Theatre History - The Motherload

Who introduced blank verse and wrote The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus?

Who wrote the Poetics, depicting what is a well made drama?

During the time of Shakespeare, theatre companies sought the patronage of who to finance plays?

Some of this Medieval Play's characters were Knowledge, Intelligence and Good Deeds.

Shakespeare's characters were complex and had qualities of both good and evil.

Who acted out stories of the hunt?

Who had a rivalry over their artforms in 1850's Norway?

Which is not one of the Unities?

What meter did Shakespeare write in?

Who used science to explain characters motivations in 1850's France?

This playwright has the only Greek comedies that survive today.

What Russian playwright wrote the SEAGULL?

What is a processional style performance?

Denchenko and Stanislavski established which theatre?

During the Medieval era, these plays were based on Saints' lives.

What was not a type of play that Shakespeare wrote?

What is meant by Spectacle in the Poetics?

Ibsen, Strindberg, and Checkhov all wrote during what era in theatre?

According to Aristotle, What is not an element of a well made drama?

Roman comedy plays had what type of characters?

This person is credited as the first actor.

This time period, named after the queen, saw a rebirth of theatre in England.

This play was the first to be acted out in the Medieval Era and based on a church hymn.

During the Medieval era, these were plays based on the Bible.

Where do ritualists think theatre originated?

The Brothers Menachmus influenced which of Shakespeare's plays?

What kinds of plays were played on wagons in a processional?

During the time of Shakespeare, who was prevented from acting on stage?

Which is not a Shakespearean play?

Who was not a Roman playwright?

This god was honored by festivals in Ancient Greece.