African Theatre
What mixed African ritual Theatre and western style drama
Total Theatre
This style of theatre was first performed by strolling players in markets, temples, courtyards, and the streets.
What is peking opera?
There are two types of theatre in Japan
What are Kabuki and Noh
An encyclopedic book of dramatic theory and practice, which covers, costume design, theatre layout, playwriting, directing, acting, music, and philosophy in classical Indian drama.
What is the Natyasastra
Allowed actors to perform in open-air playing spaces
What is Ta'ziyeh
During African Ritual theatre, the audience was encouraged to...
Sing and Dance
In this type of role in Chinese theatre the color of the characters' facial make-up indicated their personalities.
What is a Painted-Face role?
What were the two religions that heavily influenced Japanese Theatre?
What are Buddhism and Shinto
Indian Theatre may be just as old as this culture's theatre, but has definitely been influenced by it as well
What is Classical Greek Theatre
This theatre was not always accepted and was frowned upon
What is shadow theatre?
During what period was, languages, customs, religions, and theatre in Africa suppressed.
( Precolonial, Colonial, Post Colonial)
Colonial
Western-Style theatre was labeled this because it lacked dancing, singing, and spectacle that the Chinese were used to in the Peking opera.
What is "talking" or "spoken" drama?
Three parts to a Noh play
What is a Jo, Ha, & Kyu
A type of play that is named after the ancient language in which it is performed, it always has a happy ending and can take up to six hours to perform.
What is Sanskrit Drama
Two types of Theatre
Shadow and Ta'ziyeh
What is the name of the playwright that was executed for their outspoken views in Nigeria
Ken Saro-Wiwa
Denounced by the communists, Peking Opera was once again allowed when this revolution ended.
What is the Cultural Revolution?
The women who founded Kabuki Theatre
Who is Okuni
An epic poem about Rama, a human form of the god Vishnu, which is the basis for a comic book and an upcoming film in the US.
What is Ramayana 3392 A.D.
The first muslim women to appear on stage in Egypt
Who us Munira Al-Mahdia
Actors who mixed narrative with impersonation and mime into a highly theatrical presentation
Storytelling
These Chinese plays feature plots about imperial concubines, conniving palace eunuchs, chivalry, and romance.
What are civil plays?
Nothing about these plays can be altered or changed
What is Noh theatre
Peking opera used this style of movement to set a scene.
What is pantomime
What did "graven images" mean in the koran
What is dolls, statues, portraits and people playing a character