Greek/Roman
The Greeks called the place they performed their dithyrambs a Theatron.
What is the Greek word for theatre?
This was the first instance of Dialogue, Song, & Dance coming together in one show.
What is The Black Crook?
William Shakespeare's many plays can be categorized into these three genres.
What are comedy, tragedy, & history?
This is the more common name for the Theatre of the Capital in China.
What is Beijing Opera?
Our modern word "Intermission" comes from the breaks in-between the acts of Neo-Classical plays during the Italian Renaissance.
What was the Intermezzi?
The three things needed for theatre to exist.
What is actor, action, and audience?
A lot of Greek heroes had this one trait in common.
What is a tragic flaw?
The Sound of Music, The King and I, & Carousel are three of their most popular shows.
Who are Rogers and Hammerstein?
This theatre saw the premier of most of Shakespeare's plays and still stages performances today.
What is The Globe Theatre?
This type of Japanese theatre uses very intricate puppets to tell the story.
What is Bunraku?
The Italians invented this popular form of comedic theatre that included stock characters, prat falls, and slap-sticks.
What is Commedia dell'arte?
This type of long speech, usually in song form, appears as if the actor is talking to themselves.
What is a Soliloquy?
Members of the Roman military could face execution if they did this.
What is become an actor?
This type of show's metaphor or statement is more important than its actual narrative.
What is a concept musical?
All acting companies in Shakespeare's time consisted only of ____________.
What are men?
The country where the oldest existing book on theatre was written.
What is India?
Illiterate people in medieval times were used to priests teaching them bible stories using these elements of church architecture that could be considered the fore-runners of graphic novels.
What are stained glass windows?
The most common type of contemporary performance space that is like looking through a frame.
What is a proscenium theatre?
One of the oldest and most popular Greek tragedies (that we watched in class) is the story of a man who kills his father and marries his mother.
What is Oedipus Rex?
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat was written for a friend of this composer/lyricist team.
Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice?
Seeing this over the Globe theatre insured the people of London they were in for some quality entertainment that day!
What is a flag flying over the theatre?
In Japan the words song, dance, and skill translate to the name of this most popular type of theatre.
What is Kabuki?
The three main types of Liturgical Drama.
What are Mystery, Miracle, and Morality plays?
Florenz Ziegfeld was the first to hire this actor, known for his pantomime 'The Poker Game', to be in the "Follies" on Broadway.
Who was Bert Williams?
The Latin term for the theatre mechanism/special effect that would come in at the last minute and save the hero/heroine and the day.
What is the Deus ex Machina?
This was the first rock musical produced for the American stage.
What is Hair! The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical?
The patrons who got the cheep tickets and stood directly in front of the stage in the pit at the Globe theatre.
Who were the groundlings?
Female roles were performed by these revered individuals in Japan who would often live as their onstage characters outside of the theatre.
Who were the Onnagata?
The oldest surviving proscenium stage of the Renaissance still in operation today.
What is the Teatro Olimpico?
This Norwegian playwright, with plays like A Doll's House and Hedda Gabbler, was considered to be the father of realism.
Who was Henrik Ibsen?
The half-man/half-goat god ruled over these three things in ancient Greece.
Who was Dionysus, the god of wine, fertility, & theatre?
This Broadway and film director/choreographer is the only person to ever win an Emmy, an Oscar, and a Tony, the triple crown of awards!
Who is Bob Fosse?
This company of players, that Shakespeare was a member of, was known as The Lord Chamberlin's Men up until the death of Queen Elizabeth I.
The most prevalent and popular form of theatre in India.
What is Kathakali?
This German nun is considered to be one of the first female playwrights.
Who was Hrotsvitha?
Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, and Arthur Miller were the members of this early 20th century American theatre group.
What was the Great Triumvirate?