Early English Drama
In the 1400's and early 1500's short plays performed between meals were called what?
A-Tudor Interludes
B-Shakespeare Shorts
C-Royal Rehearsals
Tudor Interludes
Who wrote the Spanish Tragedy?
A-Thomas Kyd
B-Christopher Marlowe
C-William Shakespeare
Thomas Kyd
Who built the Globe Theatre in 1599?
A-Shakespeare and his partners
B-King Henry VIII
C-Queen Elizabeth I
Shakespeare and his partners
Which play is considered a forerunner to Shakespeare's King Lear and Titus Andronicus?
A-Gorboduc
B-Doctor Faustus
C-Ralph Roister Doister
Gordoduc
Where were early plays performed before permanent theatres existed?
A-In the woods
B-In feudal manor houses
C-In castles
In feudal manor houses
Who wrote Ralph Roister Doister one of the first English comedies?
A-Thomas Kyd
B-Nick Udall
C. Ben Johnson
Nick Udall
Who wrote Doctor Faustus and died in a tavern brawl?
A-Ben Johnson
B-Christopher Marlowe
C-Nick Udall
Christopher Marlowe
A-The Globe
B-The Swan
C-The Rose
The Swan
Doctor Faustus tells the story of a man who trades his soul for what?
A-Gold
B-Power and Knowledge
C-Love
Power and Knowledge
Elizabethan audiences often stood on the ground in front of the stage. What were they called?
A-Groundlings
B-Courtiers
C-Jesters
Groundlings
What was the first English verse drama performed in 1561?
A-Doctor Faustus
B-Gorboduc
C-Volpone
Gorboduc
Which playwright killed an actor in a duel?
A-Thomas Kyd
B-Christopher Marlowe
C-Ben Johnson
Ben Johnson
Who built The Rose Theatre and kept a diary full of theatre history?
A-James Burbage
B-Thomas Sackville
C-Philip Henslowe
Philip Henslowe
Which playwright's Volpone satirized greed and corruption?
A-Thomas Kyd
B-Ben Johnson
C-Christopher Marlowe
Ben Johnson
The Elizabethan period is named after which monarch?
A-Queen Elizabeth I
B-Queen Elizabeth II
C-Queen Elizabeth III
Queen Elizabeth I