Medieval, Italian Ren, Spanish Golden Age, French Neoclassical

Moliere wrote this neoclassical comedy:

Italian influence during the French Neoclassical era was prevalent because...

Stationary staging means that the audience was stationary and the pageant wagons came to them.

From which city were classical manuscripts brought west in the 1400s?

The neoclassical ideals embrace a three-act structure.

This group, made up of writers and intellectuals, established rules for French language and literature.

This playwright of The Cid was harshly criticized by the Academie Francaise for not adhering to the neoclassical ideals.

Moliere was heavily influenced by commedia dell'arte.

This literary device is a sudden plot shift that brings about a tidy ending.

Types of vernacular drama during the Medieval Period include mystery plays and morality plays.

These performers, usually masked, would parade in the streets, perform pantomime, and enter homes for food and drink.

Why were most plays written anonymously during the Medieval Period?

The only unmasked commedia characters are the zanni.

This Italian theatre designer is known as "The Great Wizard" for his development of the chariot and pole system.

______ shows up often in the art, drama, and literature of the time as a reminder of the prevalence of death.

The Church was not involved in secular theatre performance during the Spanish Golden Age.

The Medieval Period took place across Europe during the following years:

He was considered the most powerful man in France in the mid 1600s and established the neoclassical ideals in France.

Established bits of physical comedy within the commedia scenario are known as...

Morality plays focus on Bible stories and making them accessible to non-reading audiences.

Established in 1680 and still operational today, the Comedie Francaise is the French National Theatre.

One of the most prominent tropes during the Medieval Period is...

Humanism, or the study of people and their earthly lives, was an important element of the Italian Renaissance.

The first proscenium arch theatre in France is...

Julius Scalinger and Lodovico Castlevetro were fierce opponents of the neoclassical ideals.

A proscenium arch...

Anachronism was used in mystery plays because it created a sense of connection between the Bible and Medieval Period.

The Salles de Machines...

The Hotel de Bourgogne was the first permanent theater structure in Europe since Roman times.

Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz was...

The neutral playing space in front of the mansion is known as...

This Spanish city is known for continually producing autos sacramentales since the 15th century.

There are four extant cycle plays. Which one includes The Second Shepherd's Play?

Jean Racine established the Illustrious Theatre.

Processional staging is when cycle plays were staged on pageant wagons and brought to the audience like a parade.

The Black Plague killed 10% of Europe's population during the Medieval Period.

This Italian Renaissance performance style featured a company of ten performers traveling to present comedic pieces.

Using characters, objects, and actions to represent abstract concepts or principles is known as...

Another term for mystery plays is "station drama" because we follow the main character through a series of episodes.

Which of the following is an element of the neoclassical ideals?

What are Serlian wings?

Pedro Calderon de la Barca wrote...

Autos Sacramentales are similar to Medieval Cycle plays.

The Early Middle Ages brought forth this social system that organized labor and land ownership.

This is the term for the scenic structure used in liturgical drama.

This prolific playwright wrote Fuente Ovejuna.

This form of Spanish drama is known for mixing genres, themes of honor, supernatural elements, and heroic rescues.

Mystery plays were produced by trade guilds.

Playwrights during the Italian Renaissance are known for being very innovative with dramatic form.

An important role in the production of cycle plays, this person was in charge of special effects.

What are the three unities of drama?

During the High Middle Ages, ____ became the primary method of vocational training.

This 1517 event was a contributing factor to theatre being outlawed at the end of the Medieval Period.

The neoclassical ideals are derived from the work of Aristotle and Horace.

Descriptive criticism is analytic. Prescriptive criticism argues for a certain point of view.

The Theatre du Marais was an important French theatre that was converted from an existing indoor tennis court structure.

Attributing a custom, event, or object to a period to which it does not belong is known as...

Autos Sacramentales were produced using two-story carros, which are similar to pageant wagons.

______ are extended musical passages with call and response suggestive of dramatic interactions.

The Regularis Concordia is an important primary resource for liturgical drama during the Middle Ages.

This play, written by an anonymous author, is an example of a morality play.

The I Gelosi troupe, featuring Isabella and Francesco Andreni, was the most famous Commedia troupe of its time.

An example of memento mori in art is...

Women were not allowed to attend plays or perform publicly during the Spanish Golden Age.

A term for a cunning or scheming character comes from this Italian playwright and author of The Mandrake and The Prince.

Morality plays make use of allegorical characters to teach a moral lesson.

The Neoclassical Ideals were developed in France.

The Regularis Concordia is attributed to Hildegard von Bingen

The most popular Italian Renaissance form, ____ combines music, drama, and spectacle to recreate the Greek works.

Liturgical drama during the Medieval Period was produced within the walls of the church.

This Italian theatre designer developed wings for scenic perspective and argued for three basic settings in theatre.

The Teatro Farnese is the oldest surviving theater with a permanent proscenium arch.

This author of Dulcitius was heavily influenced by the works of Terence.

Many plays written in monasteries are considered by historians to be closet dramas.

This Italian theater was built to resemble a Roman theater but used Renaissance perspective construction.

A character group featured in commedia dell'arte is...

The Gutenberg Printing Press allowed for faster spread of information after its invention c. 1450.

Mystery plays were produced within the church, in the area known as the knave.

A cycle play is made up of a series of mystery plays.

The public courtyard theater spaces of the Spanish Golden Age are known as...

Play production during the Spanish Golden Age was similar to that of the English Renaissance.