DRAM 116 Study Guide - Final Guide: English Renaissance Theatre, Aragoto, Restoration Comedy
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The three plays listed on the study guide. Thrust (thrust, lol), can be arena #crucible. The theater in stone center (our classroom) -proscenium. Thrust stage- like a peninsula, surrounded by audience on three sides. Black box/ flexible staging- can be put into any format, think of a boxed room that"s black. After charles ii was restored to the throne, he made an effort to bring theater back into england because he loved it (reopened theaters)\ Theatres closed from 1642-1660- why?- puritans outlawed theatre; civil war. Secret performances, they were short versions of full length plays. Permission from king charles to open theaters--2 to mr. killigrew and mr. Davenant ---- so, killigrew and davenant both established two different theatre companies, and just improved two different theaters that they held plays inso technically, they didn"t build any new theaters, just theatre companiesif that makes sense. Plays that are only meant to be read, not performed.
