U.S. Theater
The show In Dahomey is considered to have paved the way for what style of theater
What is Book Musicals
Many different Zaju and Kunqu troupes joined together to form this style of theater for Emperor Qian Longs birthday
What is Beijing Opera
This style of theater originated in France and focused on showing the audience a good time
What is Melodrama
In early Japanese theater, actors could be arrested for this strange reason
What is for being “to good looking”
This ancient civilization was known for performing while using masks and having a chorus
What is Ancient Greece
This theater troupe was founded by William Alexsander Brown in 1816
What is the African Grove Theater
This pose in often held by a character in heightened plot moments in Kabuki theater
What is mei
This style of theater was derived from Mid Evil Europe and contained themes of nature and emotion
What is Romanticism
Infamous American actor, Edwin Forrest, was rumored to perform with this cosmetic prosthetic
What is a prosthetic calf
This type of drama was preformed twice a year at religious festivals
What is Athenian drama
Theater had a difficult time finding its home in the American colonies because of this group
Who are the Puritans
What is one of the two genres in Beijing Operas
What is civil/military
This German thespian transformed theater and introduced concepts, such as blocking and table readings to the theatrical world
Who is Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
What English King allowed women to legally perform on stage in 1661?
Who is King Charles II
This ancient civilization is notorious for plagiarizing Greek plays and literature then slightly altering the works to fit their own narrative
What is Ancient Rome
This 1852 novel, despite having anti-slavery themes and the author being against theatrical practices, was used in Minstrel shows to mock and torment the Black community and spread propaganda that was pro-slavery
What is Uncle Tom’s Cabin
In Kabuki theater, female roles are historically played by this group
Who are young men
This style of theater was derived from Ancient Greek and Roman theater containing strong messages of morals.
What is Neoclassical
This theatrical dispute between William Macready and Edwin Forrest, began as a “Macbeth off” and ended as this riot killing at least 20 people
What is the Astor Place Riots
This ancient civilization performed passion plays annually, usually centered around the deity Osiris
What is Ancient Egypt
This character type was created by Royall Tyler to mock new englanders
What is the stage Yankee
This Chinese political group edited shows to fit a message that alined with their beliefs and values ultimately led in to the decline of Beijing Opera
Who are the Communist Party
This theatrical movement was anti-neoclassicism but practiced theater in a completely formless manner
What is Strum und Drang
This famous English playwright had at least 24 different ways he spelled his name
Who is Willam Shakespeare
According to Aristotle, this genre of theater was created in a ritual called Komos where drunken men should perform while holding a phallus
What is Comedy