Theatre in the UK

Июль 27, 2022

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2. Early Forms of English Drama Mystery plays (stories from the Bible) Miracle plays (dramatisations of the
3. The Renaissance law passed in 1572 classified actors as vagabonds => companies patronised by a nobleman
4. The Renaissance 20 companies of actors in London more than 100 provincial troupes acting was considered
5. The Renaissance PLAYHOUSES The Theatre (1567) The Rose The Swan The Globe (1599)
6. ELIZABETHAN THEATRE
7. The Renaissance PLAYWRIGHTS Christopher Marlowe William Shakespeare Ben Jonson (masques)
8. THE RESTORATION 1642 - Puritans closed the theatres theatres remained closed for 18 years
9. FRENCH INFLUENCE heroic tragedy Comedy of Manners
10. THE ROMANTIC PERIOD theatrical effects star system melodramas, operettas and farces
11. THE VICTORIAN PERIOD English drama stagnant due to: the rise of the novel; the theatre had
12. THE VICTORIAN PERIOD Popular types of performances: music-hall pantomime farce melodramas
13. THE VICTORIAN PERIOD Theatre Act of 1843
14. REVIVAL OF ENGLISH DRAMA Oscar Wilde G.B. Shaw Abbey Theatre Noël Coward John Millington Synge “The
15. MODERN ENGLISH DRAMA Theatre of the Absurd Samuel Beckett kitchen sink dramatists John Osborne
16. MODERN ENGLISH DRAMA Tom Stoppard Harold Pinter Alan Bennett Alan Ayckbourn Brian Friel
17. LONDON THEATRELAND
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Early Forms of English Drama
Mystery plays
(stories from the Bible)
Miracle plays
(dramatisations of

the lives of the saints)
pageant

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The Renaissance
law passed in 1572 classified actors as vagabonds =>
companies

patronised by a nobleman
(The Earl of Leicester’s Men, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men)

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The Renaissance
20 companies of actors in London
more than 100 provincial

troupes
acting was considered immoral =>
no women in the companies

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The Renaissance PLAYHOUSES
The Theatre
(1567)
The Rose
The Swan
The Globe

(1599)

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ELIZABETHAN THEATRE

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The Renaissance PLAYWRIGHTS
Christopher Marlowe
William Shakespeare
Ben Jonson
(masques)

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THE RESTORATION
1642 - Puritans
closed the theatres
theatres remained
closed for

18 years

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FRENCH INFLUENCE
heroic tragedy
Comedy of Manners

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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
theatrical effects
star system
melodramas, operettas
and farces

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THE VICTORIAN PERIOD
English drama stagnant due to:
the rise of the novel;
the

theatre had become a business;
the Victorian period was an age of great actors who could turn even poor quality material into gripping performances;
the Theatre Licensing Act of 1737 imposed severe restrictions on the range of subjects that could be dealt with in plays;
drama was not considered as an art form by the middle class.

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THE VICTORIAN PERIOD
Popular types of performances:
music-hall
pantomime
farce
melodramas

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THE VICTORIAN PERIOD
Theatre Act of 1843

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REVIVAL OF ENGLISH DRAMA
Oscar Wilde
G.B. Shaw
Abbey Theatre
Noël Coward

John Millington Synge
“The Playboy of
the Western World”
(1907)

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MODERN ENGLISH DRAMA
Theatre of the Absurd
Samuel Beckett
kitchen sink dramatists

John Osborne

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MODERN ENGLISH DRAMA
Tom Stoppard
Harold Pinter
Alan Bennett
Alan Ayckbourn
Brian

Friel

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LONDON THEATRELAND