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Italian Renaissance
Spanish
English Renaissance
French
American
100
What is the only surviving theatre form from the Italian Renaissance
Opera
100
What were the play types called in Spain?
Ballads
100
How many companies received performance licenses during the English Renaissance?
6
100
What kind of theatre did France introduce?
Ballet
100
Who was one of the first people who brought theatre to America
William Hallam
200
What was the improv, traveling group in the Italian Renaissance?
Commedia Dell'Arte
200
Who's the most famous Spanish playwright?
Lope de Vega
200
Who created the first permanent theatre in England?
James Burbage
200
Who is the most famous French playwright?
Moliere
200
Who produced 21 plays in 6 months?
Lewis Hallam
300
What is verisimilitude?
True to life, stock characters, no supernatural
300
Where did Spain get their influence for stories?
legends, knights, chivalry
300
Who created iambic pentameter?
Chris Marlowe
300
Who wrote Phaedra?
Racine
300
Who created Vaudeville?
Tony Pastor
400
What is Unity of Place?
Restricted to one place
400
Lope de Vega created one first dramas of what kind?
Romantic dramas
400
Who is the most famous English Renaissance playwright?
Shakespeare
400
Name one of France's famous luxurious theatres.
Bourgogne, Theatre de Marais, Palaise Cardinal, Paris Bourbon
400
What was the first musical?
Black Crook
500
What are 3 of 6 neoclassical ideas?
Decorum, Verisimilitude, Unity of Time, Unity of Place, Unity of Action, Genre
500
What is the festival called where plays are presented?
Auto Scaramentales
500
Why is Shakespeare so popular among the masses?
Universal
500
What's Moliere's real name?
Jean Baptise Poquein
500
What started the popular musical theatre form on Broadway?
Ziegfeld Follies