Greek Theatre
Medieval Theatre/Kabuki
Renaissance Theatre
Restoration Theatre
19th/20th c Theatre
100
This is the name of the first actor
Who is Thespis?
100
Plays from the Medieval era of theatre are primarily about this.
What is the Bible?
What is Christianity?
100
This is the most famous playwright from the Renaissance era.
Who is William Shakespeare?
100
This is where most plays come from in this era of theatre.
What is France?
100
Burlesque shows turned into this more family-friendly type of performance.
What are vaudeville shows?
200
This is who the Greeks performed plays for.
Who are the Greek Gods?
200
Priests performed these types of dramas in the medieval era of theatre.
What are liturgical dramas?
200
These two things were popular to include in Renaissance era plays.
What is music and dance?
200
This is the most famous playwright from this era.
Who is Moliere?
200
This is what vaudeville performances developed into
What are circuses?
300
This is the name of the play written by Euripedes that we read during our Greek Theatre unit.
What is Medea?
300
Mystery plays, Miracle plays, and morality plays are examples of this type of play.
What are vernacular plays?
300
This was performed at the end of performances, even after tragedies.
What is a jig?
300
This was the focus of plays during Restoration.
What are visuals?
300
This is the name of the type of play that involves a hero, villain, and a damsel in distress.
What is a melodrama?
400
This one one of the 3 playwrights from Ancient Greece whose works survive today.
Who is Euripedes?
Who is Sophocles?
Who is Aeschylus?
400
This is who performs in Kabuki plays
Who are men?
400
This was developed in Renaissance Theatre.
What is tech theatre?
400
This is the name of the play we studied by Moliere.
What is The Misanthrope?
400
This is the script we studied that was inspired by vaudeville comedy.
What is Who's on First?
500
This is what Greek actors wore to expression emotion and different characters
What is a mask?
500
This is what is included in Kabuki plays
What is singing (ka), dancing (bu), and skill (ki)?
500
This is one of Shakespeare's comedies, involving love triangles, fantasy, and a fairy named Puck.
What is Midsummer Night's Dream?
500
This country placed heavy restrictions on plays due to the church believing plays were immoral.
What is England?
500
This phrase was coined in Vaudeville theatre
What is "Break-a-leg?"