Unit 3: Romney & J

-historical context 

They are both set around the same area of time, around the 16th to 17th centuries, hence they might have the same kind of humor or language since they are all during one period of time. The audiences have an expectation for this type of play in this era, hence they maintained the time and setting. Both share similar time periods.

-audiences The audiences of both types of plays are large, but large in two different scales, the type of audience which is found at an average day R&J or any other Shakespearean play differs from any other comedia d'ell arte plays. The audience not only differs in size but also in expectation and moral situation. Audiences who watch R&J know of the reputation of Shakespeare, hence they have different expectations and moral situations when watching this, they take things differently and are prepared for whats to come, each audience has their own age group, you would not find many elderly attend Comedia, where as you would find them attending R&J (not really true now) but the  younger people watch both genres, therefore age also differs from each audience. -script/text One of the more obvious changes are in scripting and dialogue, script writers in Comedia write differently in most parts than Shakespeare, hence the scripts are different since the genres, and the audiences plus the emotions of both plays differ, one might be happier than the other, while one is more funnier or lighter in depth and emotion, in result we have different scripts, actors and in some cases different audiences.

-performers/performance styles 

The performers themselves differ aswell, there are different people who are suited for different jobs, there performance styles may vary from different personalities to different postures, hence they will differ through a person's initial personality, people who think can bear the depth and emotion related to Shakespeare may aswell do so, people who can go lighter and have the tallent to make people laugh, can go to comedia, furthermore it is developed throughout their careers and it differes from the base of their emotion and really what they want to do. Actors will have different postures but maybe similar scripting language, hence some things change and the others don't.

-performance space 

Both vary in stage size, where as R&J normally takes u more space and props.

Comedia doesnt require that much space or props to perform.

-production elements (lights, sound, costumes, etc.)

There are more of these factors in R&J where as in comedia it is not required.