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Shakespeare 5222 Exam 2 Flashcards

1
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When was

Pericles performed / published?

A

performed 1607

published in quarto in 1609

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2
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Which two plays are Not in the First Folio?

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  • Pericles and*
  • Two Noble Kinsmen*
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When did Pericles appear in Folio?

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1664 in the 2nd edition of the 3rd Folio

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4
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Which plays are Shakespearean Romances?

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  • Pericles*
  • The Winter’s Tale*
  • Cymbeline*
  • The Tempest*
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4 characteristics of Shakespearean Romance

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  1. ) Redemptive plot lines with happy endings
  2. ) Supernatural, Magic, Unrealistic
  3. ) Civilized and Pastoral scenes
  4. ) return to lyrical style
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dues ex machina

A

technique of Greco-Roman drama

god-on-a-stick

tied to the Supernatural and Unrealistic qualities of Romance

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What’s the difference between tragicomedy and romance?

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  • tragicomedies are more realistic
  • romances can actually feature death
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John Gower

A
  • 1330? - 1408 contemporary of Boccaccio and Chaucer
  • source of Pericles storyline
  • appears as chorus in Shakespeare’s play Pericles
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When was the Winter’s Tale performed and published?

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performed: 1611 (based on Forman’s diary)
published: not until the First Folio in 1623

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Who is Simon Forman ?

A

1552-1611 (died same year he saw Winter’s Tale) the wizard/necromancer that wrote about seeing the Winter’s Tale and other plays at the Glob.

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David Garrick

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1717 - 1779 most important actor of 18th century

started the Shakespeare Jubilee

turned The Winter’s Tale into a 3 act play

adapted other Shakespeare stuff too

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12
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Florizel and Perdita

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title of Garrick’s adaptation of the Winter’s Tale (1756)

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13
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who restored Shakespeare’s version of The Winter’s Tale?

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Kemble, another actor and theatre manager guy restored it in 1811 (relatively early compared to other plays)

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Montaigne

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1533 - 1592

French writer

writes Of Cannibals in 1580

idea of noble savage

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John Florio

A

translates Montaigne’s Of Cannibals

from French to English

1603

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16
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Devenant-Dryden

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revised The Tempest in 1667 and 1674

operatic / more spectacle

added more women

  • Caliban has a sister
  • Miranda has a sister
  • …and there is a guy on the other side of the island who has never seen a woman before
17
Q

McCready

A

1838

Restores Shakespeare’s version of The Tempest

18
Q

George Wilkins

A

Wrote the Painful Adventures of Pericles (1608)

probably wrote scenes 1-9 of Pericles

involved with the Gower scenes, including epilogue

19
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Laurence Twine

A

wrote Pattern of Painefull Adventures (1594)

source for Pericles

main character called Apollonius

20
Q

The Painful Adventures of Pericles

A

novel (NOT A PLAY)

by George Wilkins (1608)

plays off of the popularity of the play

21
Q

Confessio Amantis

or

The Lover’s Confession

A

by John Gower

source for Pericles

22
Q

Pandesto

A

a play by Robert Greene (same Groatsworth guy)

published 1588

plot inspired the Winter’s Tale

darker story: the king falls in love with his daughter, so he kills her and himself

Shakespeare also reverses the kingdoms and adds side characters

23
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When was The Tempest

performed and published?

A

performed: ?

not published until First Folio (1623)

24
Q

who was

Edmund Malone

?

A

1741-1812

edited Pericles in 1780

came up with the accepted scene divisions

25
Q

Giovanni

Boccaccio

A

1313-1375

Italian (humanist) writer

wrote The Decameron

26
Q

The Decameron

A

written in the 1350s (in Italian - not in English until 1800s)

by Boccaccio

collection of 100 tales told by young people who had fled from the Black Death

story 2.9 looks a lot like the wager plot from Cymbeline

27
Q

Reverse Cards!

  • 1330? - 1408 contemporary of Boccaccio and Chaucer
  • source of Pericles storyline
  • appears as chorus in Shakespeare’s play Pericles
A

John Gower

28
Q

Reverse Cards!

1717 - 1779 most important actor of 18th century

started the Shakespeare Jubilee

turned The Winter’s Tale into a 3 act play

adapted other Shakespeare stuff too

A

David Garrick

29
Q

Reverse Cards!

1533 - 1592

French writer

writes Of Cannibals in 1580

idea of noble savage

A

Montaigne

30
Q

Reverse Cards!

a play by Robert Greene (same Groatsworth guy)

published 1588

plot inspired the Winter’s Tale

darker story: the king falls in love with his daughter, so he kills her and himself

Shakespeare also reverses the kingdoms and adds side characters

A

Pandesto

31
Q

Reverse Cards!

1313-1375

Italian (humanist) writer

wrote The Decameron

A

Giovanni

Boccaccio

32
Q

When was

Cymbeline

performed / published?

A

Published: 1623 (in First Folio)

Performed: by 1611 (based on Forman’s Diary)

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