STUDY GUIDE
EXAM II
INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE

PLEASE BRING A #2 PENCIL AND EXTRA PAPER TO THE EXAM.

There will be 40 multiple choice questions each worth 2pts. and 20 pts. worth of short answer questions.

Festival Theatre: Roman
    When, Why
    Playwrights: Plautus, Terence, Seneca,
        Contributions
    Scenae Frons
    Christian Influence
    Mime

Festival Theatre: Medieval:
    When, Why (Christian Influence)
    Dark Ages
    Liturgical PLays - Quem Quaeritis
    Hrosvitha
    Outdoor Theatre:
        Cycle PLays
            What
            Mansion, Platea
            York, Wakefield
        Morality Plays
        Mystery Plays
        Miracle Plays
        Farce
        Interlude

The producer:
    Job
    Broadway Producer
    Shuberts, Jujamcyn
    Relationship to other collaborators
    Limited Partnerships
    General Partner
    Not-for-Profit, what and why

The Director:
    Exercise in three things
    Historical Perspective
        Playwrights as directors
        Duke - Saxe-Meiningen
    Two Phases:
        Preparatory and Implementation

    Phase One: Prep
        Play Selection, Concept, Design Meetings,  
        Casting.

    Phase Two: Implementation
        Staging, Coaching, Pacing, Coordinating,
        Presenting.

    Blocking
    Business
    Inspiring
    Etc.

English Renaissance/Elizabethan England
    Queen Elizabeth Decree in 1558
    Professional Theatre Companys
    Iambic Pentameter
    Masterless Men
    Master of Revels
    The King's Men, Lord Chamberlain's Men
    The Globe
        Inner Below, Inner Above, dimensions, etc.
    Spoken Decor

    Wm. Shakespeare
    Hamlet

The Italian Renaissance:
    What does Renaissance mean?
    When?
    Vitruvius
    Serlio
    De Architectura
    Perspective Painting
    Scenic Design influences
    Proscenium Stage
    Intermezzo
    Opera
        What, why, Academie Camerata