Crash Course in Theater and Drama PBS

Sarugaku means which of the following in Japanese theater?

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

What was the earliest known form of special effects?

Why did Shakespeare move to London?

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

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

What time period did Sanskrit theatre emerge?

When was the “New Comedy” era?

Hrotsvitha was a _______.

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

What is the “Comaedia Sacrae?”

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

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

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

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

Who wrote "The Poetics"?

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

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

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

What is “humanism?”

In what ancient city was theatre first instituted?

What was Shakespeare’s first tragedy called? 

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

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

How long were the Noh play scripts? 

Who is the narrator for the Crash Course Theatre series?

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

What is a closet drama?

The Renaissance in Italy lasts from roughly _____________.