Theatre History Padlet by Kaitlyn Berube

Vaudeville Theatre

kaitlynberube0 — 2024-09-18 01:33:40 UTC

Act title: Rosa and Josepha Blazek: The Bohemian Twins

Author: Unknown

Era: Late 19th- Early 20th century

Realism Theatre

kaitlynberube0 — 2024-09-18 01:41:02 UTC

Play title: Death of a salesman

Author: Arthur Miller

Era: Late 1940s

Greek Theatre

kaitlynberube0 — 2024-09-18 03:10:20 UTC

Play Title: Medea

Author: Euripides

Era: 431BC

Commedia Dell'arte Theatre

kaitlynberube0 — 2024-09-18 03:15:58 UTC

Play Title: Mezzetino

Author: Jean-Antoine Watteau

Era: 16th Century

Hamlet

kaitlynberube0 — 2024-09-29 21:02:25 UTC

Hamlet was originally published in 1623. This play was extremely important to human development during the renaissance. This play embodies the complexities of the human psychology, while showing the internal struggles of grief and anger. This play allows the audience to realize the consequences of overthinking and when an action is taken to far. This play is still important today as it is still easily relatable all these years later.

Musical Theatre

kaitlynberube0 — 2024-09-29 21:12:34 UTC

Musical Theatre is used to obviously, entertain the audience, just as all theatre is made for, but more specifically it is known to evoke stronger emotions from the audience and to allow the actors to express their creativity and emotions more deeply. An example of a popular musical production is Hamilton, written in 2015. This theatre piece has lessons of courage and perseverance.

Globe Theatre

kaitlynberube0 — 2024-09-29 21:22:13 UTC

The globe theatre was built in 1599. This is where many of Shakespeares plays were first preformed. This theatre could hold up to 3,000 people and the area closest to the stage was actually the cheapest tickets someone could buy at the time.

Theatre of Dionysus

kaitlynberube0 — 2024-09-29 21:28:55 UTC

The theatre of Dionysus was built around the 6th century BC. It is located in Athina, Greece. A couple of important Greek plays were preformed here such as Euripides and Aeschylus. It is considered to be one of the worlds oldest theaters.

Medieval Theatre

kaitlynberube0 — 2024-09-29 21:43:32 UTC

Medieval Theatre covers a vast majority of years, starting in the 5th century and ending around the 15 century. This type of theatre was purposed with explaining religion, christianity more specifically. An important play from this time is "Everyman". This play uses characters to examine Christian salvation and the importance of everyones relationship with God.

Expressionism Theatre

kaitlynberube0 — 2024-09-29 22:32:49 UTC

The expressionist movement started in 1910. Expressionism theatre uses theatrical elements and scenery that is distorted and exaggerated in order to deliver strong feelings and ideas to the audience. The adding machine is a play from this era, it ends with final thoughts on the meaning of life and human experiences which is typical for an expressionist play.

Theatre of Absurd

kaitlynberube0 — 2024-09-29 22:45:24 UTC

The Theatre of Absurd movement began around the 1940s. This theatre attacks the comfortable certainties of human views. It attempts to shock the audience by bringing harsh facts of human situations. The point of the play "The Dumb Waiter" is to question the fundamental meaning of life.

Renaissance Theatre

kaitlynberube0 — 2024-09-29 22:52:06 UTC

Renaissance Theatre was created around 1560 and served as a means for play writs to express their ideas and opinions. Themes of these plays often included love and religion, sex and gender and ambition. Shakespeares play "A Midsummer nights dream" encompasses the renaissance ideals of love. The major elements of the play shows themes between relationships and chaos/ order.

Elizabethan Theatre

kaitlynberube0 — 2024-09-29 22:58:50 UTC

The Elizabethan era was from the years 1558-1603 during her rein in England. There was very little scenery in these plays, a character would come on stage and tell the audience where the scene was set. There were no female actors, so women's roles were played by men. A famous play during this time was "the taming of the shrew" written by Shakespeare.

Victorian Theatre

kaitlynberube0 — 2024-09-29 23:06:35 UTC

This era of theatre was during Queen Victorias rule (1837-1901). These plays typically expanded on horizons of education and literacy, as well as an increased desire of the people to question religion and politics.

Modern Theatre

kaitlynberube0 — 2024-09-30 00:37:36 UTC

Modern theatre emphasizes deep exploration of the human condition. These are plays written in the 19-20th century. They deal with real situations, real characters and use of everyday language. The point of the modern theatre is to help people understand people and cultures, even ones that may be different from our own.

Classical Theatre

kaitlynberube0 — 2024-09-30 00:45:30 UTC

The culture of Ancient Greece influenced the classical theatre era. These plays usually include major themes of individual and society. An example of a play from this time is Oedipus Rex written in 420 BC. The message of this play is the conception of vision as the capacity to confront truth.

Melodrama Theatre

kaitlynberube0 — 2024-09-30 00:49:52 UTC

This theatre was invented in the 19th century. There are four main elements of a melodrama; stereotypical characters, exaggerated conflicts, sensationalized plots and they tend to be highly emotional.

Medea

kaitlynberube0 — 2024-09-30 01:00:07 UTC

This play was written in 430 BCE by Euripides. This is a tragedy, originally shown in Athens, Greece. The major themes are revenge, gender roles, betrayal and feminine power. This play was extremely important during this time because the main character Medea created an identity for herself that was completely different than the typical female stereotype. This play was first shown on the slope of Acropolis in 431 BCE.

William Shakespeare

kaitlynberube0 — 2024-09-30 01:04:58 UTC

William Shakespeare is one of the most influential play writs in history. He born in 1564 and it is estimated he wrote about 38 plays before his death in 1616. He wrote tragedies and comedies. These plays are extremely important because many of them have themes/ messages that are still valuable in todays society.

Aeschylus

kaitlynberube0 — 2024-09-30 01:09:19 UTC

Aeschylus is a famous play writ, known for writing greek tragedies. Born around 525 BC, he is often described as the father of tragedy. He died around 456 BC in Italy. One of his most famous plays is Agamemnon.