Medieval Theatre
A nun who rewrote Roman plays with Christian themes.
Who is Hrosvitha?
The primary institution that survived the fall of Rome and influenced medieval theatre.
What is the Catholic church?
The distance between the fixture and the subject.
What is Throw Distance?
A small, kiosk-like structure used as scene-specific backdrop.
What is a mansion?
The two main types of Church-inspired drama that emerged?
What is Liturgical and Vernacular drama?
During the Dark Ages, the Church played this crucial role in education.
What is controlled education, with only priests and clerks being literate?
According to the Law of Squares, this happens when you double the throw distance.
What is the light intensity reduces?
This type of stage was used to perform plays in different locations?
What is a wagon?
This type of play focused on teaching life lessons rather than biblical stories?
What is a Morality Play?
Liturgical dramas were performed here.
What is inside churches?
The primary purpose of Fill Light in stage lighting.
What is to reduce shadows created by key light?
Medieval staging differed from Greek theatre in what way?
What is "the audience is lower than the stage".
The purpose of these types of plays was to present biblical events chronologically.
What is a Cycle play?
The language Vernacular dramas were performed in.
What is the local language?
This lighting angle typically produces the most natural appearance.
What is from above?
type of light that produces a broad wash suitable for large areas.
What is a flood light?
This determined which Mystery play a guild would perform.
What is relation to their craft?
How the guilds used Mystery plays for commercial purposes.
What is to advertise their goods?
lighting equipment used to follow performers across the stage.
What is a follow spot?
The typical length of Morality plays.
What is a one-act?