Terminology
A person who plays a part on stage in a production dressed in costumes and has some or no speaking lines.
What is an actor?
Is closely related to the history of humanity.
What is drama?
The earliest evidence of drama in the Middle Ages is a partial manuscript from a western European liturgical drama dating to this century.
What is the tenth century?
The climax of Renaissance drama came during this age.
What is the Elizabethan Age?
The first actors on American stages were English professional troupes who presented this popular large city plays.
Where is London?
The group of actors who play fictional characters in films, T.V. shows, plays, and musicals
What is a cast?
Legend states that this person removed from the chorus and was a dialogue performer which resulted in becoming the first actor.
Who is Thespis?
Represented biblical settings such as Heaven, Hell and the Sea of Galilee.
What are mansions?
Is considered to be the greatest Elizabethan dramatist and, perhaps, even the greatest dramatist of all time.
Who is William Shakespeare?
A well-known actor who assassinated president Abraham Lincoln.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
Responsible for shaping every aspect of the final performance—from the actors' performances to the setting and design choices
What is a director?
Acting without words
What is pantomime?
Into the fourteenth century, this transportation was divided into two levels: the upper level was a platform stage, the lower a dressing room.
What are pageant wagons?
Wrote two social comedies: The School for Scandal and The Rivals.
Who is Richard Brinsley Sheridan?
One of the greatest romantic actors America has produced.
Who is Edwin Booth?
In charge of moving scenery, special effects such as trap doors or helping actors "fly," keeping track of props, and even operating lighting and sound systems.
What is crew?
These two ranked as among the poignant portrayals of women in dramatic literature.
What is Antigone and Medea?
Was then introduced in attempt to revive the simplicity and humanism of ancient Greek drama.
What is opera?
Opened in 1599. Burned down in 1613, it was immediately rebuilt and productions occurred until 1642.
What is the Globe Theatre?
The first great African American actor to achieve international fame when he appeared as Othello in London.
Who is Ira Aldridge?
(also known as Crew Chief) provides technical support for the use and upkeep of production related equipment and backstage activity during performances to make sure the show goes off without a hitch.
What is crew leader?
Greek god of theatre.
Who is Dionysus?
(comedy of the profession); professional improved comedy that developed in Italy during the Renaissance.
What is Commedia dell'arte?
Bernard Shaw wrote this specific play that Mr. Hankins told you to remember due to its connection to a Rome general and statement and Egypt's most powerful female ruler.
What is Caesar and Cleopatra?
Became the first American woman to find success on the stage aboard. She popularized nineteenth-century practice of women playing male roles with her portrayals of Shakespearean characters as Hamlet and Romeo.
Who is Charlotte Cushman?