2021 Theatre History Study Guide

Which Russian playwright was known for his lazy chaotic plays ?

Who were the playwrights of the Modern Era

Which type of "theatre of the people" borrows contrasting ideas from diverse cultures and joins them into a single work?

What are the steps for creative problem solving?

Select from the following, African theatre pre-colonial forms grew out?

Protest plays date back to the Greek era

Which invention helped lead to the end of liturgical drama during the Renaissance.

During the Renaissance Period, who was still focusing on Liturgical Drama?

Name of the playwrights of the Greek Era

Scholars believe theatre grew out of a ritual called the _________, a hymn sung to the god Dionysus. 

Ben Jonson died standing up in his grave?

Name the types of plays that were performed in the Middle Ages? How many were there?

In Greek tragedies an emotional release called "catharsis" -- an intense, two-fold feeling of what:

During the post-World War era in America, playwrights often mixed realism with other styles such as expressionism

Are we born with talent or can it be developed?

Melodramas were NOT cheap imitations of Romantic plays

These middle-class plays were a hallmark of the Enlightenment period: 

Which feature of the typical Greek theatre space means "dancing place" and is where the chorus performed?

One of the most popular forms of entertainment in Rome, which included jugglers, acrobats, comic skits, vulgar language

Kathakali theatre was an indian form of theatre

What are the most common categories of theatre?