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Who was the most famous English Playwright?
William Shakespeare
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What are stock characters
Stereotypes
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What does renaissance mean
REBIRTH
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Three unities
Time, Place, Action
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There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
There aren’t any, it’s a one story house.
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France's Most Popular Renaissance Playwright?
Moliere
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The lovers were...
Pedrolino and Pierrette
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The period during the rule of Queen Elizabeth 1 in England, from 1558 to 1603 AD
Elizabethan Age
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Neo-Classicism
an attempt to justify secular literature
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What is the 2011 animated film loosely based off of a play by William Shakespeare?
Gnomeo and Juliet
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Which playwright wrote Doctor Faustus
Christopher Marlowe
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The two types of zanni character traits (The names gets you double points)
The clever pranksters(Harlequin/Arlecchino) and the dullard(Brighella)
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The Renaissance took inspiration from..
Greek and Roman ages
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Commedia dell'arte
Professionally Improvised Comedy
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What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
The letter R
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John webster wrote what play
The Duchess of Malfi
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Describe Pantalone
1 - A competing father against his son romantically
2 - A husband deceived by a young wife
3 - Overly protective father of a young daughter
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the Italian Renaissance began in the...
1500's
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Groundlings
Patrons of the Elizabethan Theatre who stood or sat in the open area of the theatre/ people who sat in the cheap seats
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I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
a map
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Whats one play Thomas Heywood wrote
A Woman Killed With Kindness
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Only stock character to perform unmasked
Fontesca/Columbina
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The innovations were made in terms of...
scenic designs
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Lazzi
Italian Jokes, Mostly Physical
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What is the national animal of scotland
Unicorn