Test 1: French Theatre-Restoration Drama

5 Written Questions

1. wrote Phaedra (1677)- based on Hippolytus; alexandrine poetry; made many enemies- Phaedra was commercially undone by a rival company; later became religious and stopped writing
2. distanced himself from OC; loved the theatre, all "Frenchified"
3. based on Hippolytus; commercial failure- critical success;
4. Mmm gurl- you wear them pants and show me your sexy legs which I cannot see under your skirts!
5. Protestants from the Netherlands; 1689:The Glorious Revolution- bloodless change of power; sets up constitutional monarchy (still in use today);

5 Matching Questions

1. Women Performers
2. Le Ballet Comique de le Reine (1581)
3. Pierre Corneille
4. Aphra Behn
5. Drolls

1. a Finally got to act; thin line between prostitution and acting; needed to be pretty, literate, and could wear clothes
2. b Oldest complete score,
3. c Wrote Le Cid
4. d wrote The Rover; first woman to earn a living from playwrighting;
5. e short versions of full length plays performed in bars and inns- Comedy

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. dug up by Charles II, body disgraced in multiple ways and displayed for many years; head reunited with body in 1960
   1. Pierre Corneille
   2. Phaedra (1677)
   3. The Country Wife (1675)
   4. Oliver Cromwell (died 1658)
2. Pit- cheapest seats, backless benches, single men, rowdy
   Box- married women, concerned husbands, boxes in the rear for the King
   Gallery- servants of the rich, frequented by prostitutes
   1. Pit/Box/Gallery
   2. pensionnaire
   3. Moliere
   4. ballet
3. They exist, plays have equal success to men
   1. Moliere
   2. Covent Garden
   3. Women Writers
   4. Women Performers
4. guy who wrote pamphlets against Le Cid
   1. Moliere
   2. Scudery
   3. Drolls
   4. ballet
5. Made France the cultural capital of Europe by promoting the arts and sciences; built Palais Cardinal (Palais Royal)- his residence in 1641; he was on that neoclassicism ****
   1. Neo-Classicism
   2. William Wycherly
   3. Jean Racine
   4. Cardinal Richelieu

5 True/False Questions

1. Jeremy Collier, "A Short View of Immorality and Profaneness on the English Stage" (1698) → Catharine Trotter-wrote at an early age; married a clergyman
   Mary Pix- Most prolific of the Female Wits; very little is known
   Delariviere Manley- scandalous reputation; work seen as pornographic due to their sexual exploitation of women

   True        False

2. Religious theatre banned (1548) → Why is it important? 1st purpose built theatre in France; two levels of boxes- standing pits and ampitheater in rear

   True        False

3. Confrerie de la Passion → (Why is it special?) Included tons of scenic innovations- used mainly for spectacle performances

   True        False

4. societaires → Life: real name Jean-Baptiste, 1622-1673, son of an upholster, college to lawayer; dies during the Imaginary Invalid
   Career: joined acting company- toured countryside-returns leader/playwright/actor, Kings brother becomes patron and go back to Paris in 1658, Louis XIV becomes patron in 1660
   Variety of plays: wrote in commedia, comedy-ballets, machine plays, comedies of manner

   True        False

5. Ann Bracegirdle → wrote Phaedra (1677)- based on Hippolytus; alexandrine poetry; made many enemies- Phaedra was commercially undone by a rival company; later became religious and stopped writing

   True        False