Definitions
Theatres
Playwrights
Streaks
Final Jeopardy
100
Dionysus Daily Double!
Religious plays written in the last half of the sixteenth century for the festival of Corpus Christi came to be known as
100
The first permanent theatre in France, and maybe all of Europe after the fall of Rome, was the
Hôtel de Bourgogne
100
A play written in rhyming couplets, in neoclassical form, with witty and comic dialogue, and with characters resembling those in commedia dell'arte was probably written by
Molière
100
Actress Armande Béjart was known for (3 answers $100 each)
her training by and marriage to Molière.
her lively and charming stage manner, and excellent singing and dancing.
the many roles she originated in Molière's plays.
100
The finest French tragic actor of the late seventeenth century, noted for his less stilted, more natural acting style was
Michel Baron
200
The wagons on which religious plays were staged were called
Carros
200
This theatre was erected by Cardinal Richelieu, was the first proscenium-arch theatre in France, and had Italianate scene-shifting machinery
Palais-Royal
200
This Spanish golden age playwright wrote hundreds of plays in episodic form with the goal of pleasing the audience.
Lope De Vega
300
The following type of performances were entertaining sketches drawn from events in daily life, written in prose with plots that featured earthy humor and colloquial speech, and that were used as humorous interludes between acts of longer works.
Pasos
300
French proscenium-arch theatre buildings differed slightly from those of the Italian Renaissance in part because
the seating was different; it was an undivided gallery with bleacher-like seating.
300
This Spanish golden age playwright wrote over one hundred plays, varied in style, but many about love and honor and some about violent family situations.
Pedro Calderon
300
In 1673 there were five government-supported companies in Paris: ($300 each)
the Opéra, the Italian commedia dell'arte troupe, the Hôtel de Bourgogne company, the Théâtre du Marais company, and the troupe led by Molière
400
The following type of dramas were full-length; could be serious, comic, or a mixture; dealt with themes of love and honor; were episodic in form; and were written in three acts.
Comedias
400
This theatre housed the French national theatre and had a horseshoe-shape construction.
Comédie-Française
400
This author of The Cid faced judgment from the French Academy and Cardinal Richelieu.
Pierre Corneille
500
The pit in the corral was called the ________, and the people inhabiting it were called the ________.
patio; mosqueteros
500
The following playwright was also a performer who appeared onstage in the Corpus Christi festival and wrote auto sacramentales, comedias, and pasos.
Lope De Rueda