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English Restoration/American Theatre
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1
Who was a street singer as a kid, played men's roles as an adult and collapsed on stage during a performance?
Foxy Cleopatra
Martha S. Vinyardi
Peg Woffington
Ms. Buffington
2
The back of the stage was raised up making the actors perform on an incline to be seen. This is where we get the terms:
Center stage and backstage
Stage left and stage right
Upstage and downstage
Orchestra pit and box office
3
Why is it called the English Restoration?
The aliens that attacked built everything better
Charles 2 was restored to the throne
The townspeople fixed everything
The theatres that were destroyed were rebuilt
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Next to Shakespeare I'm one of England's greatest playwrights. I voiced my theories on humanity and intellect in plays
David Garrick
Oscar Wilde
Gilbert Sullivan
George Bernard Shaw
5
The greatest actor of the Restoration was David Garrick. He was good at both comedy and serious acting.
True
False
6
The Hollywood film industry (and Charlie Chaplin) gave notoriety to the American stage for the first time.
False
True
7
During this time, the Drury Lane and Covent Garden were the only two officially sanctioned theatres
True
False
8
What happened in England in 1642 that almost destroyed theatre?
The Great Depression
Aliens attacked
A huge fire
Civil war erupted
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What did the English Royal Patent of 1662 do for theatre?
Said theatre was useful/instructive and required women to play female roles
It required better lights in the theatre and an intermission for long plays
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In America, actors performed wherever they could find a space. Sometimes court houses or coffee houses.
True
False
