Play & Writers
Who created the play "Romeo and Juliet?"
What is William Shakespeare
Did actors pack light or heavy?
What is light packing
What is a reason that costumes are important to a play?
What is vibrant colors, identify characters, emphasize writing, and aesthetic
What is the most famous theatre?
What is The Globe Theatre
Were female roles played by females?
What is no, women were not permitted to take part in plays
Who were Palatus, Terence, Seneca
What was used in plays to show blood/gore?
What is pig and sheep blood?
What type of clothing did they wear in the theatre?
What is stockings, britches, high collar and overcoats
How much did it cost to get into a play?
What is three cents
What is the word used for peasants in the theatre?
What is 'groundlings'
Who was said to be equal in talent to William Shakespeare?
What is Christopher Marlowe?
What is curtain/front curtain
True or false, actors need to mentally and physically prepare for their roles.
What is True
What were the seating areas of the theatre called?
What is the pit, and the gallery
What type of people were present in the audience?
What is people of all classes, as long as you could pay for it
How did Christopher Marlowe die?
What effects were used for cannons, fireworks, and flying?
What is smoke, fireworks, and rigging?
What material were used for costumes to represent nobility?
What is gold, diamonds, the color purple, etc.?
Who built the first theatre?
What is James Burbage
Where would gender inequality take place within a theatre?
It would take place within the actors. Women were not allowed to act as well as the role of a woman was seen as less important in general throughout a play.
What prompted the start of Elizabethan Theatre?
What is for the entertainment of college students in a form of comedies
How long and deep were the stages usually?
What is 28 feet long and 23 to 30 deep
Who was the name of the first person to ever utilize costumes in theatre?
Who is ancient greek playwright, Aeschylus.
Whose early work was first showed at these theatres?
What is William Shakespeare
Where did people who bought cheaper tickets stay in the audience?
What is the very bottom of the theatre