Crash Course in Theater and Drama PBS

Actors would get fined if they didn't know their lines in _______ plays.

What was Shakespeare’s first tragedy called? 

What is a closet drama?

What is the most distinct and lasting theatrical style from Japan?

Hrotsvitha was a _______.

Why did Shakespeare move to London?

Which of these is NOT considered a stock character in Roman theater?

Who is the narrator for the Crash Course Theatre series?

What is “humanism?”

What is not one of the five types of Noh plays?

How long did it take for Shakespeare's works to be collected and published following his death?

What time period did Sanskrit theatre emerge?

What is the literal meaning of the Greek word Komoidia in episode 4?

When was the “New Comedy” era?

What was the earliest known form of special effects?

How long were the Noh play scripts? 

Why did the Renaissance arrive 150 later in England than in Italy?

The Renaissance in Italy lasts from roughly _____________.

Which of the following most likely paved the way for the Roman theatre genre of middle comedy?

After which war did the “Golden Age” of theater end?

In Greek theatre, what was “deus ex machina?”

In what ancient city was theatre first instituted?

Which playwright wrote The Oresteia, the only surviving tragic trilogy we have from Ancient Greece?

What was the name for the passages on and offstage that were used by the actors in ancient Greek theaters?

Who wrote "The Poetics"?

According to the narrator of CCT, should you spell it “theatre” or “theater?”

Sarugaku means which of the following in Japanese theater?

What is the “Comaedia Sacrae?”

Who is the Greek god of theatre (and wine)?