Early Theatre
Theatre for early peoples started with dancing that evolved into this.
What are rituals?
The type of stage Roman plays were performed on.
What are wooden platforms?
The first lighting instruments.
What are candles and oil lamps?
Approximately when Eastern theatre began.
What is 8th century BC?
When American theatre started.
What is the 18th century?
What we have as evidence of theatre left by Egyptions.
What are hieroglyphs?
Who are Elizabeth I, and the government?
Charles II brought theatre influences from this European country.
Where is France?
The primary performers in Noh and Kabuki theatre.
The true American theatre invention.
What is the modern musical?
Who is Dionysus?
Similar to monologues, but spoken as a long aside to the audience.
What are soliloquies?
The type of stage that became popular during the Restoration period.
What is the proscenium stage?
The TWO most prominent forms of Eastern theatre.
What are Noh and Kabuki?
One reason why Spanish Golden Age theatre is not as widespread.
What is:
The difficulty of translation OR
The mistrust of theatre in Spain?
What Greek chorus members wore to show facial expressions and character.
What are (colorful) masks?
What type of play mocked the ways the upper class acted?
What are:
Comedy of Manners, or
Comedy of Humor, or
Comedy of Intrigue?
He is said to be the greatest English dramatist, known for plays such as Hamlet.
Who is William Shakespeare?
The form of Eastern theatre that is based in religion, has the actors wear masks, and is a mixture of song, dance, and acting,
What is Noh theatre?
The Golden Age of Musical Theatre.
What is the 1940s-1960s?
What are amphitheaters?
DAILY DOUBLE: Name the 3 types of plays from Medieval theatre.
What are: Morality plays, Mystery plays, and Miracle plays?
One of the first popular woman actresses.
Who is Aphra Behn?
The form of Eastern theatre that is based in everyday life, has the actors wear face paint, and is a mixture of song, dance, and acting.
What is Kabuki theatre?
One thing that Latinx theatre strives to share and highlight.
What is:
Rich Latin American culture and identity, OR
Latinx experiences in America, OR
Latinx injustices or social issues?