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Euro Civ Week 3
Question | Answer |
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What is "Beggar's Opera" a Satire of? | opera, high society, and the justice system |
In "The Marriage of Figaro", who does Figaro represent? | the bourgeouisie, he seems to be the voice of Beaumarchais |
What are cat calls? | Cat calls are children's toys that were made of cat gut. The toy made a shrill noise and many brought them into operas, bothering the actors. |
What is meant by "Newgate Pastoral" | pastoral=countryside John Gay's opera was had a different setting than the other operas of his time. He didn't set the opera on the countryside, rather in Urban London. |
Which estate pays most of the taxes? | the third estate |
What does it mean to read the "neck verse"? | When someone is reading the neck verse, they are pleading the clergy. One would have to read a passage from the bible in order to show they can read and therefore save their neck. |
What does it mean to plead the belly? | Women on death row could plead that they are pregnant. They could not be hung if they were pregnant. The "child getter" would impregnate a woman to save her life. |
How did John Gay lose a fortune? | He invested in the South Sea Trading Stock. The South Sea bubble popped and he lost everything. |
Who is one person who actually gained money from investing in the South Sea Trading Stock? | Sarah Churchill: one of the few who gained money. She realized that the stock couldn't continue to go up for forever. |
Gay's ballad opera is considered the source of______. | modern musical comedy |
Why didn't everyone approve of John Gay's "Beggar's Opera"? | Some thought it would have an evil effect on people's minds because it glorified criminals and prostitutes. |
Macheath and Peachum are based on whom? | Jonathan Wild |
How did the Greek comedy develop? | From Dionysian celebrations of the harvest. Dionysus was the God of Wine. |
When and Why did the theaters close? | They were considered immoral by Puritans and were closed in 1642 for 18 years until the succession of Charles II |
Who shut down the theatre and why? | Cromwell; he thought theatre could be used to promote political propaganda and closed the theatre from 1642-1660. |
Which theatre is associated with Shakespeare? | The Globe |
In "The Beggar's Opera," who does Bob Booty represent? | Robert Walpole. British Prime Minister who was charged with enriching himself at country's expense. |
Who made up the first estate and what percentage of the population did the first estate include? | The clergy, about .5% of the total population |
Who made up the second estate and what percentage of the population did the second estate include? | Nobility, about 2-2.5% of the total population |
Who made up the third estate and what percentage of the population did the third estate include? | The Bourgeoise, the lesser Bourgeoise, the urban poor, and the peasants made up the third estate and about 97% of the population |
How many times did Beaumarchais marry? | Three |
What is the Droit de Segnior? | The belief that nobility had the "first fruits" of the people that worked below them. This idea extended, as seen in The Marriage of Figarro, to mean that a lord was entitled to the first night with a newly married woman. |
In "The Marriage of Figaro," who does the Count represent? | Louis XVI. The Count is a short tempered, easily confused, and flamboyant character. |
In theater, when did scenes move from the church to the outdoors? | Medieval Drama (10th century to 15th century) |
Translations and imitations of classical drama are part of | Renaissance Drama (1500-1642) |
Greek comedy developed from celebrations of | Dionysian |
Renaissance dramas were performed in | Inns of Court |
The first public theatre (1576) was called | The Theatre |
There was a temporary death of drama from 1642-1660 due to | Puritans beliefs that theatres were the "Scenes of licentious corruption" |
The death of drama ended after 18 years when | Charles II succeeded the throne |
What is the period of drama from 1660-1700 called? | Restoration Drama |
During the rebirth of the theater, what was created to teach people how to act? | Nurseries |
Which artist created prints showing fairs and public gatherings? | William Hogarth |
"The Marriage of Figaro" was written in the 1770s but not approved until 1785. What was the delay? | The play took several years to approved by the censor. |
What did Beaumarchais invent in 1753? | He invented a new escapement for watches. |
Who claimed Beaumarchais invention as his own? | An official of the court presented the invention to the king. Beaumarchais sued the official and won the case. |
How did Beaumarchais acquire an office? | Franquet, an officer at court, died and left his office to Beaumarchais. Beaumarchais also married Franquet's widow. |
What was Beaumarchais' real name? | Pierre-Augustin Caron |