1. 14th- 16th Century By: S A R A H Z I N K E

2. Neoclassicism -end of medieval way of doing things and start of neoclassicism (mimicking the Roman’s) Focused on: -truth (what is it) -unity of time (real time), place (one place), action (one plot) -have traits that people of the class the characters were in would have -purity of genres (no mixing comedy and tragedy) -teach a moral

3. Technical Chariot and Pole system= shifted background ●scenery attached to a pole which was attached to a wagon (mobile) and ropes and pulleys helped with the scenery change

4. Terrence stage Where the stage was split into rooms and so when the curtain would open to one room of a character if the play was happening then -later in the time period

5. Arc hitect ure and paintings= used to create depth Teatro Olimpico=oldest surviving renaissance theatre

6. Commedia dell’arte -tragedy and pastoral (love) plays -actors, dancers (even ballet) and music -Intermezzi=musical performances between acts but something new came along improvisation and stock characters (character from other fictional works) usually performed on the streets

8. -attempt to recreate greek tragedy which they knew used music led to opera style plays >Dafne (1600) performed by Camerata Fiorentina Opera

9. Apollo falls in love with a nymph named Dafne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-8gJz31e- 4&index=3&list=PL67190832F8C7FCAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-8gJz31e- 4&index=3&list=PL67190832F8C7FCAD

10. Aristotle's Poetics - theories of drama (tragedy in particular) Sofonisba (1515) by Giangiorgio Trissino was the first Italian Tragedy

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