ITPA Musical Theature
The sequence of theatrical periods. - ANS-- Greek Theater
- Roman Theater
- Medieval/Middle Age Theater
- Renaissance Theater
- Elizabethan Theater
- English Restoration Theater
- American Theater
- Eastern Theater
- Introduced the first actor.
- Thespis (Actors were knows as this).
- Used a "chorus".
*A group of people in a Greek play that gave background information and described the
action.*
- Used masks.
*Made it easier to see characters*
* Allowed actors to play different roles, including women roles*
* "Machina-Crane" - like device used to fly actors. - ANS-Greek Theater
- Approximately 200 BC replaced Greece as center drama.
- Differed from Greek in that Roman Theater was about entertainment and spectacle.
- Stages changed dramatically. Built on a flat area rather that into the hillside.
- Great writers of Roman comedy: Plautus and Terence - ANS-Roman Theater
- Decline of theater after the fall of Rome.
- Theater became more a part of the Church.
*Used IN church to teach.*
- Eventually left church performances to preforming in "pageant wagons."
- Mirical plays- preformed stories/events of the lives of saints from the Bible.
- Mystery plays- presented scenes from the Bible.
- Morality plays- presented allegorical stories in which characters personified religious or
moral abstractions.
- Cycles- combined stories produced by the guilds. - ANS-Medieval Theater
- Means "rebirth".
- Proscenium Arch- Arched wall above the stage.
- Actors had to be more talented: dancing, mime, juggling, etc.
, - Included the following types of theater:
* Pastoral plays*
** Love stories in idealized woodland settings.**
** Basic plot of all plays : Love plays.**
*Commedia dell'arte*
** From Italy- comedy**
** Improvised based on stock characters and standard situations.** - ANS-Renaissance
Theater
- Named for England's Queen Elizabeth
- Included playwrights such as marlow, jonson, and shakespeare.
- Women were not to act because it was considered unladylike.
- Noblemen sponsored plays and actors. The higher the nobility/royalty, the more
legitimate the play or actor.
- Example: Queen Elizabeth sponsored Shakespeare.
* Galleries- 3 levels of seating.
Most expensive: Stage
Poor seating: "Pit"- People here were called "groundings".
* Paid 1 penny to stand*
Heavans- Stage ceiling with stars. - ANS-Elizabethan Theater
- After 18 years of being in hibernation under the rule of Puritan leaders, theater was
made legal again.
- English Royal Patent of 1662: The major tool used to restore theater, which mandated
that women preform female roles.
- Stage changes: roof was closed in, stage was lit with changeliers, orchestra moved to
the front, and the stage was tilted with the audience on level floors ("upstage" and
"downstage").
- Later Theater's most well known playwright: George Bernard Shaw (many rank him
next to Shakespeare as one of England's greastest playwrights). - ANS-English
Restoration and Later Theater
- For many years, theatrical performances were outlawed as the American colonies
were under strict Puritanical control. Came about as ideas changed when stories of the
English stage arrived in America.
- Theatrical families began traveling and producing plays together, with some actors
from outside the family. One famous example is the " Barrymore's" who became some
of the stage's first "household names".
The sequence of theatrical periods. - ANS-- Greek Theater
- Roman Theater
- Medieval/Middle Age Theater
- Renaissance Theater
- Elizabethan Theater
- English Restoration Theater
- American Theater
- Eastern Theater
- Introduced the first actor.
- Thespis (Actors were knows as this).
- Used a "chorus".
*A group of people in a Greek play that gave background information and described the
action.*
- Used masks.
*Made it easier to see characters*
* Allowed actors to play different roles, including women roles*
* "Machina-Crane" - like device used to fly actors. - ANS-Greek Theater
- Approximately 200 BC replaced Greece as center drama.
- Differed from Greek in that Roman Theater was about entertainment and spectacle.
- Stages changed dramatically. Built on a flat area rather that into the hillside.
- Great writers of Roman comedy: Plautus and Terence - ANS-Roman Theater
- Decline of theater after the fall of Rome.
- Theater became more a part of the Church.
*Used IN church to teach.*
- Eventually left church performances to preforming in "pageant wagons."
- Mirical plays- preformed stories/events of the lives of saints from the Bible.
- Mystery plays- presented scenes from the Bible.
- Morality plays- presented allegorical stories in which characters personified religious or
moral abstractions.
- Cycles- combined stories produced by the guilds. - ANS-Medieval Theater
- Means "rebirth".
- Proscenium Arch- Arched wall above the stage.
- Actors had to be more talented: dancing, mime, juggling, etc.
, - Included the following types of theater:
* Pastoral plays*
** Love stories in idealized woodland settings.**
** Basic plot of all plays : Love plays.**
*Commedia dell'arte*
** From Italy- comedy**
** Improvised based on stock characters and standard situations.** - ANS-Renaissance
Theater
- Named for England's Queen Elizabeth
- Included playwrights such as marlow, jonson, and shakespeare.
- Women were not to act because it was considered unladylike.
- Noblemen sponsored plays and actors. The higher the nobility/royalty, the more
legitimate the play or actor.
- Example: Queen Elizabeth sponsored Shakespeare.
* Galleries- 3 levels of seating.
Most expensive: Stage
Poor seating: "Pit"- People here were called "groundings".
* Paid 1 penny to stand*
Heavans- Stage ceiling with stars. - ANS-Elizabethan Theater
- After 18 years of being in hibernation under the rule of Puritan leaders, theater was
made legal again.
- English Royal Patent of 1662: The major tool used to restore theater, which mandated
that women preform female roles.
- Stage changes: roof was closed in, stage was lit with changeliers, orchestra moved to
the front, and the stage was tilted with the audience on level floors ("upstage" and
"downstage").
- Later Theater's most well known playwright: George Bernard Shaw (many rank him
next to Shakespeare as one of England's greastest playwrights). - ANS-English
Restoration and Later Theater
- For many years, theatrical performances were outlawed as the American colonies
were under strict Puritanical control. Came about as ideas changed when stories of the
English stage arrived in America.
- Theatrical families began traveling and producing plays together, with some actors
from outside the family. One famous example is the " Barrymore's" who became some
of the stage's first "household names".
