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4 Ben Jonson Facts
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More popular than shakespeare in his lifetimewrote 28 playsfirst poet laureateNeoclassicist1st...
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Earth (Humour)
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Black Bile, Melancholy, Depressing or Sad
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Air
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Blood, Sanguine, Confident or Optimistic
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Fire
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Yellow Bile, Choleric, Angry or Irate
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Water
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Phlegm, Phlegmatic, Dull, slow, or stolid
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Ben Jonson's Plays
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Volpone, Every Man in his Prime, Sejanus, The Alchemist, Bartholemew Fair
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4 Thomas Dekker Facts
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Lord Admiral's MenCollaborator/hackwrote 65 playsSaw Soceity as basely goodwrote the Shoemaker's...
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Thomas Heywood Facts
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wrote more than 220 playspatheric emotions (pre-melodrama)wrote "A woman killed with Kindness"
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4 John Marston Facts
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wrote 12 playsinn of court personwrote for boys' companiesvery violent (forerunner of Jacobean...
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4 Thomas Middleton Facts
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wrote 24 plays2nd in diversity only to William Shakespearestarted as hack writer for Henslowenow...
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Shakespeare and his contemporaries
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1. Early point of attack; all important action is shown2. essentially placeless settings (locale...
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James I history
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was James VI of Scotland before taking the throne of EnglandDescendant of Margarent Tudor (sister...
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Jacobean and Caroline Characteristics
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1. shift in subject matter from nature of man to plots2. shift from character to plot3. Technical...
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Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Facts
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wrote as many as 50 playswrote A king and no king (about incest)wrote A maid's tragedy,...
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John Webster Facts
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most famous and popular of Jacobean playwrightswrote 14 playswrote the White Devilthe duchess...
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Philip Massinger
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55 playswrote for the king's menwrote about politics and religion (rarity) wrote A new way...
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John Ford
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Most decadent of Jacobeansadmired for good characters in bad situationsilluminate evil by associating...
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James Shirley
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36 playsestablished "comedy of manners"most famous of Caroline playwrightsreplaced Massinger...
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William Davenent
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survived the resorationwriter of Masquessucceeded Ben Jonson as poet laureatewrote the seige...
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Court Masque Facts
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all indoorstarted under Henry VIII (16th c)flourished under the Stuarts: James I saw 1 per...
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Court Masque characteristcs
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1. used allegory2. dedicated to a person or occasion3. used elaborate spectacle
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Casts in Court Masques
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1. professional musicians: singing and speaking roles2. professional actors: comic roles3....
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What is a Double Masque?
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A dance in a court masque consisting of 2, equally gender-balanced groups of dancers
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who wrote court masques?
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every major playwright but Shakespeare
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What did Ben Jonson do for court Masques?
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he was responsible for integrating poetry, music, and spectacle, he also introduced the Anti-Masque...
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Who is Inigo Jones?
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1st English designer of noteintroduced italian scene practices to Englandintroduced proscenium...
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what is the triumph of love?
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most famous court masquewritten by James Shirleydesigned by Inigo Jonesmost expensive thing...
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Who is Nathan Field?
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Started as Boy actortrained by Jonsonfamous for innamorato roles2nd only to Burbage
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what happened in 1642?
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Puritains took over the world: burned/converted theatres, ousted King, declared theatre to...
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What are Castille and Aragon?
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old parts of france: combined when Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille combined and...
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What is "Auto Sacrementale"?
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allegorical plays based on Christian Sacraments
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what is a "caros"?
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Spanish version of pageant wagon that were highly elaborate (for auto sacramentale), used up...
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Juan del Encina
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founder of spanish dramastarted with religioius themes then became secular humanist
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Lupe de Rueda
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1st important theatre professionalsupervised corpus christie festivals1st to have performed...
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what is "pasos"?
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type of spanish drama, like a medieval farce
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Miguel de Cervantes
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man of letterswrote 30 plays, 16 extantwrote the Siege of Numancia (adventure play)wrote Don...
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what is Spanish Comedia?
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any full length play (usually 3 acts)
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What is Capa y espada
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"cape and sword" Spanish dramaaction and adventure
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what is Teatro Ruido?
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"Theatre of Noise" high-class characters in distant places
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what is Entremesses?
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Spanish Interlude (intermezzi)
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who was Lope Felix de vega Carpio?
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Spanish dramatistwrote 2,000 plays (500 extant)Fuente Ovejua: "the sheep well;" famous for...
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what are characteristics of the writing of Lope Felix de Vega Carpio?
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clearly defined actionconflicts resolved happilynatural and lively dialoguenot too deep into...
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who was Tirso de Molina?
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Spanish Friarwrote 400 plays, 80 extantEl Burlador de Sevilla ("trickster of Seville"); first...
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who was Pedro Calderon de la Baria?
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priest at age 51wrote 200 plays; 100 extantstudied with the Jesuits
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examples of plays within certain Genres by Pedro Calderon de la Baria
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Autoes Sacramentale - the Great World TheatreCapa y Espada - the constant princeTeatro Ruida...
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what is "La Zarzuella"?
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short, light plays set to musicperformed at the Royal Hunting Lodge (Zarzuella)
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what is the Corral de la Cruz?
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Spanish theatre"corrales" = courtyardlike public theatre in England, only squarefirst permanent...
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what is the Corral de Principe?
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"courtyard of the prince" held part of a two theatre monopoly until 19th c1/2 of proceeds go...
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what was the Council of Trent?
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popal meeting in 1548 in which the catholic church banned plays
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What is the Confrerie de la Passion?
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the only group authorized to perform plays in paris (under Council of Trent laws) at the Hotel...
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Who was Etienne Jodell?
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a French college student who helped raise discussion about neoclassicism
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Who was Alexandre Hardy?
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first professional French playwright. he wrote 500 plays, 34 extant. typically short, spectacular...
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what is Turlupin?
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French Commedia character created by Henri le Grande (who used the name Belleville for his...
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What is Gaultier Garguille?
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French Commedia dottore character
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who is Gros-Guillaume?
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French Commedia fat, pantalone character
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Who was Cardinal Richelieu?
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French Cardinal under (over) Louis XIIIstarted the French Academy which Codified the French...
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who was Pierre Corneille?
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French playwright who trained to be a lawyer"complex plots and simple characters"credited with...
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4 facts about Moliere
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Jean Baptiste Poquelinaccomplished actorattended Jesuit collegeformed L'illustre theatre (theatre...
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what types of plays did moliere write?
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comedies of manners, drawing room comedies, and character comedies
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Titles of Moliere Plays
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The Misanthropethe Imaginary InvalidTartuffethe School for Wivesthe Miserthe Bourgoise Gentlemanthe...
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Facts about Jean Racine
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orphaned at age of 4 and received a convent educationclassically orientedworked with Moliere...
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Racine TItles
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Andromachethe tehban brothersiphegeniePhaedra
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who is Bellarose?
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French actor who lived in the early 17th c1st important serious actor, worked with the 3 stooges
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who is Montdory?
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1st great tragic French actorplayed title role in Le Cidfavorite of Richelieu
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who is Madeline Bejart?
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inspired Moliere to write saucy maid rolesMoliere married her daughter Armande, a heroic actress
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who was Mlle Champesle?
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great tragic french actressoriginated Phedreleft the Bourgogne, which led to her creating the...
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who was Michel Baron?
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French child actor who apprenticed, then deserted, Molierebest actor of both tragedy and comedy...
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What is the Comedie Francais?
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world's first national theatregiven monopoly for serious drama
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what is a societaire?
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actor with 20 year contract with the Commedie francais
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what is a pensionaire?
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salaried contractor with the Commedie Francais
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what is a doyen?
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leader of the Commedie francais
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who was Torelli?
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French designerremodelled the Palais Royal with chariot and polestaged the ballet of the night...
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what is the Restoration Period in England?
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from 1660 - 1700 when theatre was being restored after puritan insanity
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who was WIlliam Davenant
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succceeded ben jonson as playwright of masquesfirst to stage operatic productions to avoid...
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John WEbb
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studied under Inigo Jones1st use of italianate scenery for public use
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who formed the King's company?
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Killigrew
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Who formed he Duke's Company?
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Davenant
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Who was Thomas Otway?
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playwright who wrote serious work without pretension of heroic tragedy
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Who was Thomas Betterton?
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best actor of the Restoration ageformal, elocutionary styleexcelled in heroic partsHamlet,...
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who was Nell Gwynn?
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actress and mistress of charles IIlow comediennedancer"breeches parts"famous and infamous (nipple...
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who was Elizabeth Barry?
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leading tragedianacted opposite bttertonotway wrote venice perserved specifically for herfamous...
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Who was Anne Bracegridle?
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actress trained by Bettertonleading lady in comedy of manners
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who was George Farquhar?
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irish actor and playwrightlast of restorationnot nearly as lewdwrote the recruiting officer...
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