Liturgical Drama
Italian Renaissance
Before Shakespeare
Shakespeare
The Periodic Table
100

What was the title of the first playlet in a church service?

Quem Quaeritis 

100

What genre was being created in Italy while cycle plays were popular in the rest of mainland Europe?

Neoclassicalism 

100

Why did the English renaissance start so much later than the Italian renaissance?

A series of wars in England 

100

What was Shakespeare's life span?

1564-1616

100

What is the first element on the periodic table?

Hydrogen

200

What Genre did Hrotsvitha create?

Comaedia Sacrae or Sacred Comedy

200

Which Roman playwright heavily influenced the early works of the Neoclassical movement?

Plautus

200

What group of people end up taking control of the throne in England?

The Tudors

200

What was the first book of Shakespeare's plays called?

The First Folio

200

What painting technique became popular in Italian Reissuance play sets?

Single point perspecitve

300

What genre did Hildegard create?

Morality Play

300

What were the early comedies in the neoclassical movement called?

Comedia Erudita

300

What led to the demise of the cycle play?

Queen Elizabeth 1 outlawing religious plays.

300

How many plays did Shakespeare write?

38

300

What was the name of the first completely indoor theater?

Black Friar

400

What genre of theater is an ambitious genre of medieval drama that depicts the whole history of the Christian universe, starting with the creation of the world and ending with the death and resurrection of Christ, skimming most of the Old and New Testaments in between.

Cycle Play

400

What genre of play when translated to English means artful comedy

Commedia dell'arte

400

describe the difference between a public and a private theater

Public theater were open air and significantly cheaper to attend, Private theaters were completely indoor spaces that tended to attract a wealthier crowd?

400

What are the three Genres of Plays The Shakespeare wrote?

Comedy, History, Tragedy

400

Describe the general makeup of a theater company

  • These companies were usually made up of 8-12 shareholders and 3-4 young boys. Some of the roles available in these companies were those of musician, stage hands, and players

500

What other genres outside of the cycle play were popular during this time period and list one play from each genre. (not cycle play)

Morality play, Everyman; Secular play, The Play of Robin and Marion

500

Brighella, Pantalone, , Arlecchino, Capaitano, Innamorata and Innamorato are all examples of what?

Stock characters used in commedia dell'arte

500

Who were the University Wits?

A group of writers who wrote plays for the private theaters that all attended prestigious universities.

500

What genre of play is comprised mostly of Shakespeare's earliest works?

History

500

What element has the chemical symbol Ag?

silver