Theater History Final (France)
Theater And Dance 211 with Mancuso at Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway
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By: Laura Williams
Textbook:
The Longman Anthology of Drama and Theater: A Global Perspective, Compact Edition
Created: 2010-12-15
Size: 39 flashcards
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why did renaissance arrive later in france?
civil and religious unrest
three italian influences on french theater
-deMedicis (honored in tours; spectacles; singing and dancing; no plot or characters)
-Cardinal Richelieu (guardian of art and lit; sponsored academie fracaise; erected Palais Royal)
-neoclassicism
Palais Royal
by Cardinal Richelieu
first proscenium in france
scene-shifting machinery
spectators sat on stage
pleiade
literary group that wrote french neoclassical plays for upper class
confrerie de la passion
group that presented religious plays; supposed to have hotel de Bourgogne
theoretical classicism
dictated codes of writing
living classicism
entertainment that public wanted
jeu des paumes
tennis courts
main theaters in france
theatre du marais
comedie francaise
versailles
hotel de bourgogne
theatre du marais
renovated tennis courts
prototype for french theaters
comedie francaise
french national theater
converted tennis court
audience sat in horseshoe shape
versailles
royal theater
aristocrats sat on stage
hotel de bourgogne
influenced by italians
used painted, perspective flats
not proscenium arch
four types of seating at hotel bourgogne
parterre
loges
paradis
amphitheatre
parterre
standing pits
loges
private boxes
paradis
gallery seating, cheapest
amphitheatre
raked rows of seats in back of theatre
trompe l'oeil
"deceive the eye"
referred to paintings on ceiling in Palais Royal that used perspective
what was the first real ballet?
La ballet conique de la reina
salles des madines
-theatre built for ballets
-largest in europe
-machinery for flying royal family in space above stage
-small backstage area
-expensive to produce plays
what renovations did theatre du marais and hotel bourgogne undergo?
proscenium arch
used angled pained perspective scenery
pole and chariot system
amphitheater seating
small upper stage for flying
nobility sat on stage
habit a la romaine
costumes that suggested roman antiquity
french acting companies.... four points
8-12 performers
women could perform and be shareholders
supervised by playwright
used modern and historical costumes
five government supported acting troupes
opera
italian commedia dell'arte
hotel de bourgogne troupe
theatre du marais
moliere's troupe
what were the two roles in french acting troupe?
societaires and pensionnaires
societaires
shareholders
pensionnaires
performers contracted to play minor roles
tirades
angry, lengthy speeches that glorified french language
vraisemblance
portrayed idealized life onstage. emphasis on declamation and posing
baron
Great french tragic and comedic actor
racine
french neoclassicist playwright who wrote la fedra
corneille
french dramatist who wrote querelle de cid
why did querelle du cid violate the rules of neoclassicism?
-too much happened for 24 hours
-violence onstage
-too many locations
-mixed-genres
-breach of decorum - daughter could not mourn her father's death so casually and then marry his murderer
alexander hardy
first famous french playwright who wrote plays for the hotel de bourgogne
what neoclassical devices did hardy embrace?
messengers
5 act structure
what neoclassical ideas did hardy ignore?
unities
violence onstage
supernatural characters
declamatory
studied or artificial eloquence; to speak in a dramatic, pompous, or blustering way
tirade
a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language
About this deck
By: Laura Williams
Textbook: The Longman Anthology of Drama and Theater: A Global Perspective, Compact Edition
Created: 2010-12-15
Size: 39 flashcards
Views: 21
Textbook:
The Longman Anthology of Drama and Theater: A Global Perspective, Compact EditionCreated: 2010-12-15
Size: 39 flashcards
Views: 21
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