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Fulgens + Lucrese
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Medieval, play, interlude begins with two narrators introducing play, sit and watch play, narrators get involved
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Ralph Roister Doister
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Renaissance Play, school play, farce, written by UDALL, 5 acts, braggart royalty figure, classical based
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Gammer Gurton's Needle
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Renaissance, play, school plays, farce, written by Mr. S, 5 acts, classical based
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Gorboduc
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Rennaissance, play, tragedy in blank verse, written by Sackville and Norton lawyers, 5 acts, inns of court (law schools), chorus
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Dumb Show
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Elizabethan, mimetic, way of telling story in short period of time, sometimes dream, lots of action happens three times, silent
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The Theater
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Elizabethan, built outside of city limits of London, built by Burbage, first permanent theater,
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Master of Revels
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Elizabethan, in charge of choosing what art groups come to court
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Sententiae
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Elizabethan, popular advice sayings, quotable
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Professional acting companies
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Elizabethan, needed noble patronage or you are a vagabond and can be arrrested
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Cycles
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Elizabethan, Elizabeth outlawed ccle plays because she was protestant and they were catholic
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Kyd
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Elizabethan, playwright, wrote The Spanish Tragedy, roommate of marlowe, got in trouble accused of atheism, tortured, blamed marlowe
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Marlowe
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Elizabethan, playwright, wrote tamburlaine I & II Doctor Faustus, Edward II, very popular,
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Tamburlaine
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Elizabethan, play, written by Marlowe, prose, rhyme, blank verse, rise and fall tragedy
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Edward II
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Elizabethan, play, written by Marlowe, King shouldn't be king, gives into vices, death is staged
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Doctor Faustus
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Elizabethan, play, written by Marlowe, based on rel person, medieval story
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Lily
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Elizabethan, playwright, wrote pastoral comedies and tragicomedies, wrote Gallathea strange yet fun, linguistic style is unique from this time
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Gallathea
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Elizabethan, play, written by Lily, young beautiful virgin sacrificed to gods annually, 2 parents dress girls as boys and send them into forest, they vall in love and venus turns one into boy
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Johnson
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Elizabethan, playwright, went to jail for killing actor, wrote Valpone (thiefs stealing as much as they can, moral people getting repeatedly punished
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Richard Burbage
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Elizabethan, famous actor, built The Theater and Globe Theater, Leicester's men troupe founder
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Red Lion
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Elizabethan, name we have for earliest theater from this period
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Shakespeare plays
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Shakespeare, 5 acts, boys played female roles,
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Traps and Reveals
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Shakespeare, used for staging
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Householder
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Shakespeare was one, held stock in the theater
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Hired men
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Shakespeare, paid to preform
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Phillip Henslow
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Elizabethan, Financial backer for play companies, important because of his documentation
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Edward Alleyn
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Elizabethan, actor, incredibly popular
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Edmund Tilney
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Elizabethan, Master of Revels
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Quarto, Folio
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Elizabethan, cheap version of plays printed on 1/4 of page or 1/2 of page
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Libertie
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Elizabethan, areas within the London borders that were exempt from London laws, Blackfriar theater
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Private Theaters
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Elizabethan, Blackfriar theater, more expensive theaters
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John Northbrook
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Elizabethan, against theater, vice and prostitution
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Stephen Gosson
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Elizabethan, originally a playwright, turned anti-theater, vice and prostitution
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Sir. Philip Sidney
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Elizabethan, wrote for theater, seeing vices shows us what not to do
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John Webster
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Jacobean, playwright, wrote tragedy, wrote The White Devil (many affairs, dumb show, violence) wrote Duchess of Malfi (final bloodbath)
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John Fletcher
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Jacobean, playwright, wrote tragicomedy
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Francis Beaumont
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Jacobean, playwright, wrote tragicomedy, wrote knight of the burning pestle
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John Marston
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Jacobean, playwright, wrote the Malcontent and Antonio's Revenge
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Cyril Tourner
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Jacobean, playwright, wrote the atheists tragedy, could have written the revenger's tragedy (horror, filled with corruptness and violence)
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Thomas Middleton
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Jacobean, playwright, wrote Chaste Maid in cheapside (city comedy, sex) Women beware women (violent tragedy) Changeling (written with William Rowly, violent tragedy)
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John Ford
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Caroline, playwright, wrote tis pity she's a whore (incest with bro because they are the only moral people, bloody ending, violent tragedy)
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Court Masques
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Caroline, performances done in elaborate costumes and stagin, done for the nobility and the court, known for spectacle, often mythical and allegorical
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Ben Johnson
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Caroline, playwright for court masques, quit when he wasn't taken seriously
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Indigo Jones
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Caroline, set and costume designer for the court masques, brought Italian scenery to England
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Theocracy
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Golden age, Spain, when the government and religion are the same
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Moors
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Golden age, Spain, Driven out of Spain during the inquisition
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Autos Sacrementales
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Golden age, Spain, "sacred acts",plays written by the public, when playwrights became prevalent they wrote these, religious, these religious plays continued unlike the rest of the world
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Lope De Vega
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Golden age, Spain, playwright, biggest name, wrote 300 plays and credited with 800, write The king the greatest alcade, often rape, proactive females
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Lope De Rueda
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Golden age, Spain, playwright, troupe master, wrote The Mask, carved the way, actor that made Comedia famous, 3 acts
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Commedia Del Arte troupes
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Golden age, Spain, popular in Spain
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Pasos
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Golden age, Spain, Commedia Del Arte, farse
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Cervantes
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Golden age, Spain, playwright, wrote Don Quixote, talks on playwrights and plays of that time
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Tirso De Molina
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Golden age, Spain, playwright, wrote Don Juan and Youthful Adventures of Cid
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Comedia Plays
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Golden age, Spain, 3 act standard, interludes interrupt play, love honor aka cape and sword, tragicomedy, poetic justice at the end
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Code of Honor
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Golden age, Spain, rulebook over what is right and wrong, usually dealing with class and gender rules
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Calderon De La Barca
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Golden age, Spain, playwright, wrote Life is a Dream and The Constant Prince
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Companies, actors, and playwrights
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Golden age, Spain, infamous, denied sacrements, didn't control spaces, companies needed to be licensed, actors paid better than playwrights
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Patio
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Golden age, Spain, staging, main level
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Almagro
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Golden age, Spain, staging, town, small theater, last one built, torn apart except for the main structure
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Cazuela
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Golden age, Spain, staging, woman's area, guarded by a man, near the back of the theater
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Aposentos
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Golden age, Spain, staging, boxes, cost more than patio, often for families
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Gratas
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Golden age, Spain, staging, bench seating
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Richelieu Medici
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French classicism, Defacto head of state, family brought Italian aesthetic and stagin
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Pleiade
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French classicism, took it upon themselves to create neoclassical plays in an academic setting
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Ettiene Jodelle
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French classicism, first playwright in France that wrote in a classical style
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Confrerie De La Passion
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French classicism, brotherhood of passion acting troupe
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Hotel De Bourgoghe
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French classicism, Le Conte rents this as a theater, first permanent theater structure thus had a monopoly
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Alexander Hardy
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French classicism, playwright, violence onstage, some neoclassicism, started with tragicomedy but more mixed forms were more popular so switched
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Valleron Le Conte
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French classicism, first actor and manager of The Kings Players troupe
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Parterre
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French classicism, staging, people's pit, first floor area
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Loge
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French classicism, staging, box, divisions of galleries
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Farceurs
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French classicism, intentionally amusing comic types, farce players, stock characters
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Tennis Courts
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French classicism, converted into theater spaces
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Theater Du Marais
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French classicism, first permanent tennis court conversion
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Pierre Corneille
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French classicism, playwright, wrote The Cid (based on historical figure that fought the moors, hugely popular still, and because of it's popularity people began sitting on stage) also wrote the Illusion (play within a play, mixed tone) and Andromeda (machine play)
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Academie Francaise
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French classicism, French academy, protectors of the French language, keep France French, was asked to answer whether the Cid was following the rules of neoclassicism said it was improbable and excessive
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Racine
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French classicism, playwright, wrote Phaedra (complex characters and simple action) very classical, still hugely popular, French Shakespeare, poet of the stage
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Palais a Volonte
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French classicism, staging, one set that encompasses all settings in a play, very general, unity of place, idea
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Salle Du Petit Burbon
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French classicism, court theater, chariot and pole system and proscenium were installed later
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Palais Cardinal
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French classicism, royal, built by cardinal Richelieu, first proscenium arch, so influential prosceniums were installed in most other theaters
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Hall of Machines
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French classicism, largest theater in all of Europe
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Mazzerine
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French classicism, Italian cardinal after Richelieu
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Restoration
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Restoration England, the restoration of monarchy, brought Charles II back
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Drolls
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Restoration England, short versions of full length plays, done in regular theater spaces when environment was safe enough to do them
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Davenant
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Restoration England, playwright wrote Siege of Rhodes (called first opera, done on private property, first time English actresses on stage, first time proscenium arch and italianate scenery on stage)
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Killigrew
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Restoration England, formed King's Company, older more experienced actor
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Dryden
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Restoration England, playwright, tragedy, wrote All for Love, neoclassicized Anthony and Cleopatra
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Restoration Comedy
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Restoration England, there were still a lot of tragedies but don't hold up today as well
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Nahum Tate
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Restoration England, playwright, rewrote Shakespeare's plays to make them better because the tastes had changed, sanitized, regularized
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William Wycherly
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Restoration England, playwright, wrote The country wife (spreads a rumor he has syphilis and is impotent, sexes is friends and enemies wives
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Duke's Company
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Restoration England, formed by Davenant, younger actors, more successful killigrew, merged with King's company
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George Etherege
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Restoration England, playwright, wrote The man of Mode (match making, marriages, influential because it has fop character)
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William Congreve
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Restoration England, playwright, wrote The Way of the World, cited as the last restoration comedy, poetic justice, witty, about society
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Breeches roles
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Restoration England, women cross dressing wearing male apparel, alluring to see women in pants
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Rake
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Restoration England, character of dubious moral standing, lies to get women, sexual liaisons, irresponsible financially, rarely punished
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Fop
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Restoration England, character, overly concerned with appearance/style/clothing, dim witted, object of ridicule
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Eleanor (Nell) Gwynn
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Restoration England, famous actress, known more for offstage life ie rags to riches, respectable in comedies, terrible in serious plays
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Thomas Betterton
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Restoration England, actor with Duke's company, single greatest actor of this time, detail, discipline, oratorical style
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Drury Lane
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Restoration England, The theater royal, king's company, stood on same ground various reincarnations, drawings
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Anne Bracegirdle
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Restoration England, famous actress, virtuous,
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Jeremy Collier
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Restoration England, wrighter, controversial, influential, wrote A short view of immorality and profaneness on the English stage (attack on restoration drama, provoked debate)
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Dorset Garden
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Restoration England, theater, don't know much
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Lincoln’s Inn Fields
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Restoration England, theater, don't know much
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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (Moliere)
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French Classicism, born into artisan family, educated, actor, writer, not initially successful, joined Illustre Teatro acting company
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Illustre Teatro
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French Classicism, acting company, Moliere joined, Bejart family, gone for 15 years then took Paris by storm, king supports
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Madeleine Bejart
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French Classicism, actor, older sister
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Armande Bejart
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French Classicism, actor, younger sister, married Moliere,
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Alexandrines
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French Classicism, 12 beat rhymed couplets
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Comedie Ballet
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French Classicism, commissioned, for royal audiences
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Comedie-Francaise
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French Classicism, 1st national theater EVER, seen as House of Moliere, theater supported by government as face of country, still exists
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Societaires
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French Classicism, shareholders, provided their own costumes
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Pensionnaires
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French Classicism, Comedie-Francaise contracted/hired in players
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school for wives/husbands
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French Classicism, play, written by Moliere, comedy of manners, afraid of being cuckolded so locks young wife away she eventually outwits him
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Bourgeois Gentleman
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French Classicism, play, written by Moliere, has commedie ballet at end
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Misanthrope
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French Classicism, play, written by Moliere, one of his most famous/produced, guy who hates people, long lived
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Imaginary Invalid aka Hypochondriac
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French Classicism, play, written by Moliere, final play, played this role, ends with Comedie Ballet
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Doctor-in-spite-of-himself
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French Classicism, play, written by Moliere, influenced by commedia, lazzi aka comedic bits
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Scapin
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French Classicism, play, written by Moliere, influenced by commedia, scoundrel character, stock types
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