Stock Characters
Commedia factoids
Shakespeare who?
Iambic Pentameter
More Renaissance
100
A character that leads with his belly.
Who is Dottore?
100
What is a slapstick?
100
A poet
What is a Bard?
100
The number of syllables in the rhythmic meter.
What is 10?
100
Translation of Renaissance
What is rebirth?
200
A character that is the lowest of the lowliest servants.
Who is Zanni?
200
The country in which Commedia dell 'arte began.
What is Italy?
200
A tragedy written by William Shakespeare.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
200
the number of feet in the rhythmic meter.
what is five?
200
I walked hunched over, always wear red and am very greedy.
Who is Pantalone?
300
These two are boyfriend and girlfriend.
Who are Arlecchino and Columbina?
300
Literal translation of Commedia dell 'arte
What is Comedy of the profession?
300
The country where Elizabethan Theatre began.
what is England?
300
The sound of Iambic pentameter.
What is a heartbeat, galloping horses or "ta-da"?
300
a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists
What is an anachronism?
400
Maintains the body shape of a chicken.
Who is Zanni?
400
the gibberish language used to tell the essence of a story.
what is Grammalot?
400
What's Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man
What is Juliet's monologue?
400
Thou crusty wreck upon a dirty shore.
What is Iambic Pentameter
400
I am the translation of "jokes" used in Commedia.
what is a lazzi?
500
Leads with his chest and carries a sword.
Who is Capitano?
500
The style of theatre used by Commedia actors.
What is improv?
500
The meter in which William Shakespeare wrote.
what is Iambic Pentameter?
500
The type of syllable that begins the rhythm of Iambic Pentameter
What is unstressed?
500
Three elements that defined Commedia troupes.
what is masks, broad gestures and costumes?