Download Theatre II Ms. Vernon S `13 finals review There several

Theatre II
Ms. Vernon
S ’13 finals review
There several themes and motifs throughout Twelfth Night; or What You Will. Be able to pick a
scene as an example of the following themes, listing characters and situation (plus some dialogue,
if you can) that exemplifies that theme. Then explain how this scene shows this theme.
Love
Self love
Jealousy
Identity
Gender
Disguise
Wisdom vs. stupidity
Man vs. Woman
Know
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iamb
2.
pentameter
3. blank verse
4. rhyming couplets
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The Rose, The Globe, The Swan, Blackfriars
6. Why was Italy was perfectly suited to be the starting point for the Renaissance in
Europe.?
7. How did the plays of Plautus, Terrance, and Seneca have an influence on Elizabethan
playwrights?
8. Why do some of Shakespeare’s characters speak in prose, while others speak in metered,
rhyming, high-sounding verse?
9. Describe the three layers of audience members and where they sat in an Elizabethan
theatre.
10. Describe the characteristics of the Elizabethan drama.
11. Explain how Henry the VIII affected the evolution of Elizabethan theatre.
12. Know Twelfth Night. Well.
13. Know the layout, procedures, and audiences of the Elizabethan theatres.
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14. Know characteristics of Elizabethan theatre production.
15. What was Shakespeare’s outlook on love? Be able to support this with examples from
Twelfth Night.
Medieval
18. What years are considered medieval?
19. Why did the Church become the dominant force?
20. What happened to the Latin language?
21. What is vernacular?
22. Name some theatrical elements already part of the Church services.
23. Who was Hrosvitha?
24. Describe how and why the Church saved theatre.
25. What are the 3 “M” plays?
26. Define each of the “M” plays, and give any examples read in class. Be able to describe
special aspects of those examples.
Miracle –
Mystery –
Morality –
27. What are pageant wagons?
28. What are the rounds?
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29. Why did the Church lose power?
30. How did the bubonic plague affect theatre?
31. What are the characteristics of the Mystery play, and what is the example we read?
32. What are the characteristics of the Morality play, and what is the example we read?
33. Identify which characteristics in the 3Ms show the influences of Classical, or Commedia
dell Arte’ theatre, are uniquely Medieval, or show the beginnings of the Renaissance:
anachronisms episodic with multiple plots follows standard Western story structure no women Biblical stories verse comedy with the serious/sacred pokes fun/complains about the upper class anonymity physical comedy for the middle class 34. Explain what the author meant by “all medieval people considered history cyclical” and
how that thinking and their related lifestyles show in the 3M plays.
Theatre history
French Neoclassicism and Spanish Golden Age
22. Define the outstanding characteristics of French Neoclassicism; the three unities,
verisimilitude, decorum.
23. What is the Golden Mean? What are French scenes? Who were the audiences? Who did
the playwrights poke fun at? How?
24. Why was the Renaissance delayed in France?
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25. Who was Richelieu?
26. What are corrales? Describe the physical production of SGA theatre.
Restoration Theatre
27. What was restored?
28. Who was Cromwell, what was the Commonwealth, and what happened to theatres in this
time?
29. What are the unique characteristics of Comedy of Manners? Who were they directly
against, and who were they for? What was unique about the acting companies? What
was the moral status? Which was more important; dialogue, or plot?
30. What are breech roles?
31. What are the Italian influences? What are the French influences? What are the
Elizabethan influences?
1700s & 1800s – 18th & 19th century
32. What “ages” marked this time period?
33. What is the significant class and morality change from the Restoration?
34. What defines drame? Sentimental comedy? Sturm und Drang? The Well Written Play?
Romanticism?
35. What role was emerging in the organization of the acting company? Who were the
famous ones and what did they emphasize?
36. What was the Astor Place Riot about?
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Realism up to WWII
37. What significant movements, events or people affected the realistic movement in theatre?
38. What is different about the scripts as far as stage directions, verse?
39. What is the fourth wall?
40. Who was Stanislavsky?
41. Who was Ibsen and what did he write? Strindberg? Chekov?
42. Who was Artaud? Brecht?
Realism post WWII
43. What is Theatre of the Absurd? American Selective Realism?
44. Who was Tennessee Williams, and what did he write? Miller? Beckett? Ionesco?
45. What events significantly affected theatre post WWII?
Acting
46. Know objective, the “Joe Flowers Formula” for method acting, spine, beat, and subtext.
Lighting
57. What was the first (historically speaking) light design? How did the playwrights help
out?
58. What came next? Why was it dangerous?
59. What was the first improvement? What was the hazard?
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60. Why is it called limelight?
61. What are the three distinct advantages of incandescent light?
62. What are the six objectives of the lighting designer?
63. What are the 6 elements of the lighting designer?
64. What are the two general types of lighting instruments? Be able to identify them and
their parts, their advantages and common uses.
65. What are the sequential steps of a lighting designer?
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