Show:
Greek/Rome
Medieval
Commedia
Elizabethan/ French Renaissance
Realism/Asian
100
What is the title of someone who does theater?
Thespian
100
What are mansions?
Portable stations or wagons for actors to act upon.
100
What type of abilities did commedia actors need in their skill set?
Sing, dance, improv, fight, acrobatics.
100
Who is the King of Satire?
Moliere
100
What is Japanese puppet theater?
Bunraku
200
What happened in 476 A.D?
Rome fell and the church took over!
200
What is a miracle play?
They describe lives of the saints.
200
How long would actors specialize in one character?
Their entire career.
200
What is the name of Shakepeare's outdoor theater?
The Globe
200
What is Japanese theater that involves deep roots in Shinto religion?
Kabuki
300
What is the main purpose of Greek/Roman theater?
Worship for the gods
300
Who were famous playwrights of the period?
We have little record of playwrights. Most plays were written anonymously.
300
Where was Commedia dell'Arte founded?
Italy
300
What is the element that Moliere makes fun of in Tartuffe?
Religious hypocrisy
300
Remember, there are no small parts...."
"only small actors."
400
Who is Bacchus?
The Roman god of theater who glorified drinking and orgies.
400
What city in Germany produces the most famous passion plays?
Oberammergau
400
What is a large reserve of similar characters used in similar situations?
Stock
400
What is the name of the verse structure that Shakespeare uses that mimics a heartbeat?
Iambic Pentameter
400
Who was the man with excellent hair from Norway who liked to stir up controversy?
Henrik Ibsen
500
What is the name of the man who slept with his mother and killed his father?
Oedipus
500
What is the name of the nun who wrote religious comedies?
Hrosvitha
500
What is the characteristics of a braggart?
Attitude of can-do-anything, show-off, believes himself to be handsome, a cowardly bully.
500
What is Moliere's real name?
Jean Baptiste Poquelin
500
What was the name of the man that worked at the Moscow Art Theater?
Konstantine Stanislavski