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A writer of Greek Drama. He invented the third actor, and scene painting.
What is Sophocles
100
A writer of Roman Comedy. One of his best known works is The Meneachmi.
What is Plautus
100
This became a main staging area for plays when they moved outside the church. It was mobile, and the chief staging area for the Cycle play processionals.
What is Pageant Wagon
100
A style of comedy in the Italian Renaissance that gave rise to slapstick, and stock characters
What is Commedia dell' Arte
100
A contemporary of Shakespeare’s, he demonstrated how to construct a coherent story out of diverse historical events, and perfected blank verse as a medium for drama.
What is Christopher Marlowe
200
These are comic pieces, somewhat lampooning, which were combined with three tragedies to form the tetrology of plays in Greek festivals.
What is Satyr Plays
200
A writer of Roman Comedy. He was a slave, educated, then free, his plots were more complex than his predecessors.
What is Terence
200
Common forms of entertainment by 1400, these were folk dramas that became popular in court as well. They were often Christmas plays which used disguise and masks to tell the story of death and resurrection of St. George.
What is Mummers
200
Oldest surviving Renaissance theatre built between 1580 and 1584. Designed by architect Andrea Palladio. Built in classical Roman architectural style.
What is Teatro Olimpico
200
Formally called The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Shakespeare’s acting company was called this when James I became their benefactor.
What is The King’s Men
300
A Greek, he owned the first recorded theatre collection. He also turned prologues used by Aeschylus and Sophocles into what we recognize as prologues today, placing the play in the proper sequence in legend.
What is Euripides
300
This was the Roman name for the Etruscan mimetic dancers.
What is Histriones
300
A good example of a typical type of this play’s construction is the Maestricht compilation, produced before 1350. It consisted of these scenes put together: Creation and Fall of the Angels, Creation and Fall of Man, Debate of Justice and Pity, Prophecies of the Birth of Christ, Annunciation, Nativity, Three Kings and Herod, Massacre of the Innocents, Flight Into Egypt, Jesus in the Temple, Baptism, Temptation, Calling of Peter and Andrew, Wedding at Cana, Jesus at the House of Simon, Resurrection of Lazarus, Entrance Into Jerusalem, Expulsion of the Money Lenders, Jesus at the House of Martha, Council of the Synagogue, Garden of Olives, Arrival of Judas and the Soldiers.
What is Passion Play
300
The most famous zanni in Commedia dell` arte is the
What is Harlequin
300
Usually considered the finest Elizabethan playwright next to Shakespeare. His plays are concerned with reforming human behavior. His comedies were called comedies of humours.
What is Ben Jonson
400
Considered the greatest writer of comedy in Ancient Greece.
What is Aristophanes
400
The Major Roman Tragic Playwright.
What is Seneca
400
They were scholars who became traveling entertainers. They were thought to have combined with the court jester to produce the troubadour.
What is Goliards
400
The first major literary work to be written in modern vernacular language in the Italian Renaissance was The Divine Comedy, by
What is Dante
400
English designer. He had studied in Italy in 1600, and designed a majority of the court Masques
What is Inigo Jones
500
Tragedy arose out of these ritualistic festivals in honor of the god Dionysus.
What is Dithyrambs
500
In this year, the Council of Carthage decreed excommunication for anyone going to a theatrical function on a holy day, and forbade sacraments to actors, effectively eliminating theatre for the next 800 years.
What is 398 A.D.
500
These are plays that dramatized incidents from the lives of saints or martyrs. Many are based on biblical stories, some are fictional, but do depict miraculous powers and divine intervention.
What is Miracle Plays
500
Wrote Architettura , which summed up the perspective practices of the 16th century, and was also the first Renaissance work on architecture to devote a section specifically to theatre.
What is Serlio
500
This group was responsible for the permanent closure of the theatres, and the tearing down of the Globe in 1644 A.D.
What is Puritans