The Theatre of the Italian Renaissance

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The Theatre of the Italian Renaissance 6 The Theatre of the Italian Renaissance (photos12.com-ARJ)

Background: The Renaissance in Italy © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Jaume Serra © 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Humanism © 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Printing Press © 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Italian Theatre Drama Tragedies and Comedies Intermezzi and Pastorals THE MANDRAKE (© Erin Beth Donnelly) © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Italian Theatre (continued) Opera Only theatrical form of the Italian Renaissance to survive Scarlatti Mozart Wagner Verdi © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Italian Theatre (continued) Commedia dell’Arte: A Popular Theatrical Form Conventions of Commedia dell’Arte Commedia Companies I Gelosi Influence of Commedia dell’Arte (© Christie’s Images/Corbis) © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Stock Characters of Commedia dell’Arte (© Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY) © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Italian Theatre Architecture Theatre Buildings Teatro Farnese and the Proscenium Stage © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Teatro Olimpico (© Dennis Marsico/Corbis) © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Theatre at Sabbioneta (© Scala/Art Resource, NY) © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Teatro Farnese and the Proscenium Stage (© Ruggero Vanni/Corbis) © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Italian Dramatic Criticism The Neoclassical Ideals Decorum and Verisimilitude The Unities: Time, Place, and Action Genre and Other Rules The Neoclassicists’ Influence © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Decorum Characters should behave according to their status (age, sex, profession, rank, etc) Marriage of Figaro © 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Verisimilitude Drama should be true to life No ghosts or supernatural events Not realism but more stock situations and characters. Recognizable types © 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Italian Dramatic Criticism (continued) Issues of Dramatic Criticism The Nature of Criticism: Descriptive – what has happened before Ex. Mourning Becomes Electra – O’Neill Prescriptive Criticism – rules and formulas The Nature of Drama: Should Theatre Be Didactic? Should plays teach or should art exist for art’s sake. Horace? © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Neoclassical Structure 3 Unities © 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Genre © 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Legacy of the Italian Renaissance Almost all western theatre was eventually influenced by Italian dramatic criticism and advances of the Italian Renaissance © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.