Sanskrit and Zaju
Created within the epic stories
What is Sanskrit Drama?
Characters representing human qualities
What is Allegory?
Popular Japanese Puppet Theatre
What is Bunraku?
The performance space for the chorus
What is the orchestra
African Story Teller
What is Griot or Griotte?
A 37-chapter detailed description of theatrical presentation
What is the Natya Shastra?
Moveable stages on which the trade groups or guilds acted out plays from the bible
What are Pageant Wagons?
Japanese Theatre in which elaborate makeup creates the effect of a mask
What is Kabuki?
You might want to turn on Netflix and watch a RomCom which is a descendant of this type of Greek Comedy
What is New Comedy?
Influenced North African Theatre with Bards and Shadow Puppets.
What is the Arab Army
The length of a Sanskrit Drama
What is several days or weeks?
A style of theatre not based on the performance of full scripts but based on scenarios
What is Commedia dell'arte?
Japanese Theatre that began with female performers, Geisha. Later female performers were prohibited by the law.
What is Kabuki?
Without this Greek playwright and his development of the Triology J.R.R.Tolkien may not have written three Lord of the Rings books but one VEEERRRYYYY long book
Who is Aeschylus?
This West African culture did NOT define itself by warrior values or glorify the ancient time of wars and heroes. Instead it valued family, community, and peaceful consensus.
What is Yoruba?
Tuneful Theatre
What is Zaju?
Steriotypical characters used in contemporary TV and film comedies.
What are Stock Characters?
The Art of Walking
What is Noh Theatre?
This Greek Comedic Playwright was the master of Old Comedy which we recognize from Middle School Fart Jokes and Political and Social Satire like Saturday Night Live.
Who is Aristophanes?
The West African Actor expects this type of audience support during the performance.
What is Call and Response?
Makeup and costumes identify each type of character
What is Sanskrit Drama?
The author of Medea
Who is Euripides?
Exuberance and athleticism of the actors contrasts with the controlled movements of Noh Theatre
What is Kabuki?
This Roman playwright wrote very dark and bloody tragedies and probably influenced Shakespeare and his contemporaries.
Who is Seneca?
Displaced (as per the textbook) Theatre from the center of West African Communities
What are European Colonizers and Missionaries?