Drama in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance + Dr Faustus

Drama in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Dr Faustus
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Drama in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Dr Faustus

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

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Moving wagons
Church
Theatres
Church yard

Slide 2 - Sleepvraag

Changes in location
  1. Started in church to make services more attractive and understandable
  2. Plays became too wordly and entertaining --> moved to churchyard
  3. Banned from church grounds --> plays were now performed on moving wagons
  4. In the Renaissance the first official theatres were built:

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Slide 5 - Video

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Guilds
Actors
Clergy

Slide 6 - Sleepvraag

Development of actors
  1. In church performed by clergy
  2. Guilds took over 
  3. Acting became a profession
    Not for women though, boys played female parts:

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

Slide 8 - Video

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Morality Play
Tragedy/Comedy/History
Mystery Play

Slide 9 - Sleepvraag

Content
  1. Mystery plays: about saints and characters from the Bible
  2. Morality plays: allegorical, teach a moral lesson.
    Characters were personifications of abstract qualties.
  3. For entertainment: comedies/tragedies/histories

Slide 10 - Tekstslide

English Drama

According to the classical tradition a play had to conform to three unities:
  • Unity of action
  • Unity of place
  • Unity of time
English writers however, did not necessarily stick to this tradition



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Discuss: What was the role of religion in the Renaissance?

Slide 13 - Woordweb

What do you think is a Faustian bargain?

Slide 14 - Open vraag

What are the Seven Deadly Sins?

Slide 15 - Woordweb

This play contains the personifications of the Seven Deadly Sins: 
Lust
Gluttony
Greed
Sloth
Wrath
Envy
Pride

Slide 16 - Tekstslide

Chistopher Marlowe
Famous playwright
Shakespeare's contemporary
His play Dr. Faustus is a good reflection of the changes the country was going through

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Themes in Doctor Faustus
  • Temptation, Sin and Redemption
  • The Bargain
  • Renaissance Individual
  • Fate vs Free Will
  • Education, Knowledge and Power

Slide 18 - Tekstslide

Slide 19 - Video

Discussion Questions
  • What elements of medieval and renaissance drama can you find in this work?
  • What elements of the Renaissance period can you find in this play?
  • What do you think is the message Chorus is trying to teach us at the end of the play?

Slide 20 - Tekstslide