THTR 1020 Chapter : Chapter 4 Notes
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A little about the greeks : 5th century bce: golden age of greece, play competitions were part of annual greek festivals (ex. Changes to tragedy: the london merchant (1731) by george lillo, first tragedy about the middle class. History of theatrical comedy: romans: only have roman comedies from 2 playwrights, plautus (c. 254 c. 184 bce, wrote as many as 130 plays, known for farce, terence (195/185-159 bce, known for his characters and double plots. History of theatrical comedy: middle ages: hrosvitha of gandersheim, nun from germany, wrote plays inspired by terence, used religious themes, first known female playwright. History of theatrical comedy: elizabethan: shakespeare"s comedies, use of word play, mistaken identities, complex plots, many times, they end with a wedding, examples: comedy of errors, a midsummer night"s, dream, the taming of the. Shrew, etc: shakespeare borrowed plots from sources such as plautus. Teaches moral lesson, and how much of western culture is rooted in aristotle.
