Greek Theatre
Elizabethan Theatre
Medieval Theatre
Italian Ren.
Kabuki Theatre
100

Is credited with a number of innovations. He is said to have connected the chorus with a plot; he seems to have evolved the protagonist, destined to dilemma and forced to answer the ever-questioning chorus;

Who is Thespis of Icicara?

100

On the throne during this era of Theatre History

Queen Elizabeth I

100

Most medieval plays were performed on a _______ _________

What is a pageant wagon?

100

Improvised comedic theatre form that flourished in Italy in the 1500’s.

What is commedia del'arte?

100

Instead of masks, Kabuki performers employed the use of what?

Make-Up/Facepaint

200

Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes are _________

What are playwrights?

200

Indoor venues with performances lit by candlelight. More expensive, not seen as for everybody. 

Private Theatres

200

Represented a rise and a fall and could be presented over the course of several days.

What is a cycle?

200

Characters that are set and never change from play to play. They follow the same set of personality quirks, gestures, movements, masks and costumes regardless of who plays them.

What is a stock character?

200

Basic costumes in Kabuki plays were called what?

What are Kimonos?

300

Group of actors who serve to comment on the action.

What is a chorus?

300

Open to all, but cost more if you wanted better seats, especially in a roofed area. 

Public Theatres

300

The plays were based on scenes and stories from The Bible. One of the three types of plays

What is a mystery play?

300

The man of authority in Commedia plays

Magnifico 

300

Kaubuki plays focused on what type of conflict?

Humanity vs. Society

400

To portray characters, the actors would wear _________

What are masks?

400

Often hailed as the greatest playwright in the English language, Wrote Hamlet

William Shakespeare

400

Dramatized the lives, the legends and miracles of Roman Catholic saints.

What is a Miracle Play?

400

Groups of performers who work together continuously as an organization. We still have these today.

Traveling companies

400

Allows scene changes to occur without having to stop the action?

What is a revolving stage?

500

The area where the actors would perform in a Greek amphitheater 

What is the "orchestra"

500

The Theatre from the Elizabethan era that is still standing where Shakespeare's plays were performed.

The Globe Theatre

500

Focused neither on The Bible nor the saints but the common man. The main character in this play represents all humanity. The main character must make a conscious decision, thus showing the free will of man. It's the universal battle between good and evil.

What is a morality play?

500

Loyal servant in Commedia plays

Zanni. 
500

Raised passageway that extends downstage right into the audience to a doorway in the back of the auditorium.

What is a Hanamichi?