Theatre History Deck 4

scenario

• commedia characters

• plot outline

• popular theatre during the Italian renaissance; basically improvisational

• bits of comic business

lazzi

• commedia characters

• plot outline

• type of play acted within or near the church and relating stories from the Bible and of the saints

• bits of comic business

mystery play

• told the story about a biblical figure

• plot outline

• type of play acted within or near the church and relating stories from the Bible and of the saints

• bits of comic business

liturgical plays

• told the story about a biblical figure

• plot outline

• type of play acted within or near the church and relating stories from the Bible and of the saints

• bits of comic business

renaissance

• told the story about a biblical figure

• re-birth

• type of play acted within or near the church and relating stories from the Bible and of the saints

• bits of comic business

Queen Elizabeth I

• told the story about a biblical figure

• re-birth

• ruled England at the peak of its renaissance

• bits of comic business

The Theatre

• told the story about a biblical figure

• re-birth

• ruled England at the peak of its renaissance

• the first theatre in London

James Burbage

• manger of the Rose and the Swan

• re-birth

• ruled England at the peak of its renaissance

• the first theatre in London