Primitive
Greek/Roman
Medieval
Renaissance
18th/19th century
100

Primitive theatre was born from this.

What is dance. 

100

This playwright introduced the 1st actor.

Who is Thespis?
100
This is the name of the things that would carry sets and actors from town to town. 

What are pageant wagons?

100

Commedia dell'arte was known for these types of characters.

What is stock characters?

100

Iowa stage theatre, a company that does theatre just for the fun of it, is an example of this type of theatre.

What is community theatre?

200
The word drama means this. 

What is to do or to act?

200

This form of Roman entertainment involved water in a colosseum with battleships. 

What is neumachia?

200

These are the three types of medieval plays.

What is mystery, morality, and miracle?

200

This character in commedia dell arte never stopped moving and slept on one leg. 

Who is Zanni?

200

These are the two American theatre developments in the 19th century that isn't musical theatre.

What is vaudeville and melodrama?

300

The three main elements of primitive theatre were these things.

What is rhythm, chanting, and movement?
300

This is how many chorus members in original Greek theatre.

What is 50?

300

This group resurrected theatre after the dark ages. 

Who is the church?

300

This is the type of show playing if a black flag is flying atop the Globe.

What is a tragedy?

300

Faust and William Tell are examples of this genre of theatre.

What is Romanticism?

400

These are the two types of drama. 

What is Tragedy and comedy?

400

No one was safe from the mockery by this Greek playwright.

Who is Euripedes?

400

This means "living picture"

What is tableaux vivant?

400

Shakespeare's theatre company that performed at the Globe theatre was known by this name.

What are the Lord Chamberlain's men?

400

This playwright and director loved spectacle and theatricality. 

Who is Brecht?

500

The four categories of primitive theatre were war, initiation, story, and this one. 

What is religious?

500

This playwright wrote primarily comedies. 

Who is Aristophanes?

500

What was the name of one of the surviving medieval plays?

What is Everyman?

500

This was the name of an opera composer who died young.

Who is Mozart?

500
In early musical theatre, these drove the story, not plot or characters. 

What is popular songs?