Greek/Roman
This group of chanters sang about the god or hero
What is the chorus?
This group put a ban on theater in 629 A.D.
This is the most famous theater in London, it burned down twice and has since been rebuilt.
What is the Globe Theater?
Name the three different types of Asian theater that we learned about
What are Noh, Kabuki and Bunraku?
What is 1400 A.D.?
This was a new technical element in the theater that helped lower a person playing a god down onto the stage
What is the mekhane?
What is a guild?
This is the name of William Shakespeare's wife, it is also a name of a famous American Actress who is alive today.
Who is Anne Hathaway?
This guy created Noh Theater
Who is Zeami Motokiyo?
This was the year that the Globe Theater was built
These two playwrights during the Greek theater wrote lots of plays, one of them was known for a play called Oedipus Rex and the other was known for his play called Trojan Women.
Who are Sophocles and Euripides?
This stage on wheels is made up of two levels, the bottom level is the dressing room and the top level is the stage.
What is a pageant wagon?
Shakespeare was born and died in these two years
What is 1564 and 1616?
Each of the theater types in Asian culture we talked about each have their own unique thing that sets them apart form the other. Bunraku's is known for its wooden puppets. Kabuki and Noh are known for this
What is Kabuki has stylized make up while Noh is very slow and has elaborate costumes.
This is the year that the first theater festival happened and theater was stared by the Greeks
What is 534 B.C.?
These two terms are very close but very different; one means Pity and Compassion while the other one means excessive pride.
What is pathos and hubris?
This technical advancement was the first of its kind to add different moods to scenes and plays
What is colored lighting?
What is The Lord Chamberlain's Men?
This was the first professional play produced in America in 1767.
What is "The Prince of Parthia"?
This is the year that 1552 the first original English Comedy Ralph Roister Doister was written and performed
What is 1552?
This is a theater like backdrop used in the Greek time period that was a 3 sided flat that had pictures painted on each side representing different locations such as the sea, forest and palace. These could be sat side by side to create a backdrop for the plays and turned when a scene was set in a different location.
What is a Periaktoi?
These three playwrights were very popular during the Renaissance period, each of them have their own outstanding plays but their biggest are "Dr. Faustus, Every Man in his Humor and Romeo and Juliet"
Who is Christopher Marlow, Ben Johnson, and William Shakespeare?
These are the name 5 of Shakespeare's plays
What is... Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Much ado about Nothing, A Midsummer Nights Dream, King Lear, Henry the VI, Etc.
This organization was created by three people in 1931, it was a place that upcoming actors the tricks and tools they need to be successful. Name the people who created it and what the title of the organization is.
What is The Group Theater, it was created by Harold Clurman, Stella Adler, and Lee Strasuseburg?
This is the year that the first class where you could study theater like we do today was created; it started at Carnegie Institute of Technology.
What is 1914?