a religious play based on the lives and legends of saints
What is a saint play or miracle play?
100
professional improvised comedy that developed in Italy during the Renaissance
What is commedia dell'arte?
100
The stage floor in restoration theatre was sloped upward from viewer, also know as this...
What is raked?
100
A form of Chinese drama that developed in the 19th century
What is peking opera?
200
a play meant to be read rather than acted
What is a closet drama?
200
a form of religious drama based on biblical history
What is a mystery play?
200
plot outlines posted backstage before each performance
What is a scenario or canovacci?
200
Introduced the first use of blank verse
Who is Christopher Marlowe?
200
a 600 year old form of drama employing standard characters, simple plots, and intricate language; the oldest form of drama to be preserved in its exact form
What is Noh?
300
A dramatist who uses plays to mock or ridicule a person of social issue.
What is satirist?
300
a play that is concerned with the last week in the life of Christ.
What is a passion play?
300
the greatest Elizabethan dramatist
Who is William Shakespeare?
300
A roof supported by two ornate columns above the stage
What is the Heavens?
300
Japanese drama that features wooden, elaborately costumed marionettes that are about 4 feet tall; also called Doll theatre
What is Bunraku?
400
Human sorrow and compassion.
What is pathos?
400
a series of acting stations that represented biblical settings; Saint plays and Mystery plays were performed in cycles on these.
What is a mansion?
400
a speech delivered by an actor alone of stage that reveals his/her innermost thoughts
What is a soliloquy?
400
This is of the interest in most Elizabethan plays (black bile specifically) that has three types: the lover, the malcontent, and the intellectual.
What are the humors?
400
Japanese drama from the 17th century that combines aspects from both Noh and Bunraku drama.
What is Kabuki?
500
large circular arenas that were surrounded by tiers of seats.
What is an ampitheater?
500
a series of short plays depicting religious history from creation to doomsday, performed by religious guilds in the 14th century
What are cycle plays?
500
The members of the audience in the Globe that paid a penny to stand in the pit.
What are the groundlings?
500
Above the heavens was what appeared to be a small house
What is the scenery hut?
500
The American Company, managed by this man, was the first professional company to produce plays in the American colonies.