition
theatres
Term
Palais Cardinal
 Definition
first precenium theatre
Term
doyen
 Definition

head of the company

actor with the longest service in troupe
Term
pensionnaires
 Definition
contracted to perform minor roles
Term
Armande Bejart
 Definition
Molieres wife
Term
Alexandre Hardy
 Definition

supernatural characters

ignored
Term
Jean Racine
 Definition

French King of Tragedy

Phaedra
Term
Michel Baron
 Definition
finest of late 17th century
Term
Pierre Corneille
 Definition

Heroic characters

Le Cid
Term
Moliere
 Definition

wrote play for the court

Tartuffe
Term
Phaedra
 Definition

neoclassical tragedy

Racine
Term

Le Cid

 

 Definition

violated neoclassicalism

serious play

Cornielle
Term
Tartuffe
 Definition

most known comedy

"thoughtful comedy and satire"

meaningful

Moliere
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