GCC Renaissance Theatre Discussion

Chapter 13: Renaissance Theatre

Who do you think contributed most to Renaissance Theatre? Why do you feel this way? Please describe your thoughts on this in at least 2-3 sentences.

Chapter 14: Restoration through Romanticism

Can you think of a film, film series (multiple films) and/or a TV series that seems heavily influenced by either the Restoration Period of drama or Romanticism? Why do you think so? Please describe your thoughts on this in at least 2-3 sentences.

Please respond to one of your fellow classmates with a brief comment (be positive). You must post something before you can see your classmates’ responses to these questions!

**Below are video and photo links related to Chapters 13-16. Please watch as it will help in your understanding of the chapters and give you more insight into the topics (such as Shakespeare) covered in the chapters! Answer any questions I may have in the same reply box and you answer the above questions.

Ch. 13 – Renaissance Theatre (Shakespeare time!) 

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Italian Renaissance Theatre

http://yourguidetoitaly.com/slowitaly/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/teatro-olimpico.jpg (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

French Renaissance

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Acaste_%26_Clit.jpg (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Moliere

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Molière_-_Nicolas_Mignard_(1658).jpg (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Elizabethan (Queen Elizabeth I)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Elizabeth_I_in_coronation_robes.jpg (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Globe Theatre photos

http://cdn.ltstatic.com/2007/July/CE169649_942long.jpg (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

https://www.dphotographer.co.uk/users/4120/thm1024/2573071754_cb6aa14849_b.jpg (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

https://nocrunners.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/globe-theatre-london.jpg (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

https://travellousworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/foto-4.jpg (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

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William Shakespeare history

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Globe Theatre videoShakespeare; The Globe Theatre London tour (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Globe Theatre history

orking In The Theatre: The Globe (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Iambic Pentameter – What’s this? Ba dum, ba dum, ba dum…

Why Shakespeare loved iambic pentameter – David T. Freeman and Gregory Taylor (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Shakespeare bio

illiam Shakespeare – Playwright | Mini Bio | BIO (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

HAKESPEAR IN LOVE – Final Action (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Extra Globe video

hakespeare’s World – Timelines.tv History of Britain A08 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Why do you think Shakespeare is still considered to be so significant to theatre? In there anything, in your opinion, that makes his work or life unique?

Ch. 14 – Restoration through Romanticism

Brief history of Restoration

https://prezi.com/ty1fxvfthdah/restoration-theatre/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Restoration Theatre photo examples

https://www.newuniversity.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/TheMisanthrope_AnnaNguyen.jpg (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

https://nameberry.com//blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/restoration.jpg (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/aa/7d/1f/aa7d1f554d03e47d4ebceab5068b4710.jpg (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Restoration Theatre history

ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLpeUJt7aVE&t=22s (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

A short history of Restoration Theatre

ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zprpIbLHRgc (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Restoration History

http://study.com/academy/lesson/restoration-comedy-theatre-of-the-1700s.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Restoration sample scene – The Country Wife

ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8uzuGVvAYY (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Romanticism 

https://prezi.com/ybk2mljnxpyk/romanticism/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

A very in-depth video about Romanticism 

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A short video about Romanticism

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How were women in theatre different during the Restoration versus prior time periods?