Medieval Theater Flashcards
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The medieval theater
It was started in 500 C.e to 1400
Who they are they travelled from one town to another as puppeteers jugglers storytellers dancers singers and other theatrical acts.
They are the minstrels during the medieval era theater performance we’re not allowed throughout europe to keep the theater alive minstrels often denounced by the church perform in markets public places and festivals.
The minstrels
The minstrels where viewed as dangerous and pagans.
The churches in europe
The churches in europe started staging their own theater performances during easter sunday with biblical stories and events.
The renaissance theater 1400 to 1600
Renaissance theater arts were characterized by return of classical greek and roman arts and culture.
Morality plays
Morality plays in which the protagonist was met by personifications of moral attributes who try to choose a godly life over the evil.
University Drama
Where perform their create athenian tragedy.
Public theater
Where the bell of light the commedia dell’arte and elaborate masques.
Commedia dell’arte
What is an exam comedy and a humorous theatrical presentation performed by professional players who traveled in troupes.
Elaborate masques
Was a dramatic entertainment consisting of pantomime dancing dialogue and song and sometimes players wear masks
Queen elizabeth 1
Is the one of the most prominent supporters of the theater.
The companies of actors or organize the aristocrats performed seasonally in many places are all called professional players that will perform on that elizabethan stage.
Gorboduc
Also known as ferrex and pottex
What’s an english play and first performed at the christmas celebration in 1561 and performed before queen elizabeth 1 on january 18 1562 by the gentlemen of the inner temple one of the four Inns of code professional associations for barrister in judges and london
Authors of the Gorboduc
Thomas worton and thomas sackville.
William shakespeare
The famous actor and poet who emerged in this period.
Baptisized on april 26 1564 and died on april 23 1676.
He was an english poet playwright and actor and regarded as the greatest writer and dramatist in the whole world? He is a friend called as england’s national poet and the “bard of avon”
He is william shakespeare
What is his famous works
•Romeo and juliet
• hamlet
•midsummer
•night’s dream
•cleopatra
• julius caesar
•much ado about nothing
His for greatest works of tragedies are:
•Hamlet
•Othello
• King lear
• Macbeth
Who is christopher marlowe?
Christopher marlowe is a contemporary playwright.
What is his famous works?
•The doctor faustus
• The jew of malta
Who is thomas kyd
What’s an english play rewrite the author of the spanish ocd and one of the important figures in the development of elizabethan drama.
His famous works
•Spanish tragedy cornelia.
History plays
Depicted english or european history
Shakespeare history plays and christopher marlowe’s history plays?
•Henry V
•Richard III
•Eward II
•Edward I
Comedies
Comedies dealt with life in london some the comedy plays shoemakers holiday by thomas dekkker.
A chaste maid in cheapside by thomas middleton
