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What kind of Japanese Theatre is this?
What is a pageant wagon?
Theatre Genre History...and more
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What is a pageant wagon?
A beauty pageant
A parade
A wagon
A movable stage
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What kind of Japanese Theatre is this?
Noh
Bunraku
Kabuki
Kyogen
3
Another word for Commedia de'll arte could be:
Pantomime
Tragedy
Opera
Improvisation
4
Thespian stands for what?
Audience Member
Actor
Someone who practices the Art of Theatre
The President
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What types of plays during the Medieval Period where focused on Biblical stories?
Mystery Plays
Passion Plays
Morality Plays
Miracle Plays
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What is a passion play?
A play about the last week of Christ's life
A play reenacting Bible stories
A play about a saint's life
A play that teaches a lesson
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Who did the French allow to perform on stage during the 17th century?
children
women
dogs
men
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Who is the Most notorious playwright of history?
Ben Jonson
William Shakespeare
Bill Shakespeare
Christopher Marlowe
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A large outdoor theatre built on a hillside.
Theatron
House
Skene
Amphitheatre
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The actor is performing what kind of Japanese Theatre?
Noh
Bunraku
Kabuki
Kyogen
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What is "The Illusion of the First Time?"
Making each performance seem authentic
Making each performance seem like the 1st time
Each performer is spontaneous, always
Making each performance seem flawless
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Dionysus was the god of what?
wine
school
pizza
food
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Name 2 other playwrights during Shakespeare's time
Ben Jonson & Christopher Marlowe
Ben Jonson & Christopher Columbus
Ben Franklin & Christopher Marlowe
Ben Franklin & Christopher Columbus
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What role did the Chorus serve during Greek Theatre?
narrator
spoke in unison
helped explain what had just occurred or was about to occur
none of the above
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What is improvisation?
Actors "winging it" during a scene
Scripted scenes
Something an actor does when he doesn't have other jobs
A spontaneous style of theatre using unscripted scenes.
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Improv is usually...
Action
Drama
Romance
Comedy
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Known as the first actor.
Aristotle
Thespis
Sophocles
Socrates
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The poor people who attended the plays were called:
Groundlings
Grendels
Greenings
Globies
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Dues Ex Machina was what?
usually space built on a hillside
a crane-like machine used to lower or raise and acter
a circular area with an altar
a raised platform
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Acting without words
Skene
Pantomime
Silent Scene
Tableau
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Which stage direction is portrayed in the picture?
Center Stage
Upstage Left
Stage Right
Downstage Left
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What was the name of the public playhouse in London in the 16th century?
New Globe Theater
Old Globe Theater
The Theater
The Globe Theater
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What are dressing rooms in Elizabethan time called?
Heavens
Tiring House
Groundlings
Backstage
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During the Middle Ages, plays were mostly about ________________________.
Comedies
Romances
Religious stories
the Jersey shore
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Breaking character means...
Working towards your character's objective
Breaking a prop on stage
Laughing or stopping the scene
Injuring yourself during the performance
