Greek & Roman Theatre
Thespis
Who was the first actor?
This was believed to be the first theatre developed as part of the English Renaissance.
What is The Red Lion?
These people were not allowed to act.
Who are women?
The actual "Golden Age" began during this century and led to the emergence of professional theatres and a new play form--chivalric plays.
What is the 16th Century?
Sentimental theatre focused heavily on these emotions.
What are love, sympathy, and pity?
Germany's stock clown.
Who was Hans Wurst or John Sausage?
These two cities were capitals of early American Theatre.
What are Philly and New York City?
The start and end of this movement in theatre.
What is the 1840s through the late 19th century?
Melodrama used these, and there were six of them!
What are stock characters?
Two famous Roman Playwrights.
Who are Plautus & Terrence?
This war delayed the Renaissance from coming to England and its end sparked this new movement in theatre.
What is the 100 years war?
This person heavily influenced theatre after Shakespeare.
Who is Ben Johnson?
Comedia combined these two common elements.
What are comedy and tragedy?
He pioneered sentimental theatre in England with his play, The Conscious Lovers.
Who is Richard Steele?
Number of movements in German Theatre.
What is four?
This war was a turning point for theatre in America.
What was the Revolutionary War?
This playwright had the most intense plays within these French movements.
Who is Emile Zola?
A famous melodrama.
What is The Dogs of Montages?
Roman theatre was closely related to this period of theatre.
What is Greek theatre?
Early works were typically modeled after these two Roman playwrights.
Who are Plautus and Terrance?
The purpose of these are to celebrate royal events like births and marriages.
What are court masques?
These were one of the most important additions to Spanish theatre and were performed with elaborate two-story pageant wagons.
What are the Sacrementales?
This play highlights the triumph of good versus evil and the inherent goodness of the characters.
What is The Conscious Lovers?
The Playwright of the famous German play, Faust.
Who is Geothe?
This type of theatre made fun of the British.
What is a closet drama?
This movement reflects the reality of life and humanity.
What is Realism?
He was known as the father of Melodrama.
Who is Rene-Charles Guilbert de Pixierecourt?
The name for the hero in Roman theatre.
Who is Adulescens?
Histories, Comedies, tragedies, and this were the primary categories of English Renaissance plays.
What are Romances?
These types of comedies have several modern references.
What are city comedies?
This event had a large impact on the religious, allegorical plays in this time period.
What is The Spanish Inquisition?
Sentimental comedies differed from earlier restoration comedies through showing these three elements.
What is having good morals, becoming a better person, and showing societies flaws?
This movement in theatre opposed that people are morally good and wanted to show the reality of human nature.
What is Strum And Drang?
What are Native American culture and British theatre?
This movement can be contributed to the studies of Charles Darwin.
What is Naturalism?
Two main characteristics of Melodrama.
What are funny and satisfying endings?
This was a main reason to go to theatre for both late Greek and Roman audiences.
What is to listen to issues (catharsis)?
So that everyone could attend, theatres typically were this type of structure which also helped allow natural light in for the productions.
What are three-level gallery structures?
Plays inside of plays, scenes of intentional disguise, or characters performing madness are all characteristics of this.
What is meta-theatre/theatrical?
Seating arrangements in theatres were often based on this.
What is social hierarchy?
Sentimental theatre originated because this type of theatre was seen as too cynical and immoral.
What is restoration comedy?
Besides Strum and Drang, these are the three additional movements in German theatre.
What are Weimar Classicism, Romanticism, and Bourgeoisie Comedy & Tragedy?
Eventually American theatre included travelling shows like this.
What is Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show?
Sensationalism was a precursor to these two main movements. People wanted things to be more true to human and nature.
What are Realism and Naturalism?
Melodrama included a lot of this. Melo translating directly to it.
What is music?