Theatre History One Midterm

 According to neoclassical rules, the three unities include:

This type of play focuses on the last days of Christ:

Primary costume element in Greek theater?

This pandemic caused a major upheaval in society and helped to end the Middle Ages:

   He wrote The Duchess of Malfi

In Elizabethan England a theatre that was under a roof was known as a:

  This designer, for the court of James I, introduced movable scenery and the proscenium arch to England:

A “drama” performed in ancient Egypt at Abydos celebrated the life of:

Term meaning 'seeing place'?

Oral culture emphasizes ritual and storytelling.

This writer was part of the Storm and Stress (Sturm und Drang) movement:

His Five Books of Architecture provides instructions for creating scenery:

This device, created by Gutenberg revolutionized communication and helped to start the renaissance:

This type of play focuses on the saints:

This type of “drama” may be enacted to honor deities; enhance communication with the divine; honor historic events

This writer wrote six plays based on plays by Terence:

This Catholic ritual can be considered a commemorative drama:

One of the characteristics of Seneca’s tragedies include:

Students performed plays as part of their education at these institutions:

This type of play focuses on the bible stories:

A political component of the City of Dionysia festival was:

The general playing area used for liturgical drama in the church was known as:

Commedia dell’arte translates as comedy of:

Euripides’ Cyclops is an example of this type of play, which featured half-horse, half-human creatures

We can read complete Greek tragedies from this number of playwrights:

This Commedia dell’arte character was a braggart and coward who boasted of how great he was in bed and battle:

Storytelling uses quoted speech.

Best-known Greek tragedy writers?

Pulpitum in a Roman theatre?

The vomitoria were:

Tragedy's main goal according to Aristotle?

This term means “in which human nature is explored through the mingling of the sacred and the profane:

Plays such as Everyman, that use allegorical characters fall under this category:

Memory aids in oral cultures exclude:

The Greek term for the scenic background in a theatre:

This position created by Elizabeth I was responsible for the regulation of theatres, plays  and actors

 This theatre, built in Italy in 1580 attempted to recreate a Roman theatre inside an existing building.

Source for ancient Greek tragedy?

This term means “the appearance of truth.”

Mimesis means imitation or representation.

These were sea battles staged in the Colosseum:

Playwright who introduced the second actor?

Which character would be considered a “straight” Commedia dell’arte character:

This was the Roman term for “games and holidays:”

The Oberammergau Passion Play is performed every:

The “original practices” of Shakespeare’s plays include all of these EXCEPT:

Most controversial Greek playwright?

This term refers to “highly physical routines and comic bits:”

 Individual scenic units in the church were known as:

In Elizabethan England a theatre that was open to the sky was known as a:

Maximum actors in Greek tragedy?

Plays performed in Latin and staged in a church were known as:

Cultural specialist requiring years of training and is part of a distinct class.

    He designed The Cockpit theatre:

People with this humor tend to be highly talkative, enthusiastic, active, and social:

This work by Horace is essentially a “how to write a play” book:

Cultural specialist living in society?

   This writer is known for his “comedy of humors” plays:

Religious subjects were banned from theatre during the reign of Elizabeth I.

The cheapest place to watch a show at The Globe Theatre is the: