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| India: Natyasastra (What is it?) |
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| India: Natyasastra (When?) |
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| India: Natyasastra (Covers what?) |
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Religious ceremonies served by dance-drama,
Aesthetics of drama,
Theatre architecture,
Meter,
Speaking style,
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Choreography |
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| 400 BCE - 900 CE. Appeared during Buddhist era. Pinacle during the Hindu golden age. |
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| India: Sanskrit (Characteristics) |
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| Happy Endings, No onstage death or violence, clear distinction between good and evil, good triumphs, mixture of serious and comic, verse-prose-song combined. |
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| India: Sanskrit (structure) |
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| Act divisions vary 1-10, subplots, episodic, acts cannot cover more than a day, no more than a year between acts |
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| India: Sanskrit (4 kinds of hero) |
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| Gallant, sublime, impetuous, quiet |
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| India: Sanskrit (sidekick is:) |
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| India: Sanskrit (9 major emotions) |
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| anger, disgust, fear, pathos, laughter, love, wonder, energy, quietude |
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| Late 400s - early 300s BCE |
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| Chinese: The Pear Garden (When?) |
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| Chinese: The Pear Garden (What?) |
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| Training school for court performers. |
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| Chinese: Yuan (Structure) |
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| 4 acts, 10 songs - each such by the central character. |
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| Chinese: Yuan (Subject Matter) |
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| Plots of virtue in face of oppresion, satire of Mongol rule, stories of separated lovers, good usually triumphs evil |
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| Chinese: Yuan (Main subjects) |
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| People who become immortal/gods, emperors and courtiers, and martyers/loyal officials. |
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| Orphan of Chao, The Circle of Chalk, |
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| Mainly outdoor w/o roof, bare stage, 2 entrance doors, decorative fabrics |
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| Chinese: Song Dynasty (Character types) |
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Sheng - central male role
Dan - central female role
Jing - "painted face," "character" role - usually a villain
Chou - Clown |
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| Chinese: Pear Garden (Why is it important?) |
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| Chinese actors still call themselves "students of the Pear Garden" |
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| India: Kalidasa (Why important?) |
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| Known for lyricism; serious and comic elements; many locations and characters, supernatural elements, combination of Indian philosophy, religion, aesthetics, psychology |
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| One of best-known sanskrit dramas. Many western translations. Romance, secret marriage, curse, magic ring |
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| Plotless, stylized and SLOW, no limitation in time or space, integrates singing, speech, instruments, and dancing! |
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| stylized movement, women played by men |
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| chanted texts, highly crafted and litrary; life-like puppets. (takes tens of years of training to be a puppeteer) |
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| set of guidelines for the life observed by monks in monastaries |
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Latin for "whom do you seek?"
Tells story of the visit to the sepulcher
Three marys go to the tomb of Jesus to anoint his body. They meet an angel reveals that Jesus has risen.
Dramatized to be performed at Easter. Very specific stage directions and line readings. Provided unity of action, dialogue, and impersonaton that mirrors traditional theatrical performance |
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| acting areas of the stage. used for liturgical drama. |
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| Significant locations within the story corresponded with significant places within the church. |
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| musical embellishment of text (i.e. quem quaeritis) |
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| amalgation of plays, collected, but not originally intended to be performed as a cycle |
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| Meant to be performed as a single event, sequentially, in one place |
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| Individual guilds or groups performed their plays on _____?______ and moved from station to station throughout the city CYCLES |
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| Place and scaffold staging |
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| All plays performed sequentially in one place with a central playing area and scaffolds |
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| Staging and Costuming conventions |
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Actos wore medieval dress, rather than historically accurate representational costuming.
Masks were used for Gods, demons, and angels. |
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Allegorical pieces meant to impart a lesson.
Protagonist representative of the human race as well as the personifications of various moral attitudes and attributes, good and bad.
Devil and angel sometimes make appearances.
Standard formula involving fall of man to sin and self-destruction followed by a plea for mercy. |
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| Chinese: Song (Thriving art forms) |
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Novels, new styles of poetry
Professional storytelling
Shadow and puppet theatre
Varied court entertainments, including low comedy. |
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| Chinese: Song (Characteristics) |
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Most talented worked at the imperial court.
Others made itinerant troupes.
Between 5-8 members, performed in teahouses or public spaces, larger towns developed playhouses. |
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