History of Drama Mrs. Veronica R. Christian Fundamentals of Drama I-Advanced

History of Drama Vocabulary Terms Trilogy Closet Dramas Saint Plays Mystery Plays Passion Plays Mansions Cycle Folk Drama Vocabulary Test on Friday (Drama I) Morality Play Moral Interludes Commedia Dell’arte Raked Peking Opera No (Noh) Bunraku Kabuki

Vocabulary Terms Drama II - Advanced Pacify Shaman Hieroglyphics Pharaohs Mantle Deus ex machina Dithyrambs Rhetorical Skene Thespian Claque Interpretive dance Flowerway Kyogen Greenroom Sanskrit trope Test on Friday

Western Drama Greek Drama trilogy Pathos Satirist Roman Drama Amphitheaters Closet Dramas Brown

Western Drama Medieval Drama Saint Plays Mystery Plays The Passion Plays Mansions Pageant wagons cycle Folk dramas Morality plays Moral Interludes

Focus Questions for Western Drama How did drama probably originate? What was the function of the Greek chorus? Name three authors of Greek tragedies and some of their works. How did the Saint and Mystery plays change drama?

The Renaissance and Drama Commedia dell’arte Scenarios Innamorati Innamoratae Christopher Marlowe Ben Jonson William Shakespeare Soliloquy Tiring house Red

The Renaissance and Drama Study Tarras Arras Chamber Heavens Scenery hut groundlings

Focus Questions for Renaissance and Drama What is the Renaissance? How did it affect drama? Describe some of the characters of the commedia dell’arte. Who were the great Elizabethan dramatists?

Later Drama in England Restoration Drama English Drama Since 1700 Raked Stage The Pirates of Penzance The Importance of Being Earnest Green

Later Drama Elsewhere in Europe Czechoslovakia Germany France Ireland Italy Norway Russia Spain Purple

Drama in Asia China Peking Opera Japan No (Noh) Bunraku Kabuki Yellow

Focus Questions for Drama in Asia What is the essence of the No theater? What are some of the major characteristics of this Drama? Who were allowed to participate in theater in Asia?

Drama in the United States The American Company Actors Playwrights Death of a Salesman Hello, Dolly! A Raisin in the Sun Six Degrees of Separation Blue

Focus Questions for Drama in the United States Who were the following playwrights: Shaw Cervantes O’Neill Goethe Ibsen Marlowe Miller

Assignment (Drama I) Get in assigned groups Complete a research paper on your assigned culture. One page in length. Using interesting information found in your research, construct a five minute presentation using Power Pointe, Prezi or any other presentation application Prepared a five minute skit for that culture that includes appropriate costumes, makeup, scenery and memorized lines. Presentations will start on Tuesday Worth two test grades

Focus Questions How did the drama begin? What characterized the drama of ancient Greece? How did drama change during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance? Who were the great Elizabethan playwrights? How has American drama developed?

Assignment Drama II and III Using your textbook, read The Dramatic Circle pp Research the history of the play (i.e. Renaissance, Unite States, Europe, etc.) Using this research, design costumes, stage layout and performance for the play listed above. The stage layout and designs must be turned in. The lines of the play must be memorized. Worth two test grades.

Special Grouping Research background information for: “Show Me the Honey: The Cat in the Hat Knows a lot About That” Make of list of/design props, scenery, sound effects, makeup and costumes needed Write a script adopting the book for a play for children’s theatre (should include stage direction/SFX’s, etc) Performance schedule for children’s theatre (February 21 (this is different from what is on the syllabus) and March 7)

Bellringer Using the link on the board: b.socrative.com/login/student/ Use Code: NPYXGYOJ We had a tie for Spring Showing, so use the letters on the board to vote for one (1) choice.