The text that is considered by many scholars to be the "birth" or "rebirth" of drama in the Middle Ages (hint: you read it).
What is the quem quaeritis?
100
A significant influence on the Italian Renaissance was this mode of thought which dominated art, literature, theatre, the humanities, etc.
What is humanism?
100
This was a group of playwrights who wrote scripts for boys' acting companies.
What is the university wits?
100
These two men were major playwrights during the Spanish Golden Age and each wrote hundreds of plays.
Who are Lope de Vega and Calderon?
100
In discussing HAMLET, we applied this theory, which refers to a "layering" effect.
What is palimpsest?
200
This text was written to help stabilize and codify church practices in the Middle Ages; it contained a version of the quem quaeritis with what many consider to be "stage directions."
What is the Regularis Concordia?
200
This types of Italian comedy was based on Roman characters and plots, but included Italian settings.
What is commedia erudita?
200
This author of FAUSTUS was quite popular in his day and may have been a spy or secret agent for Queen Elizabeth.
Who is Christopher Marlowe?
200
Plays presented at the Corpus Christi festival during the Spanish Golden Age were given this label.
What are autos sacramentales?
200
The YORK CRUCIFIXION was performed on this type of space/structure.
What are pageant wagons?
300
Religious vernacular dramas are divided into these 2 categories.
What are cycle plays and morality plays?
300
The neoclassical rules for theatre are based primarily on the works of what two theorists?
Who are Aristotle and Horace?
300
This man was a court architect for both James I and Charles I and brought Italian scenic innovations to England. He was known for his designs for court masques.
Who is Inigo Jones?
300
Public theatres in Spain are referred to by this term.
What are corrales?
300
In what country is HAMLET set?
What is Denmark?
400
These groups produced cycle plays (involving themes with which the group was associated).
What are guilds?
400
In neoclassicism, the three unities include these.
What are time, action, place?
400
These plays by Shakespeare do not easily fit into the categories of comedy, tragedy, or histories, and are thus referred to by this label.
What are problem plays?
400
A prologue or companion piece to a longer play in Spanish Golden Age theatre are known as this.
What is a loa?
400
In Sor Juana's LOA, these two characters are manifested as a spanish lady and a military captain.
Who are Religion and Zeal?
500
These performances were carnivalesque in nature and included an inversion of order.
What are Feast of Fools and Boy Bishop Festivals?
500
Many consider this to be the most important scenic innovation by the designers of the Italians Renaissance.
What is perspective drawing?
500
Elizabethan stages were minimalistic in design and relied on this convention to convey the numerous locales depicted in a play.
What is spoken decor?
500
Sor Juana grew up and entered a convent in this country.
What is Mexico?
500
In MANDRAGOLA, Lucrezia agrees to Callimaco's request for this.