One of the two extant Roman comedians best known for his complex plots and sympathetic characters.
Terence
100
Everyman is an example of this type of allegorical play.
morality play
100
Giambattista Guarini’s Il Pastor Fido is an example of this theatrical genre.
pastoral
100
An open-air Spanish theatre converted from an existing courtyard.
corrales
100
The most popular English playwright during the 17th century.
John Fletcher
200
The Roman tragedian whose works heavily influenced tragedies during the Renaissance.
Seneca
200
A moveable medieval stage upon which a single mansion was likely built.
pageant wagon
200
The number of intermezzi interludes needed for a typical performance evening.
6
200
The Spanish Golden Age is bookended by these two popular and prolific dramatists.
Lope de Vega and Calderón de la Barca
200
The name of the company under the leadership of Richard Burbage after it came under the patronage of James I.
King’s Men
300
The Roman term for an actor.
histrione
300
The surviving cosmic dramas of medieval England include cycles from Chester, Wakefield, N- Town, and this fourth location.
York
300
The term for “learned comedy,” in contrast to commedia dell’arte.
commedia erudita
300
A theatrical form involving mostly allegorical characters and associated with Corpus Christi processionals.
autos sacramentales
300
Adult companies were organized on this type of financial investment system.
sharing system
400
Horace claims that this is the intent of theatrical production.
to teach and to entertain
400
The term mystery play is derived from the Latin term (misterium) for these.
guilds
400
The system for changing sets designed by Giacomo Torelli.
chariot and pole system
400
Women were allowed to perform on the Spanish stage provided they could prove this.
relation to a male company member
400
Perhaps the best example of an English private theatre, Shakespeare was a householder in the building.
Blackfriars
500
Published his Ten Books on Architecture (c. 15 BCE) from which Renaissance scholars derived their understandings of classical theatres.
Vitruvius
500
Hubert Cailleau drew the stage design for this play from 1547, which used a series of mansions arranged from Heaven to the Hell mouth.
Valenciennes Passion Play
500
A designer for the Medici family, he was the predecessor of Giulio Parigi, who in turn helped lead to the dissemination of Italian scenic design in England, France, and Germany.
Bernardo Buontalenti
500
A female dramatist, scholar, and nun who resided in New Spain.
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
500
Term associated with Christopher Marlowe, John Lyly, and Robert Greene, educated men who wrote for popular theatres.