17th Century
18th Century
19th Century
Background
100

What was passed to regulate London Theatre?

The Licensing Act
100

Serious plays that didn’t fit traditional tragedy.

Drame


100

Who ran the “Greatest Show on Earth?”

P.T. Barnum 

100

What is the time period from 1660-1700 called?

The Restoration 

200

What scene change system did the English use?

Groove System

200

Who wrote the show The Robbers?

Friedrich Schiller


200

What does melodrama mean?

Song drama 

Music drama

200

What year was Charles II invited back to rule?

1660

300

What type of comedy satirizes behavior in a particular social group?

Comedy of Manners

300

How did the German government control theatre productions?

Subsidies 

300

What term described many popular melodramas?

Well made play

300

Name one issue theatre mirrored through the Restoration.

Social 

Political 

Economic 

400

What theatre still stands today in London, after being rebuil several times, that now houses large scale musicals

Drury Lane Theatre

400

What famous theatre in Sweden was open in the 18th Century?

Drottningholm Theatre


400

What was the first major theater in New York?

The Booth Theater

400

What happened to Charles I after the civil war?

Removed from the throne and beheaded.

500

Name one of two entrepreneurs Charles II issue patents to, giving them a monopoly on presenting theatre in London?

William Davenant 

Thomas Killigrew

500

Name one of the forerunners of modern directors.

David Garrick

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

500

Name one of the most infamous theater riots. 

Old Price Riots

Comedie Francaise Riots

500

How many years did Oliver Cromwell govern for?

11 years