Type of Drama Featured
Italian Renaissance
Commedia Dell’arte
Italian Renaissance
Proscenium arch theater, painted perspective scenery.
English Renaissance
Episodic-form dramas of Shakespeare and his contemporaries.
English Renaissance
Outdoor publictheaters, indoor private theaters, unlocalized platform stage, a flexible tiring—or stage—house.
Spanish Golden Age
Secular dramas of Lope de Vega and Calderón de la Barca.
Spanish Golden Age
Corrales, i.e. theaters built in courtyards.
French Neoclassical
Tragic dramas of Corneille and Racine and comedies of character by Molière.
French Neoclassical
French theater architecture and design were based on Italian models.