Greek Theatre
The number of actors in a Greek play.
What is 1-3.
This is where Medieval theatre originated.
Where are churches in central Europe?
The most famous type of production for Bunraku theatre.
What is puppetry?
Troupes performed these types of characters in Commedia del'Arte.
What are stock characters?
A Shakespearean comedy that was modernized in the film 10 Things I Hate About You.
What is Taming of the Shrew?
He wrote Hamilton.
Who is Lin Manuel Miranda?
The primary purpose of Greek theatre.
What is to celebrate the gods & goddesses?
The purpose for theatre rising during the Medieval period.
What was to spread religion to an illiterate population?
It takes this many people to control a Bunraku puppet.
What is three?
Commedia del'Arte performances did not have any.
What are scripts?
A famous playhouse in London where Shakespeare worked.
What is the Globe?
The most common characteristic amongst all musicals.
What is music that drives the plot?
This Greek god was primarily honored by performances and is known as the god of theatre, among other things.
Who is Dionysus?
Medieval plays portrayed religion and values of the time through these.
What are bible stories and moral lessons?
The main plot in most Bunraku and Kabuki productions.
What are love-suicides?
The group able to perform.
Who are women?
A contemporary of William Shakespeare; famous for playwriting during this time.
Who is Christopher Marlowe?
The original genre for musicals.
What is comedy?
Two characteristics of a Greek play are that the actors wear masks, and this group sang about much of the plot.
Who is the chorus?
The three types of Medieval plays.
What are miracle, morality, and mystery plays?
A main characteristic of Kabuki theatre.
What is elaborate make-up & costumes?
A key characteristic that most Italian Renaissance theatre focused on in its productions.
What is humanism?
The major cause of the decline in English Renaissance theatre.
What is religion & Puritan rule?
The most common type of musical we see today.
What is a Book Musical?
He was the first actor to step away from the chorus and is where we get the word Thespian from.
Who is Thespis?
What is Wakefield Master?
The most famous playwright of both Bunraku and Kabuki theatre.
Who is Chickamatsu Monzemon?
Signature stunts, gags, and pranks consistently used in Commedia del'Arte.
What are lazzi?
Two types of plays that Queen Elizabeth I banned in order to keep peace.
What are political and religious plays?
Loosely linked sketches and popular songs produced by Florenz Ziegfield were called this.
What are "The Follies"?