Weeks 8 - 9
Guan Hanqing wrote this play.
What is Snow in Midsummer?
This person is the original theorist and practitioner of contemporary Noh Theatre.
Who is Kanami?
This is the slapstick comedy form that originated in Italy.
What is Commedia dell'Arte?
Who is Horatio?
He wrote the paly A Tragedy of Cola's Furie, or, Lirenda's Miserie.
Who is Henry Burkhead?
In this type of classical Chinese theatre, dialogue alternates with song sung by just one character over the course of four acts.
What is Zaju?
In Zeami's play Atsumori, Atsumori attempts to retrieve this object, resulting in his death.
What is a flute?
This is a preplanned comic bit performed in Commedia dell'Arte scenarios.
What is a Lazzi?
This satirist is known for his play Volpone during the English Renaissance.
Who is Ben Jonson?
This term means unbelievable or into a negative area and originally came from lands held by the English versus the Irish in the 15th century.
What is Beyond the Pale?
This type of classical Chinese drama also alternates song with dialogue but originated in southern China, in contrast with Zaju.
What is Nanxi?
This is the primary language in which Little Clay Cart was written.
What is Sanskrit?
This playwright wrote The Servant of Two Masters.
Who is Carlo Goldoni?
Together with Thomas Kyd, this person is thought by some to have been responsible for the invention of Elizabethan tragedy.
Who is Christopher Marlowe?
This person was reinstated as Master of Revels after the Interregnum ended and the English Restoration began.
Who is John Ogilby?
This character is wrongfully accused and executed in Snow in Midsummer and makes prophesies upon their death.
Who is Dou E?
The name of the platform/walkway on which many characters enter in Noh theatre is known as this.
What is hashigakari?
This person advocated for a form of authoritarian government in which the ruler should use whatever means necessary to maintain power.
Who is Macchiavelli?
This was the indoor theatre used by Shakespeare's theatre company.
What is Blackfriars?
This is what Elizabeth Sawyer actually asked the devil dog Tom to do in the play "Witch of Edmonton."
What is make Ann Ratcliffe go mad?
This is a sentiment or emotion evoked in audience members watching specific gestures of the performers in Sanskrit drama.
What is a Rasa?
This person is believed to have written Little Clay Cart.
Who is Shudraka?
This element of scenic design originated during the Italian Renaissance and involved the way in which the set is scene from different angles in the audience.
What is prospective?
Before being renamed as the King's Men, Shakespeare's theatre company was known as this.
What is the Lord Chamberlain's Men?
This characterization was likely first represented in William Shakespeare's play Henry V.
What is the Stage Irishman?