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hypochondriac script

grace — Fri, 12 Nov 2004 17:01:06 GMT

Angelica: Toinet.
Toinet: Well.
Angelica: Look upon me a little
Toinet: Well, I do look upon you
Angelica: Toinet
Toinet: Well, what would you have with Toinet?
Angelica: Don’t you guess who I speak of?
Toinet: I must suspect of our young lover, for ‘tis on him that our conversation has entirely turned for these six days past, and you’re not well unless you are talking of him every moment
Angelica: SInce you know that, why are not you the first then to talk of him to me, and spare me the pains of forcing you on this discourse?
Toinet: You don’t give me time to do it; you have such a care about that matter, that ‘tis difficult to be beforehand with you
Angelica own to thee that I am never weary of talking of him to thee, and that my heart eagerly takes advantage of every moment to disclose itself to thee. But tell me, dost thou condemn, Toinet, the sentiments I have for him?
Toinet: Far from it.
Angelica: Am I in the wrong to abandon myself to these soft impressions?
Toinet: I don’t say that
Angelica: And wouldst thou have me insensible to the tender protestations of that ardent passion he expresses for me?
Toinet: Heaven forbid!
Angelica: Tell me a little, dost not thou perceive as well as I something of Providence, some act of destiny in the unexpected adventure of our acquaintance?
Toinet: Yes.
Angelica: Dost not thou think that action of engaging in my defense, without knowing me, was perfectly gallant?
Toinet: Ay.
Angelica: That ‘twas impossible to make a more generous use of it?
Toinet: Agreed.
Angelica: And that he did all this with the best grace in the world?
Toinet: Oh, yes.
Angelica: Dost not thou think, Toinet, that he’s well made in his person?
Toinet: Certainly
Angelica: That he has the best air in the world?
Toinet: undoubtedly
Angelica: That his discourse, as well as his actions, has something noble in it?
Toinet: That’s sure
Angelica: That never anything was heard more affectionate than all that he says to me?
Toinet: ‘Tis true
Angelica: And that there’s nothing more vexatious than the restraint I’m kept under, which hinders all communication of the soft transports of that mutual ardor which Heaven inspires us with?
Toinet: You’re in the right.
Angelica: But, dear Toinet, dost thou think he loves me so much as he tells me?
Toinet: Um- Those kinds o’things are sometimes not absolutely to be trusted to. The show of love is very much like the reality; and I have seen notable actors of that part.
Angelica: Ah! Toinet, what sayest thou? Alas! in the manner he speaks, is it really possible that he should not tell me the truth?
Toinet: Be it as it will, you’ll shortly be made clear in that point; and the resolution which he wrote you yesterday he had taken to ask you in marriage, is a ready way to discover to you if he spoke truth or not. That will be a thorough proof of it.
Angelica: Ah! Toinet, if this man deceives me, I’ll never believe a man as long as I live.
Toinet: Here’s your father come back.

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austin

grace — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 17:01:46 GMT

Renaissance
**It started with the fall of Constantanople to the Turks in 1453.
**The movable type printing type also helped start it
- Renaissance brought back to Italy all of the manuscripts a person (monk or educated person) could carry
- When the Turks took over Constantinople, all the smart people (scholars and priests) were afraid of them because they were oppressive...picked up all manuscripts they could get and took them to the closest civilizations such as Italy.
- All educated men in Italy started reading the classics. Greek and Roman times became reveered. The first plays in the Renaissance were written by Platus and Seneca.
- Rigid rules were made for the writing of drams; neoclassicm: return of the classics
- All plays had to be written in 5 facts, tragedies had to teach moral lesson, theatre viewed as vehicle for instruction, only do a play that could happen in everyday life, tragedy dealt with nobility, comedy dealt with lower class
- Followed Aristotle’s rules because they thought he was a great man; remembered plays of Seneca best of all
- Playwrighting was not one of their strengths, too rigid; one of their strengths was the intramezzi, or a series of short plays or scenes with singing or dancing that were presented between each act of a tragedy - Italy made grand opera
- Most important thing they did was to build buildings, we got our first indoor theater from the Renaissance in Italy (Two are still standing - Teatro Olypico, Theatro Famese)
- 1585 was when the Olympico was built
- In this theater they took the ideas from book by the name of Vitruvius (Dearchitecura)
- Rediscover in 1414; 1541 they translated it into Italian, Serlio
- Wrote how theaters were to be built and believed theaters should have seating arrangements at one part of the the hall and seating at the other.

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renaissance

grace — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 17:00:27 GMT

NOTES: RENAISSANCE THEATRE
English Renaissance in book

• Renaissance started with the fall of Constantinople to the Turks in 1453
• also credited to the movable printing press

• Turks were oppressive, so scholars and monks brought as many manuscripts as possible to Italy
• people started reading classis
• first plays of the Renaissance were restaging of Plautus, Seneca, Terence
• rigid rules were formulated for the writing of drama - neoclassicism (the return to classics

Structure of Neoclassicism
5 acts
tragedies had to teach moral lesson
theater a vehicle for construction
could only happen in everyday life
tragedy dealt with nobility
comedy with the middle and lower class
no mixing of tragedy and comedy

• Aristotle’s The Poetics was very popular
• intermetzzi - series of short scenes with singing and/or dancing that was presented between each scene of a tragedy - earliest beginnings of musicals, but lead the The Grand Opera
• opera didn’t appear until the late Renaissance because the most important thing they did during the Renaissance was building - the first indoor theaters, two of which are still standing in Italy - Teatro Olympico - opened in 1585 and still exists, started by a man named Paladio, he died and his student Scamazzi finished it, ideas from book (De Architectura) by name of Vitruvius, Serlio also read this book and wrote a book called - put down how theaters and scenery should be built and used (3 settings for all plays [1. tragedy in a city square, 2. comedy in a back alley, 3. pastroal plays in woods], theaters in already built builidings, audience at one end, stage at other - Teatro Olympico actually had 3 arches on stage and could see roads going off in the distance, 13 rows of seats in an ellyptical pattern, orchestra fllor flat and stage several feet above the orchestra
• Teatro Farnese - Parma - built by Giovanni Baptista Aleotti - first theater to have a proscenium arch - used wings and drops so that there was forced persepective

• sets and theaters were very elaborate - everyone wanted to find a way to change the sets
• periaktoi - scenic unit 3 sided - could turn it and have three diferent sets - three or four would be on the stage and they would all change at the same time
• stagemachinery could make buildings rise or lower through stage doors, animals and chariots could be controlled by pulleys, people could fly, and simple light changes
• popular form of entertainment - comedia dell’arte - traveling troupes of actors that would go from town to town - lazzi - comic business used in every show - basic idea of what would happen in the show - always young lovers, foolish old men, smart servants, and a soldier - would go to a town and see what was going on and present a play based on the people on that town - once you became a member of a comedia troupe, you remained the same character all your life - characters weren’t presented with elaborate scenery

• Italy had Renaissance, spread across France and into Spain
• developed on its own in Spain before the Italian Renaissance reached it
• did plays outside, in courtyards of inns - corralis
• native Spanish started to develop between 1550 and 1580
• Lope de Rueda - first popular Spanish playwright - wrote comedies much like comedia dell’arte
• passo - like the intermezzi in Italy, created by Rueda
• popular drama in Spain influenced by medieval cycle plays
• early plays dealt with religious themes
• playwrights to know:
--- Calderon de la Barca - wrote 200 plays, well known in Madrid - stole his ideas from other sources but made his writings more poetic and more spiritual than the original
--- Lope de Vega - 1562-1635 - 1800 plays - used action .suspense, did not follow rules of neoclassicism - by the end of the Golden Age in Spain, over 30,000 plays had been written, mostly dealing with love

• in England, the Elizabethan Era (1558 - 1603)
• English made some major steps as playwrights
• actors were legally recognized (law in 1572 that said you needed a license from two justices of the peace or the patronage of a nobleman)
• patronage by a nobleman didn’t guarantee success because the noble didn’t have to pay money, could jus tput their name to it - had to entertain them whenever they wanted
• public theaters placed outside the city of London
• English theater with Elizabeth did a lot to try to unite the country - there was a war going on between Catholics and Protestants
• Elizabeth encouraged patriotic plays to help reunite the country
• first English theater done in schools
• plays read and sometimes performed in Latin
• students imitated the examples and wrote their own
• The Inns of Court - residents were upper class, classical lawyers, wrote plays

• John Haywood -
• Nicholos Udall - wrote Ralph Roister Doister - five acts, single setting
• first English tragedy written by Thomas Sackville and Thomas Norton called Gorboduck
• Thomas Kyd - wrote revenge tragedies and his plays were used as a basis for some of the ideas of Will Shakespeare
• THREE GREAT PLAYWRIGHTS OF ELIZABETHAN ERA
1. Ben Johnson - known for his comedies
2. Christopher Marlowe - wrote Doctor Faustus - educated man (went to Oxford of Cambridge) - a member of queen Elizabeth’s court - also thought to be a spy for the queen - born the same day as Will Shakespeare - wrote plays in five acts on lofty subjects
3. William Shakespeare - “friends” with Chris M. -

took ideas of theater from book by name of vitruvius

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was rediscovered in 1414 1541 they translated it into italian. serlio

wrote how theaters were to be built. believed theaters should have seating arrangements at one part of the hall, and seating at the other. should be built in buildings already existing. believed that there should be 3 settings that could be used for all plays-
1. for the tragic play- set in a city square in front of prominent government buildings
2.comedy- back alleys behind peoples houses.
3.pastoral play- set in the woods. had lots of fantasy in them .
used forced perspective in their design, these 3 scenes could be done for every play

theatro olympico had 3 aisles on the stage. 3 arches. through them you could see the streets disappearing into the distance.

13 rows of seats in an eliptical pattern. orchestra floor is flat. the stage is several feet above the orchestra. the theatre pharnezie- built by aleotti. his theater first theater to have a proscenium arch around it. used wings and drops wings. used forced perspective

italian renaissance- the theaters were very elaborate- sets and effects. everyone wanted to find a way to change the sets and give different locations. copied greek style

periaktli- 3 sided like a prism.

the stage machinery made new techniques with settings and characters. special lighting effects could be achieved.

really popular form of entertainment- commedia dell’arte. traveling troupes of actors that would go from town to town. lazzi- comic business used in every show of commedia. always had young lovers, smart servants, foolish old men, soldier.
would come into the town and listen for a few days, getting all the gossip. would put all these ideas together and presents a play based on the people in that town.

once became member of commedia troupe, played member for the rest of his life. characters werent presented with elaborate scenery.

italy had its renaissance going on, it spread across france to spain, but in spain it didnt spread quickly it developed on its own first. spain developed its own theater styles before the renaissance got there. they did plays outside in courtyards of inns- corrales. native spanish drama started to develp between 1550 and 1580. first popular- lope de rudea. - plays were comedies and very much like commedia- invented something called a passo- liked the intermetze in italy.

popular dramas in spain were influenced by the cycle plays. some of the early plays dealt with religious themes. he best w

calderon delabarca- wrote 200 plays. stoleideas from other sources but made writings more poetic and spiritual then other ones.

lope de vgea- wrote over 1800 plays used actions suspense, mxed forms. by the end of the golden in age, over 30000 plays had been written.

corrales presented at court theaters- northen spain set up like a courtyard.

during the reign in england- 1558-1603
elizabethan age- greatest time of dramatic change ever witnessed in a country. english made some major steps as playwrights. during queen elizabeths reigh, actors officially recognized. in order to preform you needed a license from two justices of the peace or a patronage of a nobleman. patronage didnt guarantee success. just had to give their name to it. if you were given patronage by a noblemanm, you were expected to entertain then when they wanted it.

public theaters place outside the city of london because most people didnt like actors. city of london a 1 square mile in england. theaters across the river from england. english theater with elizabeth did alot to try to unite the country. because there was a war going on and fights going on between the catholics and the protestants.

wanted to reunitethe country, encouraged people to write patriotic plays- propaganda.

now, the first english theater was donein schools. plays were read and preformed in latin. students imitated these models and wrote their own. the ends of court was a residence for lawyers. residents were upper class influenced by the plays of rome, did their own plays for entertainment.

traveling professional companies. preformed in courtyards. john haywood, early english playwright.

ralph roister doister.- had 5 acts took place in a single setting.

first british tragedy written by 2 studnets at ends of court. called gorboduc- bad. tholmans sackfield and thomas norton. theater wasnt popular until thomass kidd- wrote revenge tragedies. his plays were used as a basis for some of the ideasx of a man by the name of william shakespheare

1. ben johnson
2.christopher marlow- wrote dr. phoustus
3.

william shakespheares father was the mayor of stratford. father very wealthy. father was a tanner.

born in stratford 85 miles from london. birthdya april 26th 1564. always celebrate it april 23rd. lived in a nice house. had 3 younger brothers and 2 younger sisters. november 27th of 1582, marraiger license was issued to william shakespheare and ann hathaway.

suzanna born may 26th 1583
hamlet and judith born 1585.

1592 shakespheare was fully immersed in the theatrical world in london.
philip henslowe. proprietor of the rose theater. staged new play called henry the 6th part one. written by william shakespheare.
different from the world of stratford- london. people lived on bridges across the river, houses built on bridges. toilets ran into the river. theaters were not allowed to be in the city of london. pt on south bank of the river
thatrical life in the city was amaazing.a lot was going on year round. shakespheare wrote 37 plays by himself,may have done a couple of collaborations with people. by the end of 1598 he had written 16 plays.
acting and writing in lodon. august of 1596 hamlet died. 1597 he bought one of the largest houses in stratford- newplace. shakespheare had 107 acres of farmland. bought land rentals from a number of local villages. was sufficiently affluent enough to be granted a loan in 1598. judith married to richard quiney. asked shakespheare to loan him 30 pounds. shakespheare in 1599 helped pay for a theater called the globe theater. 1604 shareholders of shakespheares company called the kingsmen. before were the lord chamberlains men

each given 4 yards of red cloth for their clothes to wear. was a techinal name that they were the kings men, just got red capes. thats all

1609 he was 45 years old. divided time from london to stratford. suzanna married man in 1607- he was a doctor, she married well. had a daughter named elizabeth. 1604 -1611 mainly in london.

early 1616, judith married thomas quiney. 6 weeks after shakespheare made out his will. made of 3 sheets of paper. original will is still in existance.

gave everything to suzanna, gave her newplace. given silver jewels household goods.
judith-gave her 150 pounds. and 150 pounds in a trust.

william shakespheare buried in the churchyard of the stratford church. numerous attmepts to move his body to poets corner in westminster abbey.

shakespheares tomb,this iw written

good friend, for jesus sake forbear, to dig the dug enclosed here, blest be the man ye the man that spartes theses stones, cursed be ye that moves my bones.
marlow

first published in 1597. wrote 12 comedies, 10 histories, 14 tragedies, and 4 romances.

most scenes- 37
fewest-7

most speakers-46
fewest-14

blank verse, rhyme verse, prose.

67%blank verse, 9%rhymed couplets 27% prose

23 men 4 women.-men

shaklesphears theater- thought to be still 8 sided. even though globe has been reconstructed. know there were 3 tiers of seats. all in boxes.

1st floor- used by ladies who were prostitutes.
2nd floor- rising middle class
3rd floor- used by upper class- nobility .

groundlings- stood in the pit. when not doing pits. do bear and dog fighting

boys choir. could still sing high notes- old church singers- became actors. traveled. we dont know for sure which months shakespheare took off,. how the glove theater worked.

othello story of a man who was a moor. he was from

became ruller of city state. when he went to rule city state, his commanders daughter had fallen in love with him. she married. h no

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holocaust poem for english

grace — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:10:04 GMT

A is

for Auschwitz
The origins of hell
where blurred blue ink sorted the masses

-

is for minus
the subtraction of millions from an unfair equation
stamped for extermination
A marred blue line of death

7
is for M-e-n-g-e-l-e
7 harmless letters
pulled together to form a left and right path

7
is for F-R-E-E-D-O-M
a constant reminder
that freedom is just a word
not a reality

1
is for each one
alone
within millions
one line of engraved blue numbers

3
is for Auschwitz, Birkenau, and Buna
each a death sentence
each a miracle
for the scarred blue lines that lived

A-7713
is for life.
a lucky number in the lottery of survival.
for the price of an identity

remember where these number’s came from
if if there is no blurred blue memory for you

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scene

grace — Wed, 21 Apr 2004 13:30:25 GMT

Jarrod; what? what is...oh right,. i see. gather around, everybody. (they gather around) ah, listen, great job gang. its been a magical journey...
 Joan: no, you idiot! look onstage!
 Jarrod: oh my god! janet!
 dick: janet the extra?woman! shes shooting people!
 joan: why would she shoot people? they were applauding!
 jarrod: not the audience, joan! the actors! there are two dead actors on stage!
 jarrod: quiet! (stage whisper) quiet! yep, shes still there. all right, listen. gather round. we ’ve got to get out of here. now, thats a seven shooter shes got, so she has five bullets left.
 dick: how ’d you know it was a seven shooter?
 jarrod: i used to do a lot of community theatre. anyway, heres the plan. theres a trapdoor right past the womens dressing room. it leads to the rear entrance. if were quiet, we can go through and phone the police from outside
 joan: hey, maybe someone in `the audience already called the police?
 jarrod: not possible, the ushers confiscated all the cell phones
 joan: damn those fascist bastards!
 raul: when will the world learn?
 jarrod: alright, everybody ready? follow me!
 daphne: come on alice!
 alice: no
 jarrod: alice, come on, its safer then staying here.
 alice: i prefer to stay:
 raul: alice whats the matter? come with us!
 alice: i... i havent taken my bow yet.
 dick: what?!
 alice: i havent taken my bow yet. i cant go until i take my bow.
 joan: are you insane girlfriend? thatstheres a crazy extra onstage with a gun!
 alice: then we have to get her offstage sebastian. so i can take my bow. shes been out there too long already. shes milking it. its disgraceful. shes stealing our curtain call!
 jarrod: alice...
 alice: im not leaving jarrod.
 jarrod:alice!
 alice: get her offstage and ill take my bow and leave. until then, im waiting right here.
 jarrod: you know what? fine, thats fine, alice. if you want to stay and get shot by a psycho actress, thats just fine with me. the rest of you, lets go.

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rant #1 please dont worry about it

grace — Thu, 15 Apr 2004 13:20:24 GMT

a beach of ice cream
soft serve calories washing in with the tide.
surf among another year older
happy birthday, confusion
rap tastes good on a shish kabob
at least thats what the portorican says
but next week
she will be left handed, and this time not for gay rights
that color doesnt suit her anyways.
its kind of hard to get ticketed for posession
when you want to crash out of the car
and blend into the boy throwing away his finished cigerrette.
vow of silence? get in line.
how many miligrams does it take to create a smile?
not enough, thats evident
self evident
but it all goes back to the ice cream.

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