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Theatre History Final 1
Spanish Golden Age
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Undergraduate 4
04/28/2010

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What's going on in the town of Elche?
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A mystery play telling the story of the death and assumption of the Virgin Mary, first performed in the 15th century.
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The Moors
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in control of Spain
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Who praised Rueda's acting and writing?
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Miguel de Cervantes
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Who was Fernando of Arago?
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At what did Rueda excel at playing?
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fools and rascals
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In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue and
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no more Jews in Spain
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The main conflict in Fuente was..
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Identify Gilliene de Castro
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Spanish dramatist who wrote "The Cid"
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Interesting coincidence
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Lope de Vega lived exactly at the same time as Shakespeare.
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Autos
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1 act plays about the sacraments
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One of Vega's greatest works
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"The Knight from Olmedo"
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Trains
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Calderon's earliest known play
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"Constant Prince"
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2 most famous corrales in Madrid
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1) Corral de la Cruz
2) Corral del Principe
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lunettas
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semicircular benches located in the front of the pit.
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Requirements of an auto
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Must underscore the validity of the church's teaching
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1st proscenium arch in Spain
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Coliseo
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One of the most famous zarzuelas
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"Celos Aun del Aire Matan"
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Define an autor
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a manager
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Calderon
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-became most popular playwright after Lope died
-love, honor & violent family situations
-"Life as a Dream"
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end of the autos
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produced the autos
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produced under trade guilds
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preview performance of the autos
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1st performance in which the King had to approve
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carros
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wagons
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secular theatre
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Lope de Rueda
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actor, company manager, playwright
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comedias
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3 act full length nonreligious play
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pasos
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a numerous interlude between acts of longer works.
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Italian comedia del arte
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themes
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neoclassic principles
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capa y espada
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"cape and sword"
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entremeses
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interlude between acts
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the aim of de Vega
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to please the audience
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the new art of playwrighting
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treatise written by de Vega
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theme of de Vega
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attempts by peasants to secure justice
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Calderon's subject
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love & honor
violent family situations
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"Life is a Dream"
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human beings are responsible for their own actions and must choose a path from a maze of possibilities
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