Theater History Review part 1

Thomas Otway (1652-1685) wrote Venice Preserv'd in 1682. How many years away from his death was the show?

David Garrick (1717-1777) took over Drury Lane in 1747 and played ___ roles.

Laughing Comedy originated with _______.

The Prince of Parthia, first American play produced in America, was written by

"Observations on Le Cid" was published by...

Cardinal Richeleau (1585-1642) was a major advisor to ____, and likely the most influential ____ figure in history.

Pierre de Mariveaux (1688 to 1763) wrote such shows as "The game of Love and Chance." What style comedy is the show?

Carlo Goldoni (1709-1793), A Servant of Two Masters author, blended typical theater with this style.

What kind of comedies did moliere write?

Beaumarchais, laughing comedy playwright of The Barber of Seville, lived from

At the end of The Misanthrope, Alceste ends up promising to marry

Which of the following was NOT an Academie criticism of Le Cid

John Gay (1685-1732) laid the foundation for what would become British-

David Douglass (1720-1786) merged the ____ company with the ____ company to get the ____ company.

Denis Diderot (1713-1784) developed the fourth wall acting style but was primarily a

Royall Tyler (1757-1826) is important because of his work on Contrast, the first significant _____ play.

The Academie was established in France in _____, but reworked by Richelieu in _____.

An example of bougeois tragedy would be...

Drury Lane, measuring around 58' by 112', was built in

William Wycherly's (1640-1675) The Country Wife was produced in 1674, one year before his death.

Thomas Killigrew Thomas Killigrew (1612-1683) had a charter for Drury Lane, which saw the first British performance by a

jeau de paum theaters, which tended to be around 30' by 90', contained which of these?

Alexandre Hardy (1572-1632) claimed to have written over 600 plays and worked for

Phillipe de Loutherbourg (1740-1812) was an influential Drury lane designer who was the first to-

Vittorio Alfieri (1749-1803)'s style is similar to Racine, and his most famous show is-

Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774) wrote laughing comedy play

William Congreve (1670-1729) wrote what play in 1700?

Charles Mackin (1699-1797) spurred a movement towards...

Gian Battisti Piranesi (1720-1788) applied what Italian design element to the theater?

Aphra Behn (1640-1689), author of The Rover: Parts 1 and 2, likely plagiarized some of her scripts from

William Davenant (1606-1680) wrote The Siege of Rhodes, the first British play to use-

Moliere's works suggest that justice-

Orange girl turned actress Nell Gwynn (1650-1687) had two illegitimate children with which king?

Fernando Bibiena (1657-1743) was a perfector of this style

Rick has a brick from this first brick building in Ireland and first purpose built Restoration theater built in 1662.

Voltaire (1694-1788) wrote the show Ziare but is best known for

Elizabth Barry (1658-1713) was a Restoration actress in

Which of these is NOT a developing theater mentioned in the 18th century?

George Villier's (1628-1687) The Rehearsal is mainly a parody of what show?

Cardinal Mazarin (1602-1661) took over from Richeleau in the year

 chambre à quatre portes, an 18th century style of set, translates to

John Dryden (1631-1700) wrote The Conquest of Grenada, an example of-

Lincoln's Inn Fields was in a similar style to

How many syllables per line does Alexandrine verse have?

1737 was the year that the British monarchy

Carlo Gozzi (1720-1806) was a perfector of what genre?

Laurent Mahelot's designs for the Hotel de Bourgogne likely were not his. They were probably by...

High Comedy actress Anne Bracegirdle (1673-1748) would be considered most stylistically opposite from this other actress

The American Chestnut Street Theater opened in 1791, and was modeled after

Madeleine Bejart (1618-1672) was a famous actress romantically entangled with Moliere. What was a role she played?

Jeremy Collier (1650-1726) was a Puritan pamphleteer that compared theater actors to

Armande Bejart (1642-1700) was most likely to have been-

George Lillo (1693-1739) was a popular bourgeois tragedian who wrote The London Merchant. Where was he from>

Which of the following is a similarity between Oliver Cromwell (hss, 1599-1658) and the White Witch of the Narnia books?

Restoration theatre-

Which fact about Mlle. Champmesle (1642-1698) is not true?

The Haymarket theater recieved its patent in 1766 and performed the first legal _____ in London.

Bourgeois tragedy had a focus on

Dryden's All for Love is an example of this practice, where established works were retooled to fit typical conventions.

Theater was abolished in Britain in

George Farquhar (1677-1707) is the Irish born playwright of

The Adventures of Tom Thumb was written by

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) wrote this show, which is an example of laughing comedy.

Thomas Betterton (1635-1710) played _______ in the original production of The Way of the World.

How many illegitimate children did Dorothy Jordan (1761-1816) have with William IV

Which of the following is NOT a plot point for one of Guilbert de Pixerecourt's (1773-1884)'s 120 melodrama shows?