Time Periods
What is Ancient Rome?
This playwright is known as a master of New Comedy.
Who is Menander?
This Shakespearean play remains one of the most influential in history and one of his most famous pieces.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
All Greek plays were written in this form.
What is Climactic Drama?
What are The Tonys?
Playwrights such as Euripides and Aeschylus were popular at the City Dionysia in this era
What is Ancient Greece?
This Playwright was considered the greatest Roman Tragic Writer.
Who was Seneca?
Christopher Marlowe is known for continuing the style of morality plays with this famous work.
What is Dr. Faustus?
These were the 2 most popular forms of Theatre in Ancient Rome.
What are Plautus and Terence?
This Show is the single most Tony nominated Broadway Show of all time.
What is Hamilton?
Styles such as Tragicomedy and Melodrama were developed by writers of this period.
What is Renaissance England?
This Person was an actor, designer, and director; as well as being one of the most famous Playwrights of all time
Who is William Shakespeare?
Daily Double: Ben Johnson was Famous in the Jacobean period and was most well known for this play.
What is Volpone?
The most famous modern example of this style is Star Wars.
This Nation is theatrically known for its 3 major theatrical forms: No, Bunraku, and Kabuki
What is Japan?
This time period is responsible for the creation of the Neoclassical movement and many scenic innovations in the theatre.
What is the Italian Renaissance?
This person is known for being the first Western Post-Classical playwright.
Who is Hrosvitha of Gandershiem?
Written by John Webster, these were the 2 finest tragedies of the English Renaissance.
What is The White Devil and the Duchess of Malfi
What is the name of the person in charge of teaching a cast about the cultural and historical background of a show.
Religious Vernacular Drama and Cycle Plays were seen as a civic duty in this historical period
What is the Middle Ages?
This Playwright is known for writing the 2 greatest Tragedies of the English Renaissance.
Who is John Webster?
This was the most famous Cycle of Medieval Mystery Plays
What is the Feast of Corpus Christi?
What is Episodic Drama?
This was the most famous example of a Court Masque.