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Misc
100
Year gas lighting introduced at the Paris Opera.
What is 1822 AD?
100
Means “rebirth.”
What is Renaissance?
100
Was born April 23rd, 1564 and died April 23rd, 1616.
Who is William Shakespeare?
100
Created Method Acting?
Who is Konstantin Stanislavski?
100
Year the television was invented.
What is 1920?
200
The first stage director and actor mentioned in recorded history, produces the Abydos Passion Play.
Who is I-Kher-nefert?
200
Wrote 200 plays distinguished by their spiritual emphasis and elevated poetry.
Who is Calderon?
200
Great vitality, zest, and intellectual curiosity occurred during this person's reign.
Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
200
An emotional escape into adventure, beauty, and sentimental idealism.
What is Romanticism?
200
A unique mechanical crane used for lowering and raising gods, “god in the machine.”
What is Deus ex machina?
300
Academy Awards given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
What is the Oscars?
300
Was professional improvised comedy performed in the streets for the masses.
What is Comedia dell'arte?
300
Great extravaganzas of song, dance, and recitation.
What are masques?
300
First female Actor to become popular based solely on her talent.
Who is Sarah Bernhardt?
300
Small platforms placed within the cathedral.
What is mansions or stations?
400
First play on Broadway written by an African American woman, Lorraine Hansberry.
What is A Raisin in the Sun?
400
Drama developed into entertainment mainly for royalty.
What is French Drama?
400
Age that the author of Dr. Faustus died.
What is twenty-nine?
400
Credited as the father of realism.
Who is Henrik Ibsen?
400
Play written by Cervantes.
What is Don Quixote?
500
The first European acting company is given permission by this king to occupy a permanent playhouse in the Ho’pital de la Trinite’ in Paris.
Who is Charles VI?
500
Dramatists that were successful in establishing an original art form, free from the classical rules that fettered so many writers. They ignored the unities of time and place.
What is Spanish Dramatists?
500
Number of plays written by William Shakespeare.
What is thirty-eight?
500
Began to rely on colors and lines to create mood and setting rather than on realistic representations.
What is Scene design?
500
An Absurdist play.
What is Endgame, Waiting for Godot, or The Dumb Waiter?