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Elizabethan
Term | Definition |
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Façade | back wall with 3 doors |
machinery | above and below stage, smoke, traps, SFX, pulleys, cranes |
shareholder | a group of actors that hold the share, invest in theatre |
renaissance | rebirth, renewal |
merchant class | wealthy, against theater, took away from business |
inns of court | university for reading and writing |
forestage | mainstage |
discovery space | upstage, device used for evesdropping |
John Lyly | light, delicate, comedies |
Master of Revels | gave permission to perform, hired by the queen |
lighting | natural light |
hired men | tech crew |
Christopher Marlowe | tragedy writer, historical writing, died young, perfected blank verse |
Aphra Behn | woman who dressed as a man, spy, drank and smoked, bisexual, proffesional female writer, favored by the queen, multiple lovers |
Pit or yard | cheap seats, area in front of stage, groundlings |
Thomas kyd | wrote "the Spanish Tragedy", developed revenge play |