Theatre History Medieval to Elizabethan
Mummer play plot
A Hero (knight/soldier) and chief opponent, the Fool, who kills the knight in some quack fight, and a quack Doctor.
action by Queen Elizabeth led to the rapid development of secular drama
Banning of religious plays
the Glories
Cycle plays were performed on multiple stages. The ones that represented Heaven (covered in cotton to appear to be clouds)
the 3 Renaissance Periods
Early Renaissance (1400-1500) High Renaissance (1500-1525) Mannerism (1520-1600)
Ralph Roister Doister
English farce by Nicholas Udall. Trickster tricked plot.
characters from an Everyman play
God, Death, Everyman, Good-Deeds, Angel, Knowledge, Beauty, Strength
the 1st English tragedy and its playwrights
Gorbeduc - Thomas Sackville and Thomas Norton
5 of the Zanni (servant) characters from Commedia dell 'arte
Harlequin; colourful patched costume, carries a batocio (slapstick), mischievous mask Brighella; quarrel, trouble, womanizer, quest for food, carries small baton or sword, and guitar/lute Pulcinella; basically Michael, Eeyore, simple manner, simple white costume Pedrolino; "little pete" charming, kind—to point of excess, gullible, easily tricked, often maskless, too big clothes Columbine; Harlequins mistress or wife, ragged and patched dress, intelligent, heavy make up, apron, basket and tambourine.
1st female playwright
Hrosvitha; re-works of Terrence.
List 3 factors that led to the decline of Medieval Theatre.
Increased interest in classical learning changing social structure dissension with church led to banning of religious plays
Masques
Introduced to King Henry the VIII from Italy as early as 1512. Spectacles of nobility.
The Proscenium Theater, as we know it today, is a product of the ______________.
Italian Renaissance
most prolific playwrights of the Golden Age of Spanish Theatre
Lope Felix de Vega and Pedro Calderon.
the Father of Spanish professional Theatre
Lope de Rueda
two scenic areas/structures utilized to stage Liturgical Dramas
Mansions; small scene structures, and Platea; a general acting area adjacent
Mystery Plays
Medieval plays about Christ or from the Old Testament
Miracle Plays
Medieval plays about lives of saints, historical and legendary
Morality Plays
Medieval plays that were didactic allegories, often of common man's struggle for salvation
wrote Don Quixote
Miquel de Cervantes
Gammer Gurton's Needle
Mr. S Mr. of Art. (maybe William Stevenson) Reminiscent of Terrence
the 5 types of Medieval drama in chronological order
Mummings - of the people Mystery Plays - about Christ or old testament Miracle Plays - lives of saints Morality Plays - didactic allegories; common man's struggle for salvation Masques - for the royal court; super extravagant
the three major contributions of the Renaissance to the Theatre
Neoclassical ideals in playwriting, Italianate staging and architecture, Commedia dell'Arte
Other Mummer play characters
Old Father Christmas, Beelzebub, Little Devil Doubt
3 of the "Masters" characters from Commedia dell 'arte
Pantalone; money, controls finance, usually obeyed, tight-fitting clothes with loose cloak, Turkish slippers, lean and scrawny. Gold chain Il Dottore; doctor, bachelor or widower, usually fat, academic robe, handkerchief and large book, up the day prop Il Capitano; self-appointed, silly title, never from the town it takes place in, satire on military
Who wrote Life is a Dream?
Pedro Calderon
Liturgical Drama
Sacred Drama; drama within the church
most distinct characteristic of Medieval Theater
Simultaneous staging
Sebastiano Serlio
The Artist/Architect who published Architetura, the first work detailing the design and construction of a court theatre. Based on Roman - Vitruvius' books of Architecture
the Register
The Master copy of a Medieval cycle play
3 most complete Miracle play collections
The York Cycle (48 pageants) The Wakefield Cycle (32 pageants) The Chester Cycle (24 pageants)
"Quem Quaeritis" (The Three Marys)
The earliest extant drama from the middle ages was a four-line dramatization of the resurrection of Christ, with direction for its performance
the Hellmouth
The mechanical apparatus used to depict the entrance to hell
Master of Secrets
The person in charge of all of the mechanical special effects
two plotlines that were main preoccupations of Medieval Farce
Trickster is tricked and cuckolded husband.
a Lazzi (name 3 and their characters)
a goof or bit. Pulcinella—macaroni bit frightening large medical instrument—Il Dottore the returning coin—Pantalone
University Wits
an informal group of scholars who began applying classical standards to the needs of a vigorous contemporary stage. 3 members include Robert Green, Thomas Kyd, John Lyly
The Bibienas
family of scenic artists, advanced the design through their elaborate backdrops
Everyman
most known morality play
pageant wagons
movable wagons
"The Second Shepherds' Play"
part of the Wakefield Cycle, is considered one of the "jewels of Medieval Theatre"
The Boy and the Blind Man
play written by an anonymous playwright considered the oldest surviving French farce
Farce of the worthy Master Pierre
the anonymous medieval farce written originally in French later translated into English. Printed in 1489 (6 copies) with woodcut illustrations
The Hotel Bourgogne
the first permanent Theater in France
Filippo Brunelleschi
the goldsmith, sculpture and architect that discovered the secret of linear perspective: a mathematical system for creating the illusion of space and distance on a flat surface
Keeper of the Register
the person responsible for keeping up with the Master copy of the entire script, and making partial copies for various performers
Christopher Marlowe
wrote Dr. Faustus and EdwardII
John Bale
wrote the oldest known historical verse drama in English (on the subject of King John)- which marked the transition between the old morality play and the English historical drama