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The University of South Dakota The University of South Dakota THEA 462: History of Theatre and Drama: 1600-1860 Concepts addressed: History, Theatre and Literature Development of the theatre, including knowledge of performance architecture, technology, the relationship of theatre and society, theatre organization, conventions, and vocabulary as well as representative plays from the following periods within Western literature: Elizabethan, neoclassical, Restoration and eighteenth century, Romanticism and nineteenth century List of study terms: 17th Century England, pre-Commonwealth • Elizabeth I • James I • Charles I • Church of England • Spanish armada • William Shakespeare: representative plays • Philip Henslowe's Diary • Public Theatres (see review terms for THEA 461) • Private Theatres: compare to public theatres; examples: Blackfriars, Cockpit at Court • Scenery and costumes • Master of Revels and licensing • Lord Chamberlain's Men/King's Men (earlier Lord Strange's Men) • Lord Admiral's Men/Prince Henry's Men; Henslowe, Alleyn • Acting company organization: shareholders, hired men, apprentices, householders, size, repertory • Ben Jonson: comedy of humours, Volpone, The Alchemist, masques (The Masque of • Blackness) • John Webster: revenge tragedy, The Duchess of Malti • Beaumont and Fletcher • Stuart court masque: subject-matter, dances, stage arrangement, scenery, authors, • designers • Inigo Jones • John Webb (pre-revolution) • William Davenant (pre-revolution) 17th Century France • Italian influence in seventeenth-century France • Cardinal Richelieu, Cardinal Mazarin, Louis XIV • Confrerie de la Passion • Neoclassical doctrine (see review terms for THEA 461): be able to discuss neoclassicism using plays as examples; be able to discuss plays in terms of neoclassicism (how they meet or violate it) Development of this review sheet was made possible by funding from the US Department of Education through South Dakota’s EveryTeacher Teacher Quality Enhancement grant. • Pierre Comeille; Le Cid controversy (quarrel); French Academy • Jean Racine: Phedre (Phaedra) • Moliere (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin), author, actor, manager; Tartuffe, The Misanthrope, The Miser, The Imaginary Invalid, The Bourgeois Gentleman • Armande Bejart • Hotel de Bourgogne, including description (and French names of parts) • Theatre du Marais • French public theatre scenic practices before and after Italianate (1640ish) • Le Memoire de Mahelot_: manuscript in three parts: o set design sketches for 45 plays & set desc for 71, Bourgogne, 1620s-30s; o 71 titles, 1646-47; o 53 set desc, Bourgogne, '78-80; 69 set desc Guenegaud, after 1680 • Palais Cardinal--Palais Royal, including description • Giacomo Torelli: chariot-and-pole • Gaspare Vigarani; Salle des Machines • Jean Berain • Comedie Francaise, theatre building: description with a diagram • Jean-Baptiste Lully • French acting companies, organization • Comedie Italienne • Comedie Francaise, acting company: genesis, organization English Commonwealth and Restoration • Oliver Cromwell • Restoration • Charles II • James II, William and Mary, Queen Anne • Thomas Hobbes, John Locke • William Davenant • John Webb • Thomas Killigrew • Heroic tragedy • Restoration (neoclassical) tragedy • John Dryden: playwright, poet, theorist • Nahum Tate: adapter • Comedy of intrigue • Aphra Behn: The Rover • Comedy of manners • William Wycherley: The Country Wife, The Plain Dealer • William Congreve: The Way of the World • George Farquhar: The Beaux' Strategem, The Recruiting Officer • Jeremy Collier • Thomas Betterton • Nell Gwynn • Restoration acting companies; lines of business; rehearsals; style • Restoration acting companies and their theatres Development of this review sheet was made possible by funding from the US Department of Education through South Dakota’s EveryTeacher Teacher Quality Enhancement grant. • Colley Cibber: actor, manager, playwright, autobiographer • Christopher Rich • Benefits • Restoration theatre architecture • Theatre Royal, Drury Lane: description, with diagram • Restoration scenery, costumes, and lighting 18th Century England and Europe • Age of Enlightenment • Look at "Background" to supplement content on individuals • Jean-Jacques Rousseau • Voltaire • Influence of middle classes on drama and theatre • Middle-class tragedy • George Lillo: The London Merchant • Denis Diderot; drame • Ballad opera • Comic opera • Sentimental comedy (comedie larmoyante) • Richard Brinsley Sheridan: The Rivals, The School for Scandal • Royall Tyler: The Contrast • Oliver Goldsmith: She Stoops to Conquer • Laughing comedy • Marivaux • Beaumarchais: The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro • Gotthold Ephraim Lessing: playwright, critic, Hamburg Dramaturgy Sturm und Drang • Carlo Goldoni • Carlo Gozzi • Licensing Act of 1737, and ways around it • Sir Robert Walpole • Covent Garden • John Rich, Pantomime • John Gay: The Beggar's Opera • Afterpiece • Boulevard theatres • Johann Gottsched • Carolina Neuber • Hamburg National Theatre • Government subsidy in Germany • Court theatre at Drottningholm • Changes in public theatres during the eighteenth century • Compare/contrast English and Continental theatres • Walter Murray and Thomas Kean • Bibiena family, Baroque design, angle perspective, monumentality • Scenic elements • Piranesi Development of this review sheet was made possible by funding from the US Department of Education through South Dakota’s EveryTeacher Teacher Quality Enhancement grant. • Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg • Antiquarianism • Local color • Box set • Oil lamps • Costuming practices • Innovations: Macklin, Clarion • Acting style; James Quin; Innovations in acting style; John Philip Kemble; Sara Siddons • Marie-Francoise Dumesnil; Mlle. Clarion • Evening's bill of entertainment • David Garrick • Johann Wolfgang van Goethe: Goetz von Berlichingen, Faust; Weimar • Friedrich von Schiller: The Robbers, Mary Stuart, Wilhelm Tell 19th Century • Backgrounds, industrial revolution, urbanization, transportation, communication, nationalism • Karl Marx, Charles Darwin, Auguste Comte Minstrel show • Burlesque • Variety, vaudeville, circus (P. T. Barnum) • Old Price Riots • Claque • Astor Place Riots • Anna Cora Mowatt: Fashion • Romanticism: imagination, nature, self, literary ideas • Victor Hugo: Hernani • Georg Buchner: Danton's Death, Woyzeck • Melodrama • August Friedrich von Kotzebue • Rene Charles Guilbert de Pixerecourt • Americanism: Metamora, The Forest of Bondy, Uncle Tom's Cabin • Well-made play (see Stephen Stanton anthology) • Thesis plays • Eugene Scribe: The Glass of Water Victorian Sardou • Alexandre Dumas, fils: La Dame aux Camelias • Thomas William Robertson, author and director (The Bancrofts) • Sarah Bernhardt • Eleanora Duse • Ira Aldridge • Combination companies • Effects of the long run • Acting styles: John Philip Kemble, Sarah Kemble Siddons, Edmund Kean, Edwin Forrest • Specialty/type actors • William Charles Macready • Edwin Booth • Henry Irving Development of this review sheet was made possible by funding from the US Department of Education through South Dakota’s EveryTeacher Teacher Quality Enhancement grant. • Mikhail Semyonovich Shchepkin • Francois Delsarte • Actor-managers • Adolphe Montigny • Augustin Daly • Laura Keene • Richard Wagner • Georg II, Duke of Saxe- Meiningen • Theatre architecture, developments • Theatre Regulation Act of 1843 • Booth's Theatre • Festspeilhaus (Festival Theatre) at Bayreuth • Historical accuracy • James Robinson Planche, Charles Kemble • Scenic practices, including box set • Madame Vestris • Technology, moving panorama, elevator stage, revolving stage • Steele Mackaye, Madison Square Theater • Lighting practices and innovations: lime light, carbon arc, gas/gas table, electric • African Grove/Brown/Hewlett • Ivan Turgenev: A Month in the Country Development of this review sheet was made possible by funding from the US Department of Education through South Dakota’s EveryTeacher Teacher Quality Enhancement grant. .
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