Medieval & Renaissance Theatre

After 1560 women were allowed on stage except in England where women remained excluded from performing until the 1660's

This type of play centered around the life and action of a saint.

In Theaters, like The Globe Theater, how many pennies would you have to pay to sit on a stool?

What is the definition of Comedia dell' arte?

The _______ became the most powerful institution in medieval life.

Innamorati/Innamoratae were beautifully dressed young lovers

This type of secular drama was very popular in France.

A boastful, cowardly Spaniard who brags of battles never fought and romances never experienced

Who is an elderly &man/friend & rival of Pantalone/originally a law professor/later a medical man lacking common sense

Which is NOT a theatre genre of the Renaissance Period?

This group was the leading theatrical company in London, England during the Renaissance Period.

Christians thought_________ was a sinful type of entertainment.

"The Theatre" was eventually moved and renamed

What country is the theatrical style of Noh from?

A serving maid; appears in many plays as Columbina, a clever and high spirited flirt

Usually clever persuaders and schemers; excellent at ad-libbing and acrobatics; clever pranksters, agile in mind & body

Neoclassical plays are called that because they are both NEW and CLASSICAL.

This theatre genre depicted the lives of royalty and/or told stories of recent events of the time.

We know a fair amount about theatre in the Byzantine Empire because many of their scripts were well preserved.

_____________ traveled from town to town performing theatre.

Originally Italians wrote their plays in

This theatre genre combines 2 styles and has a happy ending.

Most people in the Medieval era could not___________.

When liturgical drama outgrew the churches where did it move to?

A mustached servant; sometimes clever, sometimes cruel

A thief and bully; street-wise, later becomes a lackey

Who was the most famous playwright in the Renaissance Period?

This invention marked the beginning of the Renaissance.

What did Emperor Constantine legalize?

Why couldn't permanent theater structures be built in the city of London moving out of Medieval and into the Renaissance

This person was a theologian who began the Protestant Reformation.

This queen strongly supported the arts.

____________ includes things that are connected to religion.

Who was a middle-aged or elderly man/ father who competes romantically with his son/ a husband deceived by a young wife

This theatre genre was most popular in the Renaissance Period.

___________ drama included two groups (typically clergymen) singing or speaking the story instead of actors.

In Theaters like The Globe, where would patrons paying a penny view the play from?

What was the name of "the first important Elizabethan playhouse"

What Biblical story was the first Liturgical Drama a reenactment of?

Quem Quaeritis means

Which one is NOT a type of medieval church Theatre?

Which popular Cycle play did shepherds bring the baby gifts, including a bird, cherries, and a tennis ball?

_________ included things that are NOT associated with religion.

A hump-backed, doltish male character