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NeoClassical Theatre

NeoClassical Theatre. By: Braeden H., Arturas M., Christina M., Tavonte T. Theatre. Like Roman Stage Curved Seats and an open Orchestra A Scaena or stage house with large façade Indoors and marked the creation of Proscenium arch. Performance. Men and Women performed these plays

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NeoClassical Theatre

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  1. NeoClassicalTheatre By: Braeden H., Arturas M., Christina M., Tavonte T.

  2. Theatre • Like Roman Stage • Curved Seats and an open Orchestra • A Scaena or stage house with large façade • Indoors and marked the creation of Proscenium arch.

  3. Performance • Men and Women performed these plays • Most themes of this time period are: -Roman -Greek

  4. Audience • Most plays are performed in front of large audiences and courts to all people.

  5. Famous Plays • Le Cid 1637 • Horace 1640 • Cinna 1640-41 • Polyecute 1642 • Tartuffe 1664 • The Misanthrope 1666 • The Miser 1668 • The Imaginary Invalid 1673 • Andromaque 1667

  6. Famous playwrights/actors Actors or acting troupes: -Hotel de Bougogne -Theatre du Marais -Moliere’s *They all merged to become the first national troupe. Playwrights: -Pierre Corneille -Jean Racine -Moli`ere -Alexandre Hardy

  7. Innovations for plays • The stage and seats were set up cleverly to let all viewers enjoy the play. • Seating in the back of the theatre was curved so noone sat I corners and had a better view of the stage.

  8. Misanthrope part 14 of 15 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTuH_gZzNnI • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYmOXY3SLpE

  9. Works Cited Priestly, J.B.The Wonderful Life of the Theatre. Yugoslavia: Doubleday, 1969 . Print. Justin.”La Canada Playhouse.” La Canada Playhouse. Theatre Education Group. Web. 11 Apr. 2012. <http://www.lacanadaplyhouse.org>. “French Neoclassical Theatre Movements.” Western Theatre History.com. Web.11 Apr. 2012. <http://westerntheatrehistory.com/FrenchMovements.aspx>. Marks,Jonathan. “Drama.” Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Grolier Online,2012. Web.11 Apr. 2012.

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