italian renaissance theatre drama 1 fall 2003. when? n the italian renaissance was from 1550-1700...
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New forms of theatre n Opera –Dialogue is sung rather than spoken –Actually a mistaken recreation of the Grecian chorus led to the development of the form of theatre we now know as Opera n Commedia dell’arte –Performed by a troupe of actors that traveled from town to town –Entirely improvised (made up)TRANSCRIPT
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Italian Renaissance Theatre
Drama 1Fall 2003
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When?
The Italian Renaissance was from 1550-1700 AD.
The plague was still around, so theatre was not incredibly popular.
As before, it was kept alive by wandering troupes.
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New forms of theatre Opera
– Dialogue is sung rather than spoken– Actually a mistaken recreation of the Grecian
chorus led to the development of the form of theatre we now know as Opera
Commedia dell’arte– Performed by a troupe of actors that traveled
from town to town– Entirely improvised (made up)
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Characters in the commedia
All characters were stock characters There were three main groups of
stock characters–The lovers–The masters–The servants
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Dottore
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The Lovers The lovers were the only
characters that did not wear masks They were beautiful, well-educated,
innocent, noble, and witty They are often opposed in their
love by one or more of the masters
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Columbina
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The Masters Il Capitano (The Captain)
– a braggart, cowardly soldier who claimed prowess in both love and battle but was often a failure in both
Il Dottore (The Doctor)– a physician or professor who often spouts
inaccurate Latin Pantalone (The Merchant)
– a greedy, lustful, meddling man
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Pantalone
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The Servants
The servants were called zanni. There were usually at least two
servants, typically one smart and one less smart.
The leader of the zanni was Harlequin. Much of the humor comes from the
actions of the servants.
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Harlequin
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Commedia Design They were based
on scenarios often given by the audience
Interspersed in the action were lazzi, or comic bits
Most of the lazzi were low comedy using physical humor
Slapstick comedy developed and was named after the actual slapstick used to beat characters
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Capitano
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Commedia Costumes All characters except the lovers
wore masks.–Masks covered only the top half of
the face and often had distinguishing features
The costumes were stock (repeated for characters in all scenarios)
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Set Design in Theatre
Perspective was used in all theatres including opera.
Scenery was layered to create a three dimensional effect.
The floor of the stage was painted with tiles using perspective to show depth.
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More Scenic Inventions
Created a chariot and pole system to enable multiple flats to be moved at the same time.
Stages were raked to create upstage and downstage areas.
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Humanistic Theatre
Highly formal. Was performed by the upper class for
the upper class. Purity of form--tragedies were tragic,
comedies were comic and there was NO mixing of the two.
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The Rules
Verisimilitude--events in the play must be realistic.
No violence on stage--do not offend the audience.
No low language--do not offend the audience.
Follow the unities of time, place, and action.