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Greeks & Roman
Renaissance & Restoration
Drama in Europe
Drama in Asia
Drama in the US
100
The father of Greek Tragedy.
Who is Aeschylus?
100
The government was controlled by this religious group in the mid 1600's and they banned theatre.
What is the Puritans?
100
____________, is a theory about the inner understandings of a role and perfecting the physical response.
What is Method Acting?
100
Chinese drama that combines five main types of drama today.
What is Peking Opera?
100
African American playwright who examines twentieth-century African Americans.
Who is August Wilson?
200
During Greek plays, this group explained the situation to the audience.
What is the chorus?
200
Women first appeared as actors due to this.
What is the English Royal Patent?
200
The greatest Russian dramatist.
Who is Anton Chekhov?
200
This type of Asian theatre used characteristic makeup, costuming, musical styles, vocal displays and stage settings.
What is Kabuki?
200
This family produced a number of fine actors.
Who are the Barrymores?
300
The two Roman writers of comedy are Terence and _______________________.
Who is Plautus?
300
Shakespeare would quickly define his characters' personalities through a speech delivered by an actor alone onstage called a _____________.
What is a soliloquy?
300
This play by Edmond Rostand has been retold in several movies.
What is Cyrano de Bergerac?
300
This form of Asian theatre used wooden marionettes.
What is Bunraku?
300
Lorraine Hansberry's famous play.
What is Raisin in the Sun?
400
Western drama began to develop in the 6th century B.C. to worship this Greek god.
Who is Dionysus?
400
Commedia troupes used improvised scenarios and stock characters that each had humorous stage business called _______________.
What is a lazzi?
400
Father of modern drama and realism.
Who is Henrik Ibsen?
400
Both men and women appear onstage in this Asian drama.
What is Chinese Drama?
400
David Douglass managed this company that was the first professional company to produce plays in the colonies.
What is the American Company?
500
The playwright who wrote "Oedipus Rex" and "Antigone".
Who is Sophocles?
500
The three main Elizabethan Dramatists.
Who are Shakespeare, Marlowe, and Johnson?
500
Developed Epic Theatre.
Who is Brecht?
500
Noh drama performance is divided into these three parts.
What is jo-ha-kyu?
500
This playwright was the first African American and youngest person to win the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for her play, Raisin in the Sun.
Who is Lorraine Hansberry?