Greek
Roman & Medieval
1600's & 1700's
Early 1800's
Realism/late 1800's
100
City in which City Dionysia, a festival including play competitions, took place.
Where is Athens?
100
City in which Ludi Romani, festivals honoring Jupiter which included comedy and tragedy, took place.
Where is Rome?
100
Author of The Misanthrope.
Who is Moliere?
100
Occurred when John Philip Kemble tried to raise ticked prices at Covent Garden.
What are the old price riots?
100
Author of A Doll's House.
Who is Henrik Ibsen?
200
The man credited with being the first actor in ancient Greece.
Who is Thespis?
200
Plays which grew out of church services and were first performed in Monasteries.
What are liturgical dramas?
200
Contemporary of Shakespeare who wrote Dr. Faustus.
Who is Christopher Marlow?
200
A novelist and playwright whose French melodrama, Hernani, stirred controversy because of its sad ending.
Who is Victor Hugo?
200
A movement that began in France and believed heredity and environment determine fate.
What is Naturalism?
300
The relief of emotions gained through viewing the experience of others.
What is catharsis?
300
Small scenic structures used in liturgical drama.
What are mansions?
300
French playwright best known for his tragedy Phedra.
Who is Jean Racine?
300
A theatrical and literary movement that believed happiness and truth are found in the spiritual realm.
What is Romanticism?
300
An actor and director who tried to perfect an approach or "method" for acting.
Who is Stanislavsky?
400
A common tragic flaw which means "pride against the gods."
What is hubris.
400
Roman playwright whose plays greatly influenced Renaissance theater.
Who is Seneca?
400
Jacobean playwright and author of The Duchess of Malfi.
Who is John Webster?
400
Author of the History of British Costume who changed the approach to costume design.
Who is James Robinson Planche?
400
Playwright who wrote realistic comedies to point out the evils of society.
Who is George Bernard Shaw?
500
He wrote comedies in ancient Greece.
Who is Aristophanes?
500
The best known example of a morality play.
What is Everyman?
500
The first play written in blank verse.
What is Gorbuduc?
500
A playwright know for writing the "gentlemanly melodrama."
Who is George Butler Lytton?
500
Playwright who depicted rural Russia and believed society constrains people.
Who is Chekov?
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