Name That Character
Leonato's quick-witted niece
Who is Beatrice?
Where do Claudio and Benedick return from at the start of the play?
What is War?
A moment in a scene in which a character speaks a line so that only one other character, or just the audience, may hear
What is an Aside?
This type of stage, featured at the Globe Theatre, utilizes an apron that extends outward, allowing for audiences to view the actors from 3 sides.
What is a Thrust Stage?
As loyalty to the Church waned in England, theatre shifted its loyalties to this instead.
What is the Government?
The governor of Messina
Who is Leonato?
During this scene, characters are unable to recognize each other due to the coverings on their faces.
What is a Masquerade?
This type of monologue occurs when a character is standing alone on stage, speaking their internal thoughts directly to the audience.
What is a Soliloquy?
Shakespeare's plays were naturally lit by the sun, thanks to this feature of the Globe Theatre.
What is an Open Ceiling?
Following an era of gibberish and pantomime, playwrights returned to a focus on ________, allowing characters to speak their thoughts to one another.
What is dialogue?
The young lord of Florence
Who is Claudio?
These scenes, named after the word "gullible," feature the friend of Beatrice and Benedick into falling in love with one another.
What are the Gullings?
This style of speech is free flowing, without any particular structure or rhythm.
What is Prose?
While some audience members were able to sit in the galleries, the majority of attendees had to stand in this location.
What is the Pit?
This group of individuals often hired companies of actors to perform their plays in court.
Who are wealthy patrons and nobility?
The gentleman of Padua
Who is Benedick?
After Claudio cancels his wedding with Hero, what event does the Friar suggest they hold to make Claudio feel guilty?
What is a Fake Funeral?
Shakespeare is known for three categories of play: Comedies, Tragedies, and ________.
What are Histories?
This structure protected actors from the sun and the rain, and housed machinery for lifting and lowering actors as well.
What are the Heavens?
Acting companies in this era were expected to have a collection of plays ready to go at a moment's notice, referred to as a __________.
What is a repertoire?
The Prince's villainous brother
Who is Don John?
What items finally convince Benedick and Beatrice to get married at the end of the play?
What are Love Letters?
This is a form of verse that features 10 syllables per line, that alternate between being stressed and unstressed, with a rhythm like a heartbeat.
What is Iambic Pentameter?
In 1613, the original Globe Theatre burned down during a production of Henry VIII, caused by this.
What is a cannon?
Theatre was considered highly controversial, being heavily associated with __________, which was believed to keep commoners from completing their work.
What is temptation?