The Renaissance
This 10-syllable line format features a rhythmic beat that closely mimics the human heartbeat.
What is iambic pentameter?
Dubbed the "Internet of the 1400s," this invention rapidly accelerated the spread of dramatic scripts.
What is the printing press?
This is the literal translation of the Greek root word for "theater".
What is "the seeing place?"
Stage directions are given from whose perspective?
What is The Actor's?
He is the witty author behind this classic Satire/Comedy of Manners.
Who is Oscar Wilde?
The literal meaning of the term "renaissance".
What is rebirth?
This Italian stage innovation acts as a frame separating the audience from the world of the actors.
What is the proscenium arch?
This is the Greek god most closely associated with theater and ritual.
Who is Dionysus?
This term refers to the physical stage directions and choreographed positions of the actors during a scene.
What is blocking?
Algernon invents a fictional invalid friend by this name so he can escape to the country and get out of social engagements.
What is Bunbury?
This philosophical shift replaced "Christocentrism" and emphasized that "Man is the measure of all things".
What is Humanism?
Misunderstandings, disguises, and ending with a wedding were all core characteristics of this theatrical genre.
What is Renaissance comedy?
We derive the word "thespian" from this historical figure, regarded as the very first actor.
Who is Thespis of Icaria?
This term refers to the underlying meaning or unspoken thoughts hiding behind an actor's spoken dialogue.
What is subtext?
This character brings a whole new meaning to "baggage" when it is revealed she accidentally left a baby inside a handbag at Victoria Station.
Who is Miss Prism?
Sparked by Martin Luther's 95 Theses, this movement directly challenged the authority of the Roman Catholic Church.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
Brighter, more saturated colors were notably not a defining characteristic of this visual style in Renaissance art.
What is realism?
To amplify their voices and facilitate quick character changes, actors wore these.
What are masks?
This is what we call it when an actor intentionally breaks the imaginary barrier between the stage and reality to speak directly to the audience.
What is "breaking the fourth wall"?
Rather than true love, this formidable matriarch's primary concerns for her daughter's marriage are social status, wealth, and family lineage.
Who is Lady Bracknell?
This Italian city is celebrated as the birthplace of the Renaissance movement.
What is Florence?
The genetically-modified testudines of comic and cartoon fame were named after which four Renaissance artists?
Who are Donatello, Michelangelo, Rafael, and Leonardo (DaVinci)?
The plays of these three major playwrights are the only surviving works of Greek tragedy.
Who are Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides?
This psychological phenomenon describes the mental shift the audience employs to accept a stage performance as a kind of reality.
What is the willing suspension of disbelief?
Act II takes place in the garden of whose country estate?
Who is Jack Worthing?