Theater history exam complete
questions and answers
Across the entirety of the semester (or what we've covered since the midterm) what in
the plays reveals what people were concerned about at the time? CORRECT
ANSWERS Concerned about honor, integrity, leadership, mitigating passion, reconciling
with the past, and finding a spouse
King Louis XIV of France CORRECT ANSWERS Known as the Sun King
His reign began when he was four years old and lasted for 72 years.
His life was an act of drama
Play the sun (danced) in ballet du Nuit
L'etat, cest moi
Versaille as stage
Patron of Jean Racine
Cardinal Richelieu CORRECT ANSWERS This was the man who influenced the power
of King Louis XIII the most and tried to make France an absolute monarchy
French Academy critiqued Le Cid for verisimiltude and decorum
rules of french neoclassicism CORRECT ANSWERS decorum
verisimilitude
confidants (not chorus)
unities
Moliere (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin) CORRECT ANSWERS father : tapestry maker;
upholsterer to the king
Jesuit education, studies law
1643: meets madeleine bejart, leads Illustre Theater for 13 years
1658: performs for king, becomes troupe du Monsieur (king's brother)
Shares petit-Bourbon theatre with Italian Players (influence of comedian)
1665: Troupe du Roi
Controversy of Tartuffe CORRECT ANSWERS 5 years til the stage
Queen Anne - Madame Purnell
Is Oragon the king???????
People thought he was mocking religion
Valere - innamorato
Mary Anne - innamorata
Oragon - Pantalone
Dorine -
columbina (maid)
La senora (mother)
, Jean Racine CORRECT ANSWERS (1639-1699), plays that analyzed the power of
love, based on Greek and Roman legends, focused on the conflict of good and evil
(phaedra, jansenism)
Phaedra CORRECT ANSWERS Based on Euripidie's Hippolytus
Scrupulous adherence to neoclassical rules
Seamlessly construct as series of revelations; mounting suspense
Jansenist
Passion as suffering, a psychological state, a spiritual effect, a rigorous mood that
cannot be shaken.
Phaedra a tragic character torn between unresolved contradictions of passion and
duty... dialectical tension
name a french theatre CORRECT ANSWERS hotel du bourgogne (sacred plays)
Nature of puritanism in rejection of Theatre CORRECT ANSWERS William Pryne:
Wrote Historium Astix as a direct attack to king and queen, Prynne criticizes French
actresses
(Charles retaliates brutally)
Puritans grow power in parliament; Hate extravagance of court masques; Last of
masques is Salmacida Spolia (1640)
What is actually restored in the restoration CORRECT ANSWERS What changes does
King Charles II actually make?
Recalls KCII from France and restores monarchy
Anti-puritan and libertine sensibilities, sexual and social freedom
Charles had many mistresses and illegitimate children
Brings back theatre
Patents CORRECT ANSWERS Charles gives towo patents from theatres effective til
1843
Thomas Killigrew (king's men, older actors)
Drury Lane (1674)
restoration playhouses CORRECT ANSWERS divided into pits, galleries, and boxes
650 seats
Audience = drunkkkkkkkkkk
pit was raked and had benches
nel gwynne CORRECT ANSWERS Cultural icon
Started out as an orange girl.
Pretty, witty Nell!
Born in London slum; illiterate. Best comic actress of her time.
Excelled at "gay couple" w/ her fellow actor Charles Hart.
We know these things because of critic Samuel Pepys
Mistress of the king: the favorite of course!
questions and answers
Across the entirety of the semester (or what we've covered since the midterm) what in
the plays reveals what people were concerned about at the time? CORRECT
ANSWERS Concerned about honor, integrity, leadership, mitigating passion, reconciling
with the past, and finding a spouse
King Louis XIV of France CORRECT ANSWERS Known as the Sun King
His reign began when he was four years old and lasted for 72 years.
His life was an act of drama
Play the sun (danced) in ballet du Nuit
L'etat, cest moi
Versaille as stage
Patron of Jean Racine
Cardinal Richelieu CORRECT ANSWERS This was the man who influenced the power
of King Louis XIII the most and tried to make France an absolute monarchy
French Academy critiqued Le Cid for verisimiltude and decorum
rules of french neoclassicism CORRECT ANSWERS decorum
verisimilitude
confidants (not chorus)
unities
Moliere (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin) CORRECT ANSWERS father : tapestry maker;
upholsterer to the king
Jesuit education, studies law
1643: meets madeleine bejart, leads Illustre Theater for 13 years
1658: performs for king, becomes troupe du Monsieur (king's brother)
Shares petit-Bourbon theatre with Italian Players (influence of comedian)
1665: Troupe du Roi
Controversy of Tartuffe CORRECT ANSWERS 5 years til the stage
Queen Anne - Madame Purnell
Is Oragon the king???????
People thought he was mocking religion
Valere - innamorato
Mary Anne - innamorata
Oragon - Pantalone
Dorine -
columbina (maid)
La senora (mother)
, Jean Racine CORRECT ANSWERS (1639-1699), plays that analyzed the power of
love, based on Greek and Roman legends, focused on the conflict of good and evil
(phaedra, jansenism)
Phaedra CORRECT ANSWERS Based on Euripidie's Hippolytus
Scrupulous adherence to neoclassical rules
Seamlessly construct as series of revelations; mounting suspense
Jansenist
Passion as suffering, a psychological state, a spiritual effect, a rigorous mood that
cannot be shaken.
Phaedra a tragic character torn between unresolved contradictions of passion and
duty... dialectical tension
name a french theatre CORRECT ANSWERS hotel du bourgogne (sacred plays)
Nature of puritanism in rejection of Theatre CORRECT ANSWERS William Pryne:
Wrote Historium Astix as a direct attack to king and queen, Prynne criticizes French
actresses
(Charles retaliates brutally)
Puritans grow power in parliament; Hate extravagance of court masques; Last of
masques is Salmacida Spolia (1640)
What is actually restored in the restoration CORRECT ANSWERS What changes does
King Charles II actually make?
Recalls KCII from France and restores monarchy
Anti-puritan and libertine sensibilities, sexual and social freedom
Charles had many mistresses and illegitimate children
Brings back theatre
Patents CORRECT ANSWERS Charles gives towo patents from theatres effective til
1843
Thomas Killigrew (king's men, older actors)
Drury Lane (1674)
restoration playhouses CORRECT ANSWERS divided into pits, galleries, and boxes
650 seats
Audience = drunkkkkkkkkkk
pit was raked and had benches
nel gwynne CORRECT ANSWERS Cultural icon
Started out as an orange girl.
Pretty, witty Nell!
Born in London slum; illiterate. Best comic actress of her time.
Excelled at "gay couple" w/ her fellow actor Charles Hart.
We know these things because of critic Samuel Pepys
Mistress of the king: the favorite of course!
