Theatre History I

Also known as restoration theatre

Random dynamic spectacles to shock the audience or solicit some other form of emotion

A large variety of acts that were unrelated to each other

Opera and essentially the first musicals were started in

The first theatre type in Greece was what type of theatre?

The period of theatre in which Shakespeare wrote his plays

Plays that were used to criticize the social situation

A play in which the heroic character, who is flawed and ignorant, gets enlightened by the end

Christmas and Easter plays were originally performed in

A playwright who's plays are the most commonly performed worldwide

These plays used allegory to teach a moral lesson

The first Shakespeare play ever performed

Stock characters are introduced in what country?

What country started using masks onstage?

Thespis was the first person to

Who were the first people that put women onstage for the first time in history

Two original types of plays created by the Greeks

The oldest theatre artifact was found in _____________ around 2000B.C.

_________Greek comedy that completely eliminated the chorus

Who borrowed most of their methods of theatre including their actors in their productions?

Greek comedy that was used to impersonate famous political figures

What is on this logo that was also created by the Chinese?

Improvisation was created in

This type of Greek Comedy had universal themes that translated well into other languages

In Italy they explored the inner motives of a human being which was called

Shakespeares plays are the commonly performed because