Thar Exam 2 Questions With Complete Solutions

Pageant Wagons - ANS Movable stage or cart used to perform liturgical cycle plays in middle ages. used in England and Spain Commedia erudite (comedy of the learned) - ANS comedy of the learned Serlio - ANS -Wrote the earliest published works about design and stage effects in 1545 -He based his writings on descriptions of Roman theatre -He believed there should only be three sets—one for comedy, one for tragedy, and one for pastoral plays. Three genres, so only three sets Teatro Olimpico - ANS The oldest surviving Renaissance Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, and built as a reproduction of a classical theatre inside an existing building in Florence Italy. Lazzi - ANS Repeated bits of physical comic business The Globe Theatre - ANS () Shakespeare's main theatre built along the south bank of the Thames in London. It is an octagonal building with a central courtyard open to the sky. Shakespeare - ANS English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers () Festive Comedy - ANS Shakespearean plays drawn from Elizabethan celebrations of feast days for their structure and spirit Rasa - ANS A mood or sentiment associated with artistic activity, such as raga performance, in India Bhava - ANS facial gesture of mood Shite - ANS main character Waki - ANS secondary character Hashigakari - ANS Bridge in no theatre on which the performers make their entrance from the dressing area to the platform stage. Yugen - ANS mystery, depth Kyogen - ANS comedic interludes between long Noh plays Quem Quaeritis trope - ANS "Whom do you seek?" a brief dramatized section of the medieval church's Easter liturgy. Probable origin of liturgical drama. C.1000 Mansions - ANS individual scenic units used for the staging of religious dramas in the Middle Ages Platea - ANS A large area of flat land elevated high above sea level Mystery Plays - ANS Also called cycle plays. Short dramas of the Middle Ages based on events of the Old and New Testaments and often organized into historical cycles. Morality Plays - ANS Dramas—originally under church control—didactic allegories in which characters had names of virtues, vices, or other qualities Twelth Night - ANS Shakespeare 16th century A: Returning good for evil,[B Kneels.]the priest performs services and prays[Stands and returns to backstage.]that in the end they will be reborn together[Spreads his arms, moves towards the B again, and drops his sword.]on a single lotus petal - ANS Atsumori Chorus is speaking Zeami Motokiyo End of 12th century Highlights importance of chorus in Noh theatre since they tell the story. This particular passage is talking about the forgiveness that Atsumori shows Rensho for killing him and how they can still be reborn together though one betrayed the other. Power of forgiveness. Look, the fool, the madman base, he thinks he is enjoying our embrace. B: What is he doing? A: Into his lap he pulls the utensils, he embraces the pots and the pans, giving them tender kisses.[...] A: His face, his hands, his clothes, are so soiled, so filthy, that with all the soot that clings to him, he looks like an Ethiopian .B: It is only right that he should appear in body the way he is in his mind: possessed by the Devil. - ANS Dulcitius Hrotsvitha 10th Cenutry First Woman playwright Oh, to whom shall I make my moan for to go with me in that heavy journay?First Fellowship said he would with me gone: His words were very pleasant and gay,But afterword he left me alone.Th