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Greek Theatre
Medieval Theatre
Renaissance
Elizabethan
People
100
Who is believed to be the first actor?
Thespis
100
plays that told stories from the Bible
Biblical plays
100

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Many advances were made during the Renaissance

true
100
place where actors changed
scenery hut
100
first actor
Thespis
200
entrances and exits in Greek theatre
parados
200
plays that told stories about the saints
saint plays
200
specific acting troupes that performed improvised scenes with stock characters
commedia dell' arte
200
people paid a penny to stand and watch a show
groundlings
200
Greek theatre festivals honored him
Dionysus
300
Rotating pillars with different designs painted on them
periactoi
300
plays that told the story of Jesus before he died
passion plays
300

characters that don't change over time, and have a set personality

stock characters
300
awning above the stage that had stars painted on it
Heavens
300
has only surviving satyr
Euripides
400
the altar for Dionysus
thymele
400
plays that talked about right and wrong
morality plays
400
famous playwrights during this time (3)

Ben Johnson


Christopher Marlowe


William Shakespeare

400
introduced 3rd character
Sophocles
500
cart that wheeled dead bodies on to the stage
ekeclema
500
Most theatre plays during the Medieval times focused on this subject
religion
500
considered the father of tragedy
Aeschylus