History of Theater

A special humorous bit of stage business set apart from the main action.

The Two countries where the Renaissance was most evident are Italy & England.

What mobile stage did actors perform on in medieval drama?

William Shakespeare wrote and performed during the Renaissance Era.

In what era were women finally allowed to perform?

Deus Ex Machina translated into English means: God from the heavens.

The young lover characters in commedia are: Innamorati-(boy) and Innamoratae- (girl)

A play that is intended to be read rather than performed.

Who was known as the Master English Comedy and who said of Shakespeare "He was not a man of an age but for all time".

Name the Eras we learned about in the correct order.

Who is the Roman writer of Bombastic Tragedies?

A speech delivered by an actor alone on stage that reveals the characters innermost thoughts

Morality plays teach the difference between right and wrong.

In Commedia, what was posted back stage before the actors performed?

Drama originates in the human impulse to

A raked stage is sloped upward away from the audience.

What two ingredients ae needed to make situations in drama interesting?

What was Deus Ex Machina (God from the machine) used for?

The term tragos literally means

Who is Dionysus?

Most plays in the Medieval Era were based on...

One type of secular drama that developed during the Medieval era was Folk Drama.

The closet drama became popular in the Roman era.

The international language for Opera is French.