17th Century
What was passed to regulate London Theatre?
Serious plays that didn’t fit traditional tragedy.
Drame
Who ran the “Greatest Show on Earth?”
P.T. Barnum
What is the time period from 1660-1700 called?
The Restoration
What scene change system did the English use?
Groove System
Who wrote the show The Robbers?
Friedrich Schiller
What does melodrama mean?
Song drama
Music drama
What year was Charles II invited back to rule?
1660
What type of comedy satirizes behavior in a particular social group?
Comedy of Manners
How did the German government control theatre productions?
Subsidies
What term described many popular melodramas?
Well made play
Name one issue theatre mirrored through the Restoration.
Social
Political
Economic
What theatre still stands today in London, after being rebuil several times, that now houses large scale musicals
Drury Lane Theatre
What famous theatre in Sweden was open in the 18th Century?
Drottningholm Theatre
What was the first major theater in New York?
The Booth Theater
What happened to Charles I after the civil war?
Removed from the throne and beheaded.
Name one of two entrepreneurs Charles II issue patents to, giving them a monopoly on presenting theatre in London?
William Davenant
Thomas Killigrew
Name one of the forerunners of modern directors.
David Garrick
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Name one of the most infamous theater riots.
Old Price Riots
Comedie Francaise Riots
How many years did Oliver Cromwell govern for?
11 years