Theatre History Study Padlet by Miss Silverman https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg 41 questions (23 Multiple Choice; 5 Short Answer; 5 Matching; 4 Checkboxes; 2 True or False) *3 Extra Credit Questions: Which productions did Miss Silverman work on in college? Hint: One inspired by a Greek play, one Restoration era play, one contemporary American play.* en-us 2017-11-08 18:07:19 UTC 2024-05-01 11:31:14 UTC hello@padlet.com First Performances: silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/204966474 2017-11-08 18:08:52 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/204966474 I-Kher-Wofret silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/204966728 2017-11-08 18:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/204966728 Dance Pre-Done silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/204967996 *Dance is one of the oldest humanities, dating all the way back to the Paleolithic era.]]> 2017-11-08 18:11:04 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/204967996 Egypt silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/204968416 -stone tablet
-papyrus
-3 day performance telling the story of Osiris]]> 2017-11-08 18:11:41 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/204968416 First Greek performance began as a ritual honoring DIONYSUS silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/204976604 Dionysus, the god of wine, fertility and revelry]]> 2017-11-08 18:23:34 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/204976604 Ancient Greek Theatre silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205031460 2017-11-08 19:58:29 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205031460 Thespis silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205031878 2017-11-08 19:59:16 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205031878 "actors" silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205033856 2017-11-08 20:02:47 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205033856 Masks silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205034420 -actors could play multiple characters 
-(male) actors could play either gender 

]]> 2017-11-08 20:03:29 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205034420 silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205129655 The word "theater" comes from the Greek word theatron. The Greek "- tron" loosely translates as "an instrument for," while "thea-" means "viewing." Thus literally, a theatron is a place or instrument for viewing purposes—i.e., a theater.]]> 2017-11-09 04:14:37 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205129655 deus ex machina silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205130178
  • Gods flew using a crane-like device called a machina
  • deus ex machina: a plot device originating in Greek theatre in which a problem was resolved quite unexpectedly when a god would appear from nowhere and save the day.

    • ]]>     2017-11-09 04:19:41 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205130178     SOPHOCLES silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205130434 Often compared to Shakespeare as the greatest playwright of all time.
    Wrote Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Electra, and Antigone.

    ]]>     2017-11-09 04:22:17 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205130434     Medea silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205130579 Euripides' female protagonist was the title character who got revenge on her cheating husband by murdering their children.]]> 2017-11-09 04:23:41 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205130579 Roman Theatre silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205131270 2017-11-09 04:30:31 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205131270 Roman vs. Greek silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205131461 Roman theatre was more:
    -vulgar
    -sensual
    -violent]]>     2017-11-09 04:32:40 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205131461     Roman theatre's greatest contribution: silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205131542 ARCHITECTURE
    (proscenium, etc)]]>     2017-11-09 04:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205131542     silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205131743 Actors were denied the same political and civil rights that were afforded to ordinary Roman citizens because of the low social status of actors.]]> 2017-11-09 04:36:05 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205131743 Roman Playwrights silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205131810 Plautus
    Terrence
    Seneca]]>     2017-11-09 04:36:59 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205131810     Medieval Theatre silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205131866 2017-11-09 04:37:49 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205131866 Illiterate congregation silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205131930 2017-11-09 04:38:36 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205131930 Only those fluent in Latin could be performers silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205131959 -priests
    -nuns
    -choir boys]]>     2017-11-09 04:38:53 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205131959     Morality Play: silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205132211 Christian principles rather than Bible stories]]> 2017-11-09 04:41:20 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205132211 Miracle & Mystery Plays: silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205132267 Saints' lives]]> 2017-11-09 04:41:53 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205132267 Passion Plays: silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205132300 The life of Christ]]> 2017-11-09 04:42:19 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205132300 Vocab: silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205132534 -mansions
    -guilds
    -masque
    -pageant cart]]>     2017-11-09 04:45:08 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205132534     MONOTHEISTIC silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205132630 Theatre's break away from polytheism of Greek/Roman history]]> 2017-11-09 04:46:08 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205132630 Jesters silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205132762 Began as Satan's assistants for comic relief]]> 2017-11-09 04:47:11 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205132762 Renaissance Theatre silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205132866 2017-11-09 04:48:16 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205132866 Vocab: silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205132901 -chiaroscuro
    -proscenium arch
    -rebirth
    -lazzi
    -burle]]>     2017-11-09 04:48:42 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205132901     Commedia dell'Arte silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205132998 2017-11-09 04:49:40 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205132998 Stock Characters: silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205133030 -Arlecchino (Harlequin)
    -Columbina
    -El Capitano
    -Pantalone
    -Innamorati]]>     2017-11-09 04:50:06 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205133030     Traveling stages means level audiences which means *raked stages* silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205133158 2017-11-09 04:51:41 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205133158 Elizabethan Theatre silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205133235 2017-11-09 04:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205133235 Shakespeare's primary 3 patrons: silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205133283 -Elizabeth I
    -King James II
    -Earl of Southampton]]>     2017-11-09 04:52:41 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205133283     "Golden Age" silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205133356 2017-11-09 04:53:26 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205133356 Queen Elizabeth loved Falstaff silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205133428 -Shakespeare wrote "The Merry Wives of Windsor" at her request]]> 2017-11-09 04:54:06 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205133428 Shakespeare authored: silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205133514 -plays
    -sonnets
    -narrative poems]]>     2017-11-09 04:54:56 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205133514     James Burbage silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205133638 The actor/manager who built the theatre in Shoreditch (home to the Chamberlain's/King's Men) which would eventually become the Globe Theater]]> 2017-11-09 04:56:04 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205133638 Christopher Marlowe: silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205133950 -professional rivalry with Shakespeare
    -died shy of 30th birthday in tavern brawl
    -wrote "Tamburlaine the Great" and "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus"]]>     2017-11-09 04:59:16 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205133950     Ben Jonson silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205134111 Attended Westminster School but never received university education; wrote "Valpone" and "Every Man in His Humour"]]> 2017-11-09 05:01:12 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205134111 John Fletcher silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205134226 The only playwright known to have partnered with Shakespeare (Henry VIII & The Two Noble Kinsman); Took over as chief dramatist for the King's Men after Shakespeare’s death]]> 2017-11-09 05:02:34 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205134226 Restoration & Later silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205134381 2017-11-09 05:04:19 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205134381 King Charles II silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205134428 2017-11-09 05:04:57 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205134428 David Garrick silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205134439 2017-11-09 05:05:04 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205134439 Peg Woffington silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205134459 2017-11-09 05:05:20 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205134459 Nell Gwyn silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205134496 2017-11-09 05:05:40 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205134496 Thomas Killigrew and William Davenant silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205134524 2017-11-09 05:05:59 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205134524 Rakes vs. Fops silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205134629 Rakes: witty w/vices
    Fops: vain and superficial and try to be witty and fail]]>     2017-11-09 05:07:32 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205134629     Comedy of Manners: silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205134710 Type of play satirized the behaviors of society before and during the Restoration period

    (making comedy of people's manners)

    ]]>     2017-11-09 05:08:47 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205134710     Legitimate Theatre: silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205134821 term used to describe generally accepted theatre, which originated in the Restoration to distinguish between royally sanctioned and unsanctioned theatre]]> 2017-11-09 05:09:54 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205134821 American Theatre silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205134888 2017-11-09 05:10:32 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205134888 Walnut Street Theatre silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205134916 Founded in 1809 in Philadelphia, PA, and is the oldest surviving theater in America]]> 2017-11-09 05:10:57 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205134916 Theatrical Families silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205134950 The Hallams
    The Barrymores
    The Drews
    The Booths]]>     2017-11-09 05:11:35 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205134950     Famous American playwrights: silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205135025 -Eugene O'Neill
    -Neil Simon
    -Lorraine Hansberry
    -Thornton Wilder
    -Tennessee Williams
    -Arthur Miller]]>     2017-11-09 05:12:31 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205135025     Eastern Theatre silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205135149 2017-11-09 05:13:51 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205135149 the Noh silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205135190 Combination of acting, dance and music in a strict form passed down from generation to generation, including myths, legends, and stock characters]]> 2017-11-09 05:14:16 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205135190 Bunraku silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205135252 Style of performance originated in Korea then migrated to Japan, and uses intricately hinged 4 ft tall wooden puppets and their puppeteers masked in black.]]> 2017-11-09 05:14:55 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205135252 Kabuki silvermanstageright https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205135301 Japanese fantasy storytelling combining singing, dancing, and acting with the performers using dramatic face paint, stylized movement and wearing elaborate costumes.]]> 2017-11-09 05:15:32 UTC https://padlet.com/silvermanstageright/fghz3ox1oxeg/wish/205135301