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Theater After the Greeks
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Roman Theater – different from Greek First permanent theater in Rome – did not survive Temple to Venus Orchestra becomes a seating area because chorus disappears
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Roman Theater in Orange, France
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Introduction of: Dialogue; chorus’ role diminishes Acts/Scenes Setting outside – use of “eavesdropping” Music Comedy more valued than Tragedy Circuses, horse races, gladiatorial combat - leads to end of Roman theater
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Middle Ages – Catholic Church is “KING”
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Medieval Drama – Pageant Wagons
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Mardi Gras wagons…from the small
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…to the intricate
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Terms Deus ex Machina Tableau vivant Allegory Guild
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Deux ex Machina (god from the machine)
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Tableau Vivants (living picture) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrpksLG fVf8
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Allegory
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Guild
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Symbolism
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Vernacular Drama Mystery Plays – Bible plays Miracle Plays – Saint’s plays Morality Plays – Hero plays
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Mystery Plays (Bible stories)
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Miracle Plays (saint stories)
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Morality Play (hero stories)
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Four Daughters of God
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English Renaissance
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Proscenium Stage
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Theatre in the Round
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Thrust Stage
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The Theatres
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The Globe
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William Shakespeare “A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool” As You Like It
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Some of Shakespeare’s famous phrases “To be or not to be: That is the question” “To be or not to be: That is the question” (Hamlet)
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What do you see?
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Vocabulary Caesura – a break; a pause Prologue: Two households, both alike in dignity
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More Vocabulary Enjambment – running from one line to the next without pause Sampson: True; and therefore women, being the weaker vessels, are ever thrust to the wall: therefore I will push Montague's men from the wall
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Still More Vocabulary Blank Verse – unrhymed verse Gregory: 'Tis well thou art not fish; if thou hadst, thou hadst been poor John. Draw thy tool! Here comes two of the house of the Montagues.
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Guess what? Still more vocab Rhyming Couplet – a set of lines, back to back, that rhyme Prologue: The which if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
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One More Iambic Pentameter – a rhythm of pairing ten syllables for each line into five pairs If you would put the key inside the lock if YOU | would PUT | the KEY | inSIDE | the LOCK da DUM | da DUM | da DUM | da DUM | da DUM Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean Where Civil BLOOD makes Civil HANDS unCLEAN
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12 Lines of Shakespeare Memorize 12 lines (monologue) of one of William Shakespeare’s plays. Need an introduction that includes the play, act, scene, and character being portrayed. Don’t forget, intros need “hooks”. Have some kind of prop AND use it. Have some kind of costume. Try your hand at acting. Much of this depends on the type of lines you are doing.
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