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100

In The Mandrake, Callimaco masquerades as this character. 

Who is the doctor?

100

Established in 714 BCE by emperor Huang Zong this was used to train singers, dancers, and other court entertainment. It differed from the earlier schools in its stress was on new and innovative works.

What is the School of the Pear Garden?

100

Zanni, Vecchi, Innamorati, and Capitani, or La Signora are all groups of characters in this dramatic form.

What is Commedia del arte?

100

Hotel de Bourgogne and the Theatre du Marais are both examples of this. 

What are the French Public Theatres?

100

King Lear, Othello, Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline are all examples of this. 

What are Shakespeare's Trajedies

200

In Atsumori, this is the reason Rensho traveled to the place where Atsumori was killed.

What is to pray for Atsumori?

200

This form of drama found its form in the fourteenth century and continues in much the same form, with many of the same plays, in present-day Japan.

What is Noh theatre?

200

This first Italian opera follows the story of Apollo falling in love with a nymph, the opera was written for an elite circle of humanists in Florence, the Florentine Camerata.

What is Dafne?

200

The Golden Fleece, The Loves of Venus and Adonis, and The Marriage of Bacchus and Ariadne are all examples of this type of play. 

What are the Plays with Machines?

200

First printed collection of Shakespeare's plays, published in 1623, seven years after his death. Shakespeare's friends and fellow actors John Heminge and Henry Condell assembled the 36 plays.

What is the First Folio?

300

In Tartuffe, Orgon decides Mariane must do this at the end of Act II. 

What is Marry Tartuffe?

300

This form of dance-drama has survived to the present day and is still performed on state occasions at the imperial court and at certain shrines and temples, it now designates any dance performed to classical court music, by dancers whose art has been passed down through generations with hereditary rights.

What is Bungaku?

300

These quick comedic bits were standardized and recorded to indicate actions and interactions. 

What are Lazzi?

300

Established in 1629 this French company, housed at Theatre du Marais, was named after the stage name of its leader, Guillaume des Gilleberts.

Who is Montdory?

300

Established in 1594 this company of actors, for which Shakespeare wrote during most of his career. Richard Burbage played most of the lead roles, including Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth.

What are the Lord Chamberlian's Men?

400

In Snow in Midsummer, this character was not punished by Tou Tien-Chang at the end of the play.

Who is Tou Ngo?

400

pleasure, mirth, sorrow, wrath, vigor, fear, disgust, and wonder are all examples of this.

What are Bhavas?

400

He was an Italian stage designer, engineer, and architect. His work in stage design, particularly his designs of machinery for creating spectacular scenery changes and other special effects, was extensively engraved and hence survives as the most complete record of mid-to-late seventeenth century set design.

Who is Giacomo Torelli?

400

Born in 1606, this French playwright wrote Le Cid in 1637, as well as the tragedies Horace, Cinna, and La Mort de Pompée.

Who is Pierre Corneille?

400

This is a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable, this is the meter Shakespeare most used. 

What is Iambic Pentameter?

500

In King Lear, before the battle between the French and English armies, Lear is brought to this camp. 

What is Cordelia's camp?

500

The Story of the Chalk Circle, The Orphan of the House of Zhao, and Romance of the Western Chamber are all examples of this type of Chinese dramatic style 

What is Zaju or northern style drama?

500

These forms of drama developed from and for intermezzi. 

What are opera and ballet?

500

Born in Paris as Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, this French playwright wrote such plays as Le Docteur Amoureux, Les Précieuses Ridicules, L'Étourdi ou les Contretemps. 

Who is Molière?

500

Published in 1609, these were the last of Shakespeare's non-dramatic works to be printed, these were first written solely for private readership.

What are Shakespeare's Sonnets?

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