Ancient Greece
The god for whom the ancient Greeks created theatre.
Who is Dionysus?
During this time period, everything was influenced by this.
What is religion/ or the church?
The term Renaissance means this.
What is "Rebirth?"
To Be Or Not To be is a famous quote from this famous play.
What is Hamlet?
The sun will come out tomorrow.
What is Annie?
The original number of actors in a Greek play.
The Church used plays as a way to teach what?
What is The Bible/right from wrong?
Part of this time period is referrred to as "Elizabethan" after this first queen.
Who is Elizabeth?
What is closer?
What is Hamilton?
The symbol of Theatre is based on these two categories of ancient Greek plays.
What are comedy and tragedy?
Priests started using theatre as a way to teach lessons of the Bible because most people did not understand the language sermons were given in. What was the language?
What is latin?
This illness swept through medieval Europe and killed 3/4th of the population, effectively starting the Renaissance.
What is the "The Black Plague/Black Death?"
If you want to make sure the audience hears you, you should do this.
What is project?
This musical is a remake of Romeo and Juliet that is set in 1960's New York between two rival gangs-the Sharks and the Jets.
What is Westside Story?
The god Dionysus is the god of what?
What is wine, partying or revelry?
Priests hired these people to act out the plays written. The actors that worked together were called what?
What is a troupe?
This famous playwright wrote such timeless tales as "Romeo and Juliet" and "Hamlet".
Who is Shakespeare?
An actor playing a character from another country may speak using this.
What is an accent?
The Wizard of Oz from the point of View of the Wicked Witch.
What is Wicked?
This group of people often sang and danced to entertain the audience and helped to tell the story during a play.
Who/What is the chorus?
What famous morality play is about a man who has to atone for his behavior?
What is Everyman?
What is a sonnet?
The term that means to pretend to do an action, but not really do it.
What is pantomime?
Hamlet, but with animals.
What is The Lion King?