Theatre History One Midterm

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

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

Commedia dell’arte translates as comedy of:

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

His Five Books of Architecture provides instructions for creating scenery:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Most controversial Greek playwright?

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

A political component of the City of Dionysia festival was:

Term meaning 'seeing place'?

Primary costume element in Greek theater?

Source for ancient Greek tragedy?

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

These were sea battles staged in the Colosseum:

This term means “the appearance of truth.”

Best-known Greek tragedy writers?

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

Mimesis means imitation or representation.

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

The Oberammergau Passion Play is performed every:

Oral culture emphasizes ritual and storytelling.

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

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

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

 According to neoclassical rules, the three unities include:

    He designed The Cockpit theatre:

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

Pulpitum in a Roman theatre?

Tragedy's main goal according to Aristotle?

The vomitoria were:

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

Playwright who introduced the second actor?

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

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

This type of play focuses on the saints:

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

Maximum actors in Greek tragedy?

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

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

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

   He wrote The Duchess of Malfi

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

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

Memory aids in oral cultures exclude:

This writer wrote six plays based on plays by Terence:

One of the characteristics of Seneca’s tragedies include:

Cultural specialist living in society?

The Greek term for the scenic background in a theatre:

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

 Individual scenic units in the church were known as:

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

Storytelling uses quoted speech.

This type of play focuses on the bible stories:

This Catholic ritual can be considered a commemorative drama:

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