The Merry Wives of Windsor
Born With Teeth
Bacchae
West End vs Broadway
Theatre Trivia
Shakespeare
100
In the Globe production, this wife had genuine feelings for Falstaff
Who is Mistress Ford?
100
Actor playing Kit Marlowe in the West End production of 'Born With Teeth'
Who is Ncuti Gatwa?
100
The NT production of 'Bacchae' opened with this striking image
What is a horse?
100
West End musical celebrating its 40th anniversary this year
What is Les Misérables?
100
Broadway calls them orchestra seats. The West End calls them ...
What are the stalls?
100
Shakespeare play currently showing at the National Theatre
What is Hamlet?
200
Character who disguises himself as Master Brook to catch his wife out
Who is Master Ford?
200
Complete the quote from Marlowe's 'Dr Faustus':
'Was this the face that launched a thousand ...'
What is 'ships'?
200
Dionysus' father is
Who is Zeus?
200
Broadway's most expensive financial flop
What is Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark?
200
The proscenium arch was introduced in this century
What is the 17th century?
200
Number of plays published in the First Folio?
What is 36?
300
The names of Anne Page's 3 suitors
Who are Fenton, Dr Caius and Slender?
300
Name the professions of both Shakespeare's and Marlowe's fathers
What is:
Shakespeare: glovemaker
Marlowe: shoemaker
300
The name the NT production gave to Dionysus' fictional adopted mother
Who is Vida?
300
Sonia Friedman's job within the theatre industry
What is a producer?
300
Into The Woods, Sweeney Todd and Merrily We Roll Along are by this musical theatre composer
Who is Stephen Sondheim?
300
10 Things I Hate About You is based on this Shakespeare play
What is The Taming of The Shrew?
400
The 3 tricks played on Falstaff
1. Dumped in a ditch by the Thames
2. Dressed as the Old Woman of Brentford
3. Burned and pinched by children disguised as fairies
400
In act 3 of 'Born With Teeth', Shakespeare enters wearing a mask. That kind of mask was frequently worn in Elizabethan England to protect against this
What is the plague?
400
The Greek playwright who wrote the original play, 'The Bacchae'
Who is Euripides?
400
Number of theatres on Broadway AND West End
What is:
Broadway: 41
West End: 39
400
Highest grossing musical in the world
What is The Lion King?
400
The number of acts in a Shakespeare play
What is 5?
500
Character who says:
'By gar, he is de coward Jack priest of de vorld; he is not show his face.'
Who is Dr Caius?
500
In the play, Kit and Will are collaborating on a trilogy of plays. Name the genre of those plays.
What is a history play?
500
Century in which the original play was written
What is 5th century BCE?
500
This actor played the original Aaron Burr in Hamilton on Broadway
Who is Leslie Odom Jr?
500
The name given to a versatile, minimalist performance space that allows for flexible staging and seating configurations
What is a black box?
500
The most frequently performed Shakespeare play worldwide today
What is A Midsummer Night's Dream?
