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67 lines
2.8 KiB
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The first theatre in London has been built in
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Most important theatres:
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- The Globe
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- The Swan
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The theaters developed especially in Southwark (like today's Las Vegas).
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In **Southwark** (a place out of London walls) there was:
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- Theatres
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- Bull baiting arenas
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- Brothels
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- Theatres
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A theatre was a:
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- place of **entertainment**
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- place of **infection**
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- place of **vice** and **robbery**
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- gender fluid place (only man could become actor, so the man had to dress like woman)
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and actors were considered immoral people.
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They went to the theatre in the afternoon because there was no electricity and there was a structure in the open air. It was in an amphitheater shape made in wood and roof of thatch (tetto di paglia).
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It was a simple scene, with a small canvas and some props to make the setting.
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The theatre was open to everyone.
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# Structure
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- **Galleries**
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- Expansive
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- With a roof
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- You can sit
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- **The Pick**
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- You were on the ground (-> Groundlings)
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- **The stage**
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- roof (the heavens)
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- trapdoors
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- 2 levels
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- balcony
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- musicians
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- actors
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- males only
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- cross dressing
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- Props
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- **tiring houses** (camerini) where the actors dressed up.
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## The life of the actors
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Their profession was considered borderline and illegal.
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The theatre was considered a place of sin (*peccato*) because they were full of people that helped to spread pandemics.
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## Tragedy
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In a Greek Tragedy, there was unordinary people: kings, princes and warriors.
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There is a flow related to madness or suffering (crisis), then there is a downfall, where there is a catharsis (where the people who watch the tragedy identify themselves into the protagonist).
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A tragedy is about an unhappy events and end.
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The language is elevated and the style is solemn.
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## Comedy
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The characters are ordinary and doesn't change. Also the situation is ordinary, and there is the theme of love.
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The characters have to solve small problems/adversities (that they complete successfully).
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The language is not elevated, and the aim is to mock vices (prendere in giro i vizi).
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## Tragicomedy
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That's a style invented in Elizabethan times, where they mixed comedy and tragedy.
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| | - | Mircale Plays | Moralty Plays |
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| -------- | ------- | ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
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| Place | Churces | Paegeauts | Lord's houses |
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| Language | Latin | English | English |
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| Players | Clergy | Layman | Actors |
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| Theme | | Biblical Stories | Stories with moral characters impersonate vices |
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| Time | | 13-14th century | 15-16th century |
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