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What did Italian playwrights choose to mostly write?
And in what style? |
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Tender, sentimental, and pastoral comedies.
In a graceful, witty, and polished style. |
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| Were there any permanent theatres in Italy? |
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| No, there were not and the old Roman ones were in disrepair. |
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| When theatre finally caught in Italy on what changed? |
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| The form of theatre buildings changed and painted scenery changed. |
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| What was mechanical perspective and when was it used in theatre? |
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| Mechanical perspective created a sense of depth using a vanishing point. It started being used during the High Renaissance period. |
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| During the High Renaissance period what did people sometimes come to the theatre for? What was gaining importance? |
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| Just to look at the set instead of the play. Visuals grew more and more important. |
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| What did they do to the dramatic action during the Renaissance age? |
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| They moved it within a "picture frame" or proscenium. |
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| What period did commedia dell'arte appear? |
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| During the High Renaissance period. |
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| Commedia dell'arte had four specific characteristics. What were they? |
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Improvisation- actors completely improvised dialouge within the plot outline.
They used stock characters such as young lovers, old fathers, or comic servants (zanni)
A large part of the humor was visual so actors portraying these roles required great skill, physical dexterity, and timing.
All characters except the lovers and the serving main wore masks and attitudes were communicated through gestures (mime).
People traveled in a company and played the same role over and over (people even changed their names to their stage names. |
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| When did commedia dell'arte disappear? |
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| By the end of the seventeenth century. |
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| What did commedia dell'arte do to women in the theatre. |
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| They introduced them as equals - they often had more important roles than men. |
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| What theatre did Spain have during the High Renaissance period? |
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| Spain saw the creation of a national theatre. When did this happen and who started it? Who brought it to its ultimate fruition? |
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| Around 1550 by Lope de Rueda. It was brought to its ultimate fruition by Lope de Vega. |
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| What were autos sacramentales? |
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| They featured human and supernatural characters and used wagons as stages. |
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| Who is considered the father of professional Spanish theatre? |
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| Lope de Rueda wrote two types of dramas. What were they? What did they deal with a lot? |
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A heroic history type of play based on some national story or legend, and a cloak-and-dagger drama of contemporary manners and intrigue.
They dealt with love and honor a lot. |
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| How did Lupe de Rueda's plays usually end? |
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| They usually ended happy and represent every rank and condition of people. |
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| In spanish theatre, what do the servants usually do? What is the gracioso and what do they do? |
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They imitated and were a parody of the main action.
The gracioso is a comic servant and they comment on the follies of their social superiors. |
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| He wrote a heroic history type of play based on some national story or legend, and a cloak-and-dagger drama of contemporary manners and intrigue. |
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| His plays usually ended happy and represent every rank and condition of people. |
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