Elizabethan Theater
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brinckamd1 on October 18, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Rome | Cycle plays were altered to get rid of any mention of _______ |
| Cycle Plays | Altered to get rid of any mention of Rome |
| Church of England | Cycle plays added this to them |
| Elizabeth I | Strife between the Anglican and Catholic church caused her to ban religious plays |
| Council of Trent | Trying to purify the church of all objectional matter |
| Spain | Country where plays held out the longest. Banned in all other countries |
| Noble Men | Provided private patronage for plays |
| Noble Men | bought theaters and theater troupes |
| Professional Theater | Came to be developed when noble men provided private patronage for plays and bought theaters and theater troupes |
| Master of Revels | Court official whose duty was to examine all plays and determine if they were to be licensed or not |
| Earl of Leicster's Men | First theater troupq |
| Queen Elizabeth | Got rid of religious theater, but really loved the theater |
| Queen Elizabeth | Patron of the arts - did a lot to promote theater growing |
| Middle Class | Viewed the theater with distrust - thought it took people from their jobs and interfered with productivity |
| London | City where theater was predominantly centered |
| Inns Court | Law students |
| Inns Court | Apartment complex with a courtyard in the middle where theater was performed |
| Gorboduc | First English drama |
| Gorboduc | Loosely based on "English history" |
| Gorboduc | Showed that it was dangerous for England to leave uncertain the order of succession of the thrown |
| Thomas Kyd | Remembered for the Spanish Tragedy |
| The Spanish Tragedy | Most popular play of the 16th century |
| The Spanish Tragedy | Well liked because Spain failed in the end |
| Lily and Greene | Known for their children's companies |
| John Lily | Used artificially balanced prose |
| John Lily | Shakespeare modeled "As You Like It" on his prose |
| Robert Greene | Remembered for his romances |
| Robert Greene | Had very strong heroines |
| Christopher Marlow | Wrote the Jew of Malta |
| Hamlet | Classic Elizabethan revenge tragedy |
| Octagonal | Shape of the globe theater |
| Balconies | Around the globe theater where people would sit |
| Groundling Areas | The ground where people would stand to watch the performance |
| The Heavens | Suspended over the stage - stage thrust out into the ground area |
| 3 doors | At the back of the stage that represented different places |
| Upper Level | Musicians or special effects happened here |
| Pinnacle | At the very top of the theater. Raised a white flag for comedy and a black flag for tragedy |
| Costumes | People wore the clothes of the day |
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