Theatre History I Final Exam

What year does "The African Company..." take place?

Spanish acting companies included female performers

In _________, people represent ideas: one character stands for charity, another for integrity, etc.

What is not one of the Three Unities of Neoclassicism?

A blanket term for Church Drama

Dramatic playwright who wrote The Cid, which was attacked for violating the neoclassical rules

Tragic playwright who strictly and very successfully followed neoclassical rules; wrote Phaedra

Oldest Surviving Proscenium theatre

The oldest surviving Italian Renaissance theatre is the Teatro Olimpico

Name of Faustus' Demon

What is NOT one of Serlio's three standard settings?

Which is NOT one of the three virgins in Dulcitius?

Muffeletta occasionally produces a sign with the following word on it:

Particularly skilled in comedywrote Valpone, masques, and championed neoclassicism.

The national theatre of France, established in 1860

Who orders the soldiers to throw the virgins into the fire?

Earliest known female dramatist

Shakespeare's company was originally known as The Lord Chamberlain's Men.

On the European continent, religious plays were produced by these guilds or clubs:

Wrote 111 plays including Life is a Dream

Open Air Spanish Theatres

After Shakespeare, wrote the two most important tragedies of his time: The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi

Which is NOT one of the categories in English acting companies?

Which is NOT one of the three audience areas of an Italian theatre?

Nicknamed the "great wizard" who revolutionized scenic transitions

Said to have written 1500 plays and The New Art of Playwriting

Short pieces depicting mythological tales, presented between the acts of full-length plays

Italian imitation of a Greek satyr plays with romantic subject matter.

I am happy to have completed this semester successfully!

In England, this title is given to the person who supervised the mounting of plays on wagons.

What does Dulcitius mistake the virgins?

At the end of the play, the scholars return to see that Faustus has vanished without a trace.

What is not one of the Neoclassical Ideals?