PSU: Theatre Ch. 7
Final flashcards review for Theatre 100 (Penn State)
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- Bhasa
- One of the three great classical Sanskrit playwrights; author of The Dream of Vasavadatta
- Trilogy
- In ancient Greece, three tragedies penned by the same playwright and presented on one day
- Skene
- In ancient Greek theatre, the stage house behind the theatre
- Boy Company
- A company of young male performers, especially found in the Elizabethan period, who performed special theatre productions at indoor theatres during the late 16th and early 17th centuries
- Sanskrit
- The classical language of India and South/Southwest Asia; currently one of 23 official languages of Indea used in Hindu and Buddhist ceremonies
- Noh
- A classical dance drama created in 14th century japan that relies heavily on tradition. This style of drama predates Kabuki
- Geza
- Special effects music used in Kabuki theatre
- Hashigakari
- In the Japanese Noh theatre, the pathway from the dressing area to the stage
- Hinduism
- One of the world's oldest religions which provided the spiritual/philosophical foundations for Sanskrit dance/drama
- Pantalone
- A stock character in the Commedia dell'arte tradition; the miser
- Shudraka
- One of the three great classical Sanskrit playwrights, author of The Little Clay Cart
- Globe Theatre
- One of the theatre buildings used by Shakespeare's company for the public performance of plays
- Euripides
- (480-406 B.C.E.) The last of the great classical Greek tragedians; author of Medea and The Bacchae
- Sewamono
- A style of Kabuki play focused on domestic issues; translation: "common things"
- Kabuki
- One of the classical theatres of Japan dating from the 17th century; a popular form in contrast with the elitist form of the Noh
- Ramayana
- One of the two great epics of Indian tradition; it depicts the duties of relationships and portrays ideal characters (how a certain society member should act)
- Lazzi
- Comic bits found in the Commedia dell'arte style of performance
- Aragato
- The heightened and bombastic rugged form of acting utilized in certain Kabuki performances
- Capitano
- A stock character in the Commedia dell'arte tradition; meaning the Braggart Warrior or Cowardly Soldier
- Hanamachi
- In the Japanese Kabuki theatre, a long, narrow pathway leading from behind the audience to the stage where actors make entrances and exits and express heightened dramatic text
- Apollo
- Classical Greek god representing reason and balance
- Commedia dell'arte
- Originating in Italy, one of the first true theatre movements following the religious domination of the Middle Ages. A style based in scenarios (or basic story lines) fleshed out with lazzi, improv, and topical humor
- Izumo no Okuni
- The young Japanese woman credited with the first "weird and flashy" entertainment that evolved into the Kabuki theatre
- Aristophanes
- (456-386 B.C.E.) Author of our only examples of Old Comedy, a classical Greek style of satire and sex farce
- New Comedy
- Comic dramas of Greece of the late fourth to second centuries B.C.E., tending toward domestic and romantic comedy
- Kalidasa
- One of the three great playwrights of the classical Sanskrit tradition; author of The Recognition of Shakuntala, regarded by Sanskrit scholars as "the perfect play"
- Takemoto Gidayu
- (1651-1714) Credited with founding the Bunraku puppet theatre in Japan in 1684. The term gidayu is now used to denote a singer-chanter in Kabuki and Bunraku performances
- Shamisen
- A Japanese three-stringed musical instrument
- Innamorati
- One of the stock character types of the Commedia dell'arte, meaning young lovers
- Bunraku
- The popular puppet theatre that originally developed in Japan in the 17th century simultaneously with Kabuki and is still present today
- Epic
- Long, narrative poems celebrating the exploits of a hero or a people
- Kabuki Juhachiban
- The body of 18 classical Kabuki plays still performed today
- Allegory
- Characters representing human qualities, especially used in the Middle Ages to represent the seven virtues and seven vices in religious dramas
- Tudor
- Referencing plays written during the reign of Henry VIII (1509-1547)
- Plautus
- Roman comic playwright who refined the comedy into what we now call the domestic or romantic comedy
- Yoruba
- An ancient and continuing West African culture/nation, particularly hit hard by the ravages of the Western slave trade
- Scenario
- The blue print for Commedia dell'arte performance, outlining the plot, some key lines, and where to put lazzi
- Zanni
- Comic male servants in Commedia dell'arte
- Christopher Marlowe
- (1564-1593) The most famous Tudor-era playwright; author of Tamburlaine the Great, Doctor Faustus, The Jew of Malta, and Edward II
- Dionysus
- In Greek mythology, the god of theatre, wine, and merriment
- Homer
- A person (or persons) who first recorded the ancient stories of Greece in the 8th century B.C.E., including the Illiad and the Odyssey
- Mahabharata
- One of the two great epics of Indian tradition; a major text of Hinduism, attempting to explain the relationship of the individual to society and the world (the nature of the 'Self') and the workings of karma
- Kan'ami Kiyotsugu/Zeami Motokiyo
- Japanes father/son team responsible for creation of the Noh drama and most of its extent texts
- Orchestra
- In ancient Greek theatre, the circular area in front of the stage that was the performance area for the chorus
- Jacobean
- Referring to drama written during the reign of James I and II of England (1603-1642)
- Buddhism
- A world religion, founded by Siddhartha Guatama, a Hindu prince who achieved enlightenment. His teachings spread throughout the Far East and beyond with an estimated 350,000,000 believers today
- Stock Characters
- Stereotpical characters that are usually less that three dimensional. They were first valued in Western theatre in the Roman comedies of Plautus. His ___ ___ were recreated during the Italian Renaissance in the Commedia dell'arte. These types of characters are still popular today.
- Aeschylus
- (524-456 B.C.E.) The earliest of the three great Athenian tragedians, author of our only complete trilogy The Oresteia
- Siddhartha Guatama (Buddha)
- (563-483 B.C.E.) Hindu prince who achieved enlightenment, influential in the spread of Sanskrit dramatic conventions throughout Asia
- Xiqu
- "Tuneful theatre" in Chinese; the common term for all forms of traditional Chinese Theatre, also known as Chinese Opera
- William Shakespeare
- (1564-1616) A major playwright of the Elizabethan era who is considered by some to be the best English playwright of all time
- Renaissance
- The "rebirth" or renewed excitement in learning that has occured in many cultures at different times. In Europe, a ______ of interest in the culture of ancient Greece and Rome
- Old Comedy
- Greek comic plays written in the classical period that directly or indirectly comments on the social, political, and/or cultural issues of the times. It is usually filled with physical and obscene humor
- Wagoto
- In Kabuki theatre, a style of performance characterized as "soft" rather than aggressive or aragato
- Chorus
- In classic Greek plays, an ensemble that moved, spoke, sung, and danced in mostly unison. Their function included providing commentary and narration, serving as a character in and of itself, or representing the mindset of the general public
- Elizabethan
- Period referring to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England (1558-1603)
- Zaju
- The earliest form of xiqu or Chinese opera (900-1400); a comic form of popular theatre with songs, acrobatics, clowns, and puppets
- Jorjuri
- The chorus in a Kabuki play
- Danjuro Family
- The hereditary "first family" of the Kabuki theatre, starting in 1660
- Sophocles
- (496-406 B.C.E.) Greek tragedian of the "Golden Age" of Athens; considered by some to be the finest of the Greek tragic playwrights
- Vedas
- Books outlining ethical behavior that form the spiritual/philosophy foundation of the Hindu religion
- Orature
- Term recently coined to describe rich, sophisticated oral traditions in the arts
- Jidaimono
- A type of Kabuki play focused on history; translation: "period things"
- Shite
- The protagonist or doer in Noh theatre