Theatre Quiz 2

Didaskalos

playwright

Medival Mystery Play

Church primary producer, teach lessons of bible

Mystery

another term for guild

Peagent

another term for play

actor manager

made sure everyone had scripts, that everything happened

Alleyn

Rose theatre actor manager

Thomas Betterton

Restoration England, Charles II time, actor manager

David Garrick***

world the play is in is more than a backdrop, naturalistic acting, Shakespere be representative of London

Macready

Covent Garden and Theatre Royal Drury Lane, built on Garrick

Granville-Barker

modern directer, cohesion, no star turns

Beerbohm Tree

His Majestys theatre, Shakesphere (Caeser)

Gordon Craig

Aesthetic Unification (weird geometric sets), set design creates a mood

artistic unification, represent audience/playwright, organize working process, work with creative team

5 things you must do as director

Terry + Branagh

modern actor managers

thespis

first person to step out of chorus and speak (Greek)

The Method

Misinterpresation of Stanislavsky

Stanislavsky

Created the System

Quintilian

teacher of rhetoric, things to do with voice and body

Burbage

Convinced audience he is his character (shakespeare company)

Naturalistic Acting

reflects everyday acting

Betterton (wife)

big proponent of the attitude (rhetorical gestures)

Barry

restoration, she-tragedy

Sarah Siddons

lived the role - convinced audience she was Lady Macbeth

Philip Kemble

regency era, rhetorical gestures proponent

Henry Siddons

Practical Illustrations of Rhetorical Gestures and Action

The System

individuals sensative instraments, then apply to role

objective, obstacle, action

3 things actor must decide

Ancient Greek Theatre

sun lighting, skene, deus ex machina

Skene

background building or tent in Greek theatre

Deus ex machina

God machine

Ancient Rome Theatre

theatre enclosed, seperate entrances,

Medivel Theatre

Paegent wagon, devil mouth

Paegent wagon

moveable stage to perform medivel mystery plays

English Renaissance Theatre

Globe, trapdoor, skane

Jones

Covent Garden, court masques, wing and groove

Court masques

entertainment created by monarchy to celebrate themselves

Proscenium

set piece between backdrop and audience, hide production elements

Wing and Groove

waves going back and forth

Kean

Shakespere plays with scenographic authenticity, costumes

paegent master

directed medival mystery plays

artistic unification

everything unified, all costumes go with set

devil/hell mouth

medieval, hole in stage where devil would appear

African oral storytelling

acting orgins (spoken)