Theater History Flashcards

Flashcards covering key terms and concepts from the lecture notes on theatre history.

Cape and Sword Plays

Most popular Spanish play during the restoration period.

Kabuki, Noh, and Bunraku

Styles of Japanese theater.

Moliere

Most popular French playwright.

Farce

Type of play Plautus was known for.

Abydos Passion Play

First known performance in Egypt.

Seneca's Innovations

Monologues and Soliloquies, Ruminations about Humanity, Horrific Acts, Obsessive Characters.

Thespis

Known for the idea of having one character.

Seneca

A Roman playwright who rewrote some Greek plays.

Liturgical Play

Kind of play Three Marys at the Tomb was.

Everyman

Best-known play of the dark (middle) ages.

Beijing Opera Training

Amount of time someone has to train to be in the Beijing Opera: 6-12 years

GOTE

Goals, Obstacles, Tactics, and Expectations

Italian Theater Types

Opera and Commedia dell'Arte

Plautus

Roman author that was rediscovered in 1429.

Religious Play Types (Dark Ages)

Liturgical, Vernacular, and Morality

Ben Johnson

More regarded than Shakespeare at the time

Natyasastra

Divinely inspired text.

Poetics

Artolse just kind of read it

Noh Theater Plot

Has ghosts, demons, people who are really obsessive, the divide between the physical realm and spiritual realm.