Period 7 Research by Allison Williams

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The events depicted in The Lost Colony took place during the Elizabethan era in England. The term, “Elizabethan Era” refers to the English history of Queen Elizabeth I’s reign (1558–1603). Historians often depict it as the golden age in English history and it’s been widely romanticized in books, movies, plays, and TV series. The Elizabethan age is considered to be a time of English renaissance that inspired national pride through classical ideals, international expansion, and naval triumph.

This English Renaissance saw the flowering of poetry, music and literature. The era is most famous for theatre, as William Shakespeare and many others composed plays that we still read and watch today. It was also an age of exploration and expansion abroad to establish colonies under English rule across the globe, including in The New World, to further England’s empire.

Famous people in shakespeare era

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Someone famous people that were alive during this time was Queen Elizabeth the first, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, and Thomas Dekker.

kabuki

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the performances were elegant dances with minnimile movemnt also having exaggerated speech to enphesise the malevolence of mascunleuity of certian charaters

its also spoken in classical japenese

They use live music while performing by using wooden bards for waking of any other special effects that can help the audience understand .

their is also audience participation where there yelling and cheering the protagonist

the revolution era was home to

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elaborate proscenium-arch playhouses with deep stages, incorporating painted scenery and stage machinery for greater realism and spectacle. less and less plays were done in open air theaters and more and more were done in Proscenium. the vista stage was home too The vista stage

The use of moveable shutters allowed for a wide open display of the inner stage, encouraging playwrights to expand the acting area beyond the proscenium.

Rocco Jones (Role 1)

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Restoration-era plays, which were predominant in Britain, were heavily influenced by the rule of King Charles II, who encouraged restoration comedy to include sexually explicit language and crude jokes. In addition, restoration comedy had a wide audience, including aristocrats and middle-class individuals, as well as servants and other lower-class people. This era was characterized by a high quantity of diversity in both the audience and content of plays. This era occurred after the extremely religious and authoritarian Puritan regime in Britain, where stage performances were banned from 1642-1660, was lifted. This era saw the popularization of comedy of manners, which was a type of comedy that was both satirical and realistic. The much more progressive post-puritan values led to the first female actors, such as Maragaret Hughes and Nell Gwyn. At the end of this period, the witty and sexual comedy began to fall out of favor with the replacement of King James II by his daughter Mary II and dutch husband William III, neither of whom liked theatre.

research

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Greek Theatre famous people

smithr2_21 — 2025-04-01 18:42:07 UTC

As a consequence of their lasting popularity, the works of such great playwrights as Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes formed the foundation upon which all modern theatre is based. In a similar way, the architecture of the ancient Greek theatre has continued to inspire the design of theatres today.

The early tragedies had only one actor who would perform in costume and wear a mask, allowing him to impersonate gods.

lezleah

zacariasl — 2025-04-01 18:42:12 UTC

they dressed up as kings and Queens since that is what some of the actors were playing for their part and some had to wear a cloak to play their part as well. Actors playing Moors wore make-up that made them seem dark-skinned. A white face, red cheeks and a blonde wig turned a boy actor into a beautiful young woman. And crushed pearls and silver to create a simmering effect on some of the actors.

Famous people Kabuki

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Ichikawa Danjūra( is a stage name taken on by a series of Kabuki actors of the Ichikawa family.)

,Ichikawa Ebizo, (Ebizō, like other actors' names, is bestowed (or given up) at grand naming ceremonies called shūmei in which a number of actors formally change their names.)

Matsumoto Kōshirō ( Though the Matsumoto family is part of the Koraiya guild, there is a strong connection to the Naritaya guild and the Ichikawa family)

The Playwrights of the story :

Chikamatsu Monzaemon and Tsuruya Namboku

Chikamatsu Monzaemon ( (近松門左衛門, real name Sugimori Nobumori, 杉森信盛, 1653 – 6 January 1725 was a Japanese dramatist of jōruri, the form of puppet theater that later came to be known as bunraku, and the live-actor drama.)

Tsuruya Namboku ( (born 1755, Edo [now Tokyo], Japan—died Dec. 23, 1829, Edo) was a Japanese Kabuki playwright of the late Tokugawa period (1603–1867), known for his plays with supernatural themes and macabre and grotesque characters.)

kathakali

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The style began in the 16th century but it roots into the temple along with the very interesting art of the folk, a big one was; Krishnanattam among the religious drama named ' the kingdom of the Zamorin of Calicut'.

Famous people who performed Kathakali

ballina2 — 2025-04-01 18:46:24 UTC

Pariyanampatta Divakaran was born on 10th May 1954 Pariyanampatta Divakaran in Pariyanampatta Mana in Peringannur, Palakkad District. He joined Peroor Gandhi Seva Sadanam at the age of twelve and learned Kathakali for eight years
Kottarakkara Ganga was born on Kottarakkara Ganga Oct 15, 1952 in Kottarakkara, Kollam District. She practised Kathakali under many famous teachers namely Mayyanad Kesavan Namboothiri, Nelliyod Vasudevan Namboothiri and Kalamandalam Ramachandran Unnithan.
Margi Vijayakumar was born on Margi VijayakumarMay 31, 1960. He learned Kathakali from 1975 to 1983 in Margi, Trivandrum. Main teachers were Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair, Mankulam Vishnu Namboothiri, Inchakkat Ramachandran Pilla and Thonnakkal Peethambaran. He is now working as a teacher in Margi.

Restoration era theater Costume/Makeup

zavalam2 — 2025-04-01 18:50:00 UTC

The types of costumes style that were shown in the Restoration era was the 17th century style of clothing. It would be a extravagant gown with a wide skirt, a deep decolletages (which is a low neckline of a woman's dress/top) and a lavish trims( a fancy word of saying a good looking design trim) for the women and for the men they would wear a long, collarless, sleeved coat and what was under it was a waistcoat, and a breeches. (The costume is a baroque style or a classicism style). Mostly the makeup that was use was mascara (A cosmetic for darkening and thickening of the eyelashes), eyeliner, and a very pale skin tone to it.

nataliya g

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The time period for Kabuki theaters early 17th century it was 1603-1868

They played a historical act and historical events and moral conflict in relationships of the heart. Performances were very elegant

Many people say they have a very vibrant and captivating form of tradition

During japan when kabuki started relative peace and economic growth

Kabuki influenced many people by clothing and other aspects

Of the urban residents lifestyle

It is very entertaining and fashionable to watch

The change overtime to encompass more inimitable structures and performance art

Theatre spaced/set and makeup in Kathakali

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The common places for Kathakali to be performed are open spaces in a village or a town or often in front of a temple. The acting focuses on a large oil lamp which is placed right in the foreground of the performance. The makeup of Kathakali each has different The five major Veshams in Kathakali are Kathi (Knife), Pacha (Green), Thaadi (Beard), Minukku (radiant), and Kari (Black). The representation of Kathi is arrogant and evil, however, with a vein of gallantry. Pacha is used to portray noble male characters like kings and divine beings. Thaadi has three distinct types which are, chuvanna thadi (red beard) vella thadi (white beard), and karutha thadi (black beard). The red beards are vicious and excessively evil characters. Their faces are mainly painted half black and half red. The white beard represents a higher type of being. The black beards are the character types in which black predominates in make-up and costume. These are the primitive beings - the wild hunters and forest dwellers. Minukku symbolizes gentleness and high spiritual qualities (like saints), which are in sharp contrast to the other four veshams. Kari is used for demonic characters, portraying the most gruesome figures on the Kathakali stage. Their faces are jet-black with dotted red and white markings on them.

Restoration Era Performances

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One of the most advanced additions to the stage that emerged during this time was the use of technology both structurally and visually. Inigo Jones introduced the concept of moving scenery and the “proscenium arch” to English theatre.
Reinterpretation of older plays that were often turned into semi-operas with singing, dancing, and special effects.
Shakespeare's plays were the most commonly used.
The addition of women in theater was greatly received and allowed suggestive scenes to become more open and raunchy, a quality well suited to the public's taste of the time.
Davenant’s Macbeth and Shadwell’s Tempest became two of the most popular plays of the period precisely because of their special effects, music, and dance: the witches in Macbeth famously flew on and off, requiring flight ‘machines’ with ropes and wires; and the first stage direction in Shadwell’s Tempest, which seeks to represent the storm conjured up by Prospero, stipulates 24 violins and “Several Spirits in horrid shapes flying down amongst the Sailors, then rising and crossing in the Air”.

Greek theatre

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The makeup and costumes of Greek theatre were unique, vibrant, and engaging. The Greek theatre makeup was filled with colorful and bright details. Some would wear masks in place of makeup, or paint their whole faces in paint and add more makeup to make it more detailed. The masks were made of linen, leather, wood, or cork. Some masks had hair, and that hair was from humans or animals.

The costumes worn were old traditional Greek outfits, which were made of natural fibres. Linen was commonly used because of the hot climate, which lasted most of the year. They also acted in costumes with silk or wool because that is what Greeks wore when it was cold.

Greek Theatre

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The set of the Greek Theatre was a very realistic setup it had the same structure as the modular building. The structures were made with wood but often covered in stone to keep its shape longer.