Theatre History Eras

Professionally improvised Renaissance comedies performed in the Italy's streets for the masses.

Famous Russian director, father of Modern Acting theory, & directed works by Anton Chekov.

He was considered the greatest English playwright & amous for comedy, tragedy, & history plays

The Father of Tragedy in Ancient Greece who wrote the Oresteia Trilogy.

Performed with a group representing the members of the city.

Famous theatre festival held in ancient Greece

Stories teaching right from wrong; characters personified abstract qualities in the Middle Ages

Elizabethan Theatres were round with 3 tiers of galleries surrounding an open court on 3 sides.

Famous for his witty satire. Wrote Tartuffe, The Imaginary Invalid during the Renaissance.

Developed epic theatre forcing audiences to think critically.

Bible stories re-enacted during the Middle Ages.

A type of modern literature that depicts life objectively and accurately.

Leading Modern American Dramatists on Broadway & invents musical theatre.

Wrote satires Wrote about domestic or private life in Ancient Greece.

A late 17th/early 18th centuries literary movement that emphasized imagination & emotions.

Wrote satires about public life during Ancient Greece.

A plot device where a big problem is resolved by some new event, character, ability or object

Shakespeare is linked w/this theatre that went up in flames during a performance of Henry VIII.

An ancient Greek hymn sung and danced in honor of Dionysus

Wrote the tragedy Medea in Ancient Greece.

A device used for displaying and rapidly changing theatre scenes.

Wrote satires about public life during Ancient Greece.

A modern belief that life is meaningless and that searching for order only brings conflict.

Theatre flourished under this leader.

Enacting the lives of saints during the Middle Ages.

Audiences think seriously on political/social issues; Drama that theatricality override realism

Shakespeare wrote in this style: 5 sets unstressed syllables followed by stressed syllables.

Norwegian realistic modern playwright who revolutionized theatre by dealing w/social problems.

Wrote the tragedies of Oedipus Rex and Antigone in Ancient Greece.

The most famous tragedies come from this era.

Ancient Grecian plays were performed in the large, open air theaters.

Introduced a leader for the chorus. We now refer to actors as Thespians.