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How many Paris theatres were there at Moliere's death? How many were there by 1697?
5; 2
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What did the Comedie Francaise perform?
Spoken drama
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What did the Opera perform?
Original music dramas
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Who started the Encyclopedie?
Andre le Breton
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How many articles were in the encyclopedie?
72000
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Who were the primary editors of the Encyclopedie?
Jean d'Alembert and Denis Diderot
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In the encyclopedie frontispiece, who pulls the veil from truth?
Reason, Religion, and Metaphysics
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Who adorns Truth with garlands?
Imagination
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Who sent a letter to D'Alembert defend Geneva's prohibition of theatre?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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What 3 things did Rousseau say about theatre?
1--theatre is unable to offer true moral instruction; 2--actors are debased figures incapable of moral reformation; 3--the public is better served by nontheatrical substitute performances
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What was Denis Diderot's 1757 play?
Le Fils Naturel; The Illegitimate Son
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What was a dialogic introduction to the play defending Diderot's innovations?
Entretiens
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What did Diderot call for in his entretiens to Le Fils Naturel?
1--Attention to verisimilitude based on the observation of life; 2--more focus on actor performance than playwright poetry; 3--Removal of the audience from the stage; 4--no more conventional scenery; 5--creation of blocking based on mise en scene
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What was Diderot's 1758 play?
Le Pere de Famille; The Father of the Family
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What was the entretiens to La Pere de Famille?
Discourse on Dramatic Poetry
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What are the four parts of Diderot's dramatic spectrum?
1--traditional comedy; 2--comedie serieuse; 3--Drama bourgeois; 4--traditional tragedy
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What was the goal of traditional comedy?
to ridicule vice and incite laughter
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What was the goal of comedie serieuse?
to promote virtue and duty in a domestic situation
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What was the goal of drama bourgeois?
to display misfortunes in a domestic situation
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What was the goal of traditional tragedy?
to reveal public catastrophes in falls of great figures
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What was Diderot's text on acting?
The Paradox of the Actor
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Did Diderot prefer mechanical acting or genuine acting?
Mechanical
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What was most popular in 18th-century pre-Italy?
Opera
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What was Italian opera trying to reproduce?
Ancient Greek tragedy
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What is the earliest known opera?
Dafne
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What is the first extant opera?
Orfeo
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What was the first famous Commedia Dell'Arte troupe?
the Gelosi
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What were lazzi in commedia dell'arte?
stock jokes
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What is the name of the young lovers who wore no masks?
Inamorati
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What is the name of the braggart soldier, who is boastful but cowardly?
Capitano
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What is the name of the Merchant?
Pantalone
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What is the name of the scholar who speaks Latin nonsense?
Dottore
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What were the servants called?
Zanni
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Who was the master of the intrigue plot?
Arlecchino
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Who was known for his cruel wit and athletic feats?
Scapino
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Who wrote full texts of Commedia dell'arte?
Carlo Goldoni
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Who called to keep commedia dell'arte as it was?
Gozzi
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What is the name for written texts with commedia traits?
Fiabe
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Who won the battle between Goldoni and Gozzi?
Gozzi
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What was the name of the German clown?
Hanswurst
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Which German couple created theatre in Germany?
Gottshed and Neuber
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What did Lessing think about Neoclassicism?
Drama is served by attention to the spirit, not letter, of classical rules
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What theatre did Lessing create?
The Hamburg National Theatre
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What was Lessing's famous text?
The Hamburg Dramaturgy
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Who developed Weimar classicism with Friedrich Schiller, focusing on the idealization of theatre?
Goethe
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What dynasty did the Mongols rule China under?
the Yuan dynasty
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What was the Zaju tradition?
Only one singer and one mode of songs per act
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What were the Southern Plays?
Chinese opera that allowed multiple singers and mixed modes
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What came after the Yuan Dynasty and was ruled by the Chinese?
Ming Dynasty
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Where did Chuanqi come from?
The Southern Plays
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What began as an effort to make simple music of Kunshan province more sophisticated?
Kunqu
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After the Ming dynasty, the Manchu ruled China under what dynasty?
Qing Dynasty
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What was the basis for Beijing Opera?
Xipi
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What was the male in Beijing opera?
Sheng
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What was the female in Beijing Opera?
Dan
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What was the painted face role in Beijing Opera?
Jing
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What was the clown role in Beijing Opera?
Chou
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Was Kabuki popular or elite?
Popular
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What was the origin of Okuni kabuki?
the shamaness Okuni invokes the spirit of her former lover Nagoya Sanza, and they recount his murder
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What was woman kabuki called?
Onna kabuki
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What was boy kabuki called?
Wakashu
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What was adult male kabuki called?
Yaro kabuki
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What is the hero category of kabuki?
Tachiyaku
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What is the villain category of Kabuki?
Katakiyaku
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What is the female role of kabuki?
Onnagata
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What runs downstage through the audience?
The hanamichi
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What types of Kabuki plays are there?
Pure, Gidayu Kyogen, and Shosagoto
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What is kabuki written for the kabuki stage called?
Pure Kabuki
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What is kabuki adapted from puppet theatre called?
Gidayu Kyogen
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What were kabuki dance dramas called?
Shosagoto
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Historical plots from feudal past are called?
Jidaimono
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Contemporary plots from the Tokugawa era?
Sewamono
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What are the two aspects of kabuki text?
1--shuko, the basic plot of the play; 2--sekai, the world of the play
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