Italian form of theatre that was mostly improvised and intrinsically comedic.
What is Commedia dell'arte
100
Pride in men that seems to challenge the Gods, too big for mortal men.
What is hubris?
100
This philosopher wrote an essay on the theory of tragedy.
Who is Aristotle?
100
"If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended: That you have but slumb'red here, While these visions did appear."
Who is Puck (Robin Goodfellow)? (MSND)
100
"Who is more wretched than the man you see?
Who was there born more hated by the gods?
For neither citizen nor foreigner may take me in his home or speak to me"
Who is Oedipus? (Oedipus Tyrannos)
200
Purging of pity and fear
What is Katharsis?
200
A platformed wheeled out onstage to exhibit a tableau of the current action.
What is an Ekkyklema?
200
This playwright was an atheist who practiced magic and spoke against the catholic church.
Who is Christopher Marlowe?
200
"Think'st thou that I who saw the face of God And tasted the eternal joys of heaven, am not tormented with ten thousand hells in being depriv'd of everlasting bliss"
Who is Mephastophilis? (The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus)
200
"If you wanted to sow a mortal race, you should not have had it come from women"
Who is Hippolytus? (Hippolytus)
300
Unrhymed iambic pentameter.
What is Blank Verse?
300
Hymns and songs sung and danced in honour of Dionysus.
What is Dithyramb?
300
This man created the plot of the Portrait.
Who is Flamino Scala?
300
"The mistress which I serve quickens what’s dead
And makes my labours pleasures"
Who is Ferdinand? (The Tempest)
300
"He that loveth riches I will strike with my dart, his sight to blind, and from heaven to depart"
Who is Death?
400
Sentiments that denote the dominant emotional theme of a Hindu work of art.
What is Rasa?
400
Rapid dialogue back and forth between two characters.
What is Stichomythia?
400
This emperor made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire.
Who is Constantine?
400
"The man whose glibness flows from his conceit of speech declares the thing he is: a worthless and a stupid citizen"
Who is Tiresias? (The Bacchae)
400
"You have thrust the child of this world into living night, you have kept from the gods below the child that is theirs: the one in a grave before her death, the other, dead, denied the grave."
Who is Tiresias? (Antigone)
500
Special routines (such as clowning or acrobatics) used in Commedia dell'arte to entertain the audience and keep the action alive incase the improv ran dry.
What is Lazzi?
500
Boots that an actor would wear to make them seem more statuesque.
What is Cuthurni?
500
Author of "The Spanish Tragedy" which established a new genre of revenge plays.
Who is Thomas Kyd?
500
"Is shame fled human breasts? That with such ease, Men dare put off your honours and their own? Is that, which ever was a cause of life, Now placed beneath the basest circumstance? And modesty an exile made, for money?"
Who is Celia? (Volpone)
500
"To your bed's scandal I stand up innocence, which even the guilt of one black other deed will stand proof of: your love has made me a cruel murd'ress"