Theatre History II Final Actual Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Theatre History II Final Actual Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Aphra Behn - CORRECT ANSWER- English dramatist, fiction writer, and poet.
Considered the first Englishwoman known to earn her
living by writing.
Apron - CORRECT ANSWER- The forestage area in front of proscenium, which is often
a...
Theatre History II Final Actual Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Aphra Behn - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- English dramatist, fiction writer, and poet.
Considered the first Englishwoman known to earn her
living by writing.
Apron - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The forestage area in front of proscenium, which is often
a major area of performance
Ballad Opera - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- new form of entertainment developed in 18th
century England that parodied Italian opera. Thisform had no sung dialogue, but used spoken
dialogue followed by song. The content was often a satire ofcontemporary issues. John Gay's
The Beggar's Opera is one of the best examples of this form
Bibiena Family - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- This family's name became synonymous with
scenic and theatre design throughout Europe in the 18th century. Multiple generations of this
family developed three main innovations that included the use of baroque art in scene
designs, vast scale and elaborate ornamentation of design settings, and the use of angle
perspective
box - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- is a small, separated seating area in the auditorium fir a
limited number of people.
breeches roles - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- is a role in which an actress appears in male
clothing.
capitalism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an economic and political system in which a
country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the
state.
Carlo Goldoni - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- One of two feuding playwrights during the mid-
18th century Italy disputing direction ofcommedia dell'arte. Believed the Italian stage needed
reformation and began to adopt a model similar to theapproach of Moliere. He wanted to
make the performance style less artificial, pushing for a more realistic and less
, fanciful approach to writing. Wrote The Servant of Two Masters. Although he still used
character types with attributes from Commedia, he discouraged the sue of masks and improv
Carlo Gozzi - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- One of two feuding playwrights during the mid-
18th century Italy disputing direction of commediadell'arte. He felt that more realistic
approaches to commedia made performance mundane, banal, andmeaningless. His plays were
often fantasies, as seen in his play The King Stag.
Caroline and Jonann Neuber - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- attempted to reform popular
German theatre by introducing more traditional neoclassical dramatic forms to heighten the
dramatic German language. They also focused on reforming artistic practices focusing on
more rehearsals and carefully staged performances. Also know for pushing for the
elimination of some of the popular comic characters such as Hanswurst. While they did not
completely succeed in transforming German theatre, they influenced other actor-managers
who eventually opened Hamburg's first permanent theatre and a National Theatre
Chiaroscuro - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- is an Italian artistic term used to describe the
dramatic effect of contrasting areas of light and dark in an artwork, particularly paintings. It
comes from the combination of the Italian words for "light" and "dark."
Comedy of humors - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- refers to a genre of dramatic comedy that
focuses on a character or range of characters, each of whom two or more overriding traits or
'humors' that dominates their personality, desires and conduct.
Comedy of Intrigue - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Also called comedy of situation; it's a
comic form in which complicated conspiracies and ploys dominate the plot. The complex
plots and subplots of such comedies are often based on ridiculous and contrived situations
with large doses of farcical humor
comedy of manners - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- is an entertainment form which satirizes
the manners and affectations of a social class or of multiple classes, often represented by
stereotypical stock characters. Usually written by sophisticated authors for members of their
own social class
Comic Opera - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- new form of entertainment similar to ballad opera
developed in 18th century. This form was based on pantomime, where the action was mimed
and many of the characters were displayed a heavy commedia dell'arte influence.
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