Commonly known as Medieval or Middle Ages, this time period was also known by this 3rd title
What is the Dark Ages
100
This specific organization dominated religion, education, and politics, as well as had a strong influence on the theatre
What is the Roman Catholic Church
100
THIS is the meaning of Renaissance
What is rebirth
100
Amongst political problems, the fear of this European catastrophe led to the eventual closing of the theatres
What is the plague
100
This historical event changed the technical aspect of theatre in many ways, one being the use of electric lighting onstage
What is the Industrial Revolution
200
These were short biblical scenes performed by priests during their sermons
What are tropes
200
several of the short biblical scenes put together to celebrate religious festivals were known as THIS
What are cycles
200
During this time in England, the government swung back and forth between these two religious denominations
What are Catholic and Protestant
200
The proscenium arch serves as THIS through which the audience views the action of the play
What is picture frame
200
During the Restoration, French theatre later influenced English theatre because they allowed THIS
What is women to perform onstage
300
This type of play from this time period focused on lessons of good vs. evil
What is morality play
300
This type of play from this time period focused on the lives of saints
What is miracle play
300
One of Italy's contributions during this time was this type of stage on which the action was shown through an arch
What is proscenium
300
England's contribution to the types of theatre stages was this more open type of stage that was surrounded on 3 sides by the audience
What is apron stage
300
Stemming from the phrase "music drama," this form of drama used music to increase emotions or signify characters
What is melodrama
400
This type of play from this time period focused on the life of Jesus Christ
What is mystery play
400
The plots for drama in the Medieval Ages were taken from THIS
What is the Christian Bible
400
Italy contributed this unique form of theatre which used few props, no sets, and improvised dialogue
What is Commedia Dell'Arte
400
Many playwrights, because they were afraid of being put to death for reviving the "wrong" play, started writing plays that were described these 2 ways
What are non-political and non-religious
400
By the 18th century, mimicking life in drama led to these 2 theatrical movements
What is realism and naturalism
500
Theatre was "reborn" as this type of drama that was originally written in Latin
What is liturgical drama
500
This type of drama came later in the time period and was written in common language so everyone could understand
What is vernacular drama
500
The religious themes of the time were eventually replaced with themes of this
What is loyalty to the government
500
By the end of this time period, theatre was thought to be "dangerous" because it was believed that the performances could inspire this
What is civil unrest or uprising
500
Throughout most of theatrical history, from Restoration to the 20th century, the theatrical style of the times focused more on creating THIS rather than dialogue and acting