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| Age of Feudalism, Age of Liturgical Drama, Age of Vernacular Cycle Plays and Secular Drama |
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| Four Surviving Theatre Elements |
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| Roman Mines, Teutonic Minstrels, Pagan Rights, Christian Ceremonies |
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| First Female Dramatist, First dramatist of the Post-Classical Era. |
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| York, Wakefield or Townley, Chester, N--- Town Plays |
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| Secular Drama of the Late Middle Ages |
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| Farce, Morality Plays, Plays of the Chamber of Rhetoric, Interludes, Tournaments, Mummings and Disguises, Royal Entries |
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| Foundations of Morality Plays |
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| Pater Noster Prayers, Outdoor Preachers, Allegories, Christian Obsession with Death and the Afterlife |
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| Faith, Hope, Charity, Fortitude, Justice, Prudence, Temperance |
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| Pride, Envy, Anger, Sloth, Greed, Gluttony, Lust |
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| Elements Crucial to the Renaissance |
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| Decline of Feudalism, Growth of Cities/Towns, Increased Power of Princes and Royalty, Church's need to dominate learning and life |
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| Interest in Humanist Ideals, Concern for worth of Humanity and Earthly life, Human virtues and ideals grounded in Christianity, Appreciation of Individual achievement. |
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| Dante - The Divine Comedy |
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| First modern literary work in the vernacular |
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| First painter to break from stiff, decorative style of Medieval art |
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| Collector of classic manuscripts. Modeled style after Cicero and Seneca |
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| Boccaccio - The Decameron |
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| Collection of tales based on the classics |
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| Neoclassical Ideal Subsidiary Goals |
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| Reality, Morality, Universality |
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| Three Unities of the Neoclassical Ideal |
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| Designer of St. Peter's Basilica, Painter of Sistine Chapel, Tomb of Giuliano, Pieta |
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| Architettura, Scene Studies (Tragic, Comedic, Pastoral) |
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| Angled wings, requires at least two people to move. Added depth and allowed for further perspective exploration |
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| Wings parallel to the back of the stage, can slide on and off fairly easily |
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| Chariot and Pole Mechanism |
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| Designed by Giacomo Torelli, allows for unseen movement of scenery |
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| Medical Church Mansions Houses |
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| Hell's mouth, Heaven mansion, birth of christ |
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| First use of poured cement in a large dome structure |
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| First interior classical theatre, Vincenza, Italy designed by Palladio |
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| Designed by Bernando Buontalenti. May have been the first proscenium stage, but we are not sure because it burned down. |
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| Designed by Scamozzi. The bridge theatre, between classical and proscenium. |
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| Designed by Aleolti. Parma, Italy. First Proscenium stage. |
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| Ferdinando, Francesco, Giuseppe, Antonio, Carlo |
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| Bibiena Family Innovations |
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| Angled Perspective(Scena per Angelo), Multiple Vanishing Points, Cut out Drops, Strong use of Verticality, Use of Diagonal scenic units to break symmetry |
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| Theatre with balconies extending to the stage. Exterior design by Giuseppe Bibiena. |
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| Theatre with box balconies. Interior design by Carlo Bibiena. |
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| Master - soldier and "ladies man" |
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| Form of theatre with stock characters relying heavily on improv |
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| Master - wears tights that accentuate his crotch. He is greedy and lecherous. |
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| Master - The doctor or learned man. He dresses as such. |
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| Servant - Wears a black mask and carries a slapstick. Can be identified by diamonds in clothing |
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| Servant - Arlecchino's brother. A troublemaker. |
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| Servant - Other than the lovers, she is the only character who doesn't wear a mask. She is often the smartest person on the stage. |
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| King of England, created the Church of England. |
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| Only son of Henry VII who ascended to the throne, died very young. |
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| Succeeded Edward VI, but only for a short time. She was executed by Mary Tudor. |
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| Daughter of Henry VIII. Also known as Bloody Mary. Thought she was pregnant, she wasn't. Then she died of a tumor. |
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| Took over after Mary's death. First of her name. |
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| author of Ralph Roister Doister, the first comedy written in the English language. Headmaster of Eaton College. |
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| Gammer Gurton's Needle - first performed at Cambridge. Fuses Medieval Farce with Roman Comedy. |
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| Wrote the play with a paragraph-long title aka Cambyses, King of Persia. A combination of Historical Drama and Morality Play. |
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| Gray's Inn, Lincoln's Inn, Inner Temple, Middle Temple. Professional associations for Barristers in England and Wales. |
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| Thomas Kyd, Christopher Marlowe, John Lyly, Robert Greene |
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| The Spanish Tragedy. Popularized use of Senecan Devices. Establishes the vogue for the "Revenge Tragedy" |
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| Doctor Faustus, Tamburlaine I and II, Edward II. Developed Chronicle Play into a major Dramatic form. Focuses action around a protagonist with complex motivations. Perfected Blank Verse as a medium for Drama. |
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| Endiunion, Love's Metamorphosis. Refined and Popularized the Pastoral play. |
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| Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay, James IV. Mingled love and pastoral adventures with historical materials. Charming and resourceful heroines traveling in disguise journey through a series of temptation and are rewarded with fulfillment of their fondest dreams. |
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| Candidates in the Authorship Debate |
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| Edward De Vere-17th Earl of Oxford, Francis Bacon, Christopher Marlowe |
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| 38 plays in every dramatic form of the time. First published in 1623 in The First Folio. |
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| Drawing of the Swan Theatre, showing an elizabethan stage |
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| Drawing of Bull and Bear baiting theatres |
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| Map showing Globe and Rose theatre |
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| Detailed drawing of the Beare Garden |
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| Etching on topographical glass of the second Globe Theatre |
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| Accurate reconstructions of The Rose and Globe Theatres |
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| Made the inaccurate model of The Globe. |
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