Middle Ages
Italian Renaissance
English Renaissance
Siglo de Oro
French Neoclassical
100
This was the first "playlet" that evolved from Easter services during the Middle Ages, translated as "Whom do you seek":
What is "Quem Quaeritis"?
100
The word "renaissance" means this:
What is "re-birth"?
100
The literary convention that allowed English Renaissance companies to work without complex scenery:
What is Spoken decor?
100
These were the 2-story pageant wagons on which autos sacramentales were performed:
What are Carros
100
Verisimilitude means:
What is the appearance of truth?
200
These are the small scenic structures used to locate scenes in liturgical dramas:
What are mansions?
200
These are Italian court entertainments with allegorical plots, elaborate scenery/costumes/special effects with an honoree featured as a mythological figure:
What are intermezzi?
200
Court entertainment in the English Renaissance, heavy emphasis on costumes and scenery with a great deal of dancing (designed by Inigo Jones):
What are Masques?
200
These Spanish court entertainments were based on classical myths or pastoral subjects and much of the dialogue was set to music:
What are Zarzuela?
200
The French court entertainments, based on myth, using song, dance, and spectacle in which a member of the royalty was a key figure:
What are Ballet de cour?
300
In Everyman, this is the only “virtue” left at the end:
What is Good Deeds?
300
Italian pastoral drama derived from this classical influence:
What are satyr plays?
300
The group of English writers (including Marlowe) who studied classical texts in school and wrote plays performed in the universities:
What is the University Wits
300
Fuenteovejuna was unusual for its time because it featured:
What is Female characters taking action and urging male characters to take action?
300
The group of 7 writers who formed to develop French as the medium for literature based on classical works:
What is The Pleiade?
400
This secular canoness wrote religious plays modeled after the work of Terence. Her works are important because she is the first known female dramatist AND the first identifiable Western dramatist of the postclassical era:
Who is Hrosvitha of Gandersheim?
400
If commedia dell'arte means "comedy of professional players", then commedia erudita means,
What is Amateur comedy (comedy done at court)
400
In The Duchess of Malfi, we see a number of elements that are typical of English Renaissance drama. They are (list 2)
What are: Spoken decor Clearly defined characters Five-act structure Hints of the supernatural
400
These Spanish religious plays were produced a lot like medieval pageant plays:
What are Autos Sacramentales
400
This play, written by Pierre Corneille, caused an enormous controversy (about neoclassical ideals) that was eventually settled by The Academie Francaise:
What is Le Cid?
500
Morality plays (from the Middle Ages) came from Pater Noster prayers (7 virtues and 7 deadly sins) and from this (in which Death summons representatives from all ranks and professions to prove that death happens to everyone):
What is The Dance of Death?
500
The Italian Renaissance was a huge period for scenic innovations. The most important was (name 2)
What is Perspective scenery Improved use of flats/side wings Chariot-and-pole system
500
There are a number of different theories about how public theaters in England started. They might have started as temporary stages in the courtyards of inns, or, the less animal friendly theory...
What is They were renovated bearbaiting and/or cockfighting arenas?
500
This was the gallery just for female spectators in the Spanish corrales:
What is Cazuela?
500
The French confraternity that held a monopoly on theatrical performances in Paris:
What is Confrerie de la Passion?
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