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the Restoration
the return of Charles II to the English monarch
comedy of manners
a play that mocks the pertentiousness of the upper class
proscenium doors
allowed for entrances/exits in front of the proscenium arch
the drame
18th century form of French drama
"sturm und drang"
"storm and stress"
act drop
curtains used to indicate beginning & end of act
box set
Italian; onstage "room" made up of three walls
mise en scene
French term for "spectacle"
presentational style
performance style that acknowledges the audience
representational style
performance style that ignores the audience
David Garrick
English actor/director; banned the audience from the stage
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German forerunner of the modern director
romanticism
19th century form of German drama
melodrama
"song" or "music" drama
exposition
background information revealed in the start of a play
obligatory scene
the "showdown" between the hero and the villain
repertory company
a troupe of actors performing a rotation of plays
Edwin Booth
first "star" of the American stage
Richard Wagner
German director; first to dim the house lights
George II
German director; known for intricate crowd scenes
the six elements of composition
line, shape, measure, position, color and texture
three nineteenth innovations in scene shifting
elevator stage, revolving stage, fly system
the seating arrangement that replaced pit-box-gallery seating in 1876
continental
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2012-05-17T20:03:41Z
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