Medieval, Italian Ren, Spanish Golden Age, French Neoclassical

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

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

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

Moliere wrote this neoclassical comedy:

Pedro Calderon de la Barca wrote...

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

Mystery plays were produced by trade guilds.

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

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

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...

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

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.

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

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

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

The Neoclassical Ideals were developed in France.

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

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

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

Autos Sacramentales are similar to Medieval Cycle plays.

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

The neoclassical ideals embrace a three-act structure.

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

Why were most plays written anonymously during the Medieval Period?

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

The Salles de Machines...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A proscenium arch...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Regularis Concordia is attributed to Hildegard von Bingen

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

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

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

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

The first proscenium arch theatre in France is...

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

Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz was...

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

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

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

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

What are Serlian wings?

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

The only unmasked commedia characters are the zanni.

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

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

Moliere was heavily influenced by commedia dell'arte.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jean Racine established the Illustrious Theatre.

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

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

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

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

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

This prolific playwright wrote Fuente Ovejuna.

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

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

What are the three unities of drama?

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