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1. men
On What is most medieval drama based?
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
Shakespeare was born in
Julius Caesar

2. the pit
Rich old man who walks with his back hunched over. He wears a money purse and a black cloak. He has a long nose - small eyes - and a mustache
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
A stock Commedia character who who brags about his courage but really is a coward. He wears military clothing and has large eyes. He runs with little steps - walks with big steps

3. Licensing Act

4. Shakespeare is considered the greatest English author because of his insight into the ___experience.
Backstage area
Human
A servant to pantalone or dottore or capitano. He is very intelligent and tries to trick his master. He is acrobatic - walks in a zig zag - his head follows an object and his body goes after it. He wears tight bright clothing
London

5. Shakespeare described himself as a__ not a playwright.
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints
1613
Backstage area
Poet

6. arlecchino
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
A servant to pantalone or dottore or capitano. He is very intelligent and tries to trick his master. He is acrobatic - walks in a zig zag - his head follows an object and his body goes after it. He wears tight bright clothing
Bubonic plague
Rich old man who walks with his back hunched over. He wears a money purse and a black cloak. He has a long nose - small eyes - and a mustache

7. Cycle
Human
The greatest of all English dramatists
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
Plays performed on pageant wagons

8. Everyman
Bible stories re-enacted
Rich old man who walks with his back hunched over. He wears a money purse and a black cloak. He has a long nose - small eyes - and a mustache
Men
A famous Morality Play

9. Audience
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints
A stock Commedia character who who brags about his courage but really is a coward. He wears military clothing and has large eyes. He runs with little steps - walks with big steps

10. Two of Shakespeares first plays were__
1616
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.

11. Morality Plays
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
On What is most medieval drama based?
Famous writer in the Restoration Period
Queen Elizabeth

12. the lovers
Bubonic plague
Bubonic plague
Another name for 'The Middle Ages' but it was the portion where the least happened culturally.
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.

13. Shakespeare was born in (Place and date)
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
Bible stories re-enacted
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564

14. zanni
He is a servant to pantalone or dottore or capitano. he does not do his job well. He wears a baggy white jumpsuit. His mask has a wrinkled forehead and a big nose with nose hair. His walk is exaggerated and he leads his body with his nose
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
Another name for 'The Middle Ages' but it was the portion where the least happened culturally.

15. In 1592 Shakespeare left his family in Stratford and went to__to write plays.
Evolved during the late Middle Ages. It depicted scenes from Jesus Christ's life and death and resurrection.
Human
London
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides

16. zanni
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over
He is a servant to pantalone or dottore or capitano. he does not do his job well. He wears a baggy white jumpsuit. His mask has a wrinkled forehead and a big nose with nose hair. His walk is exaggerated and he leads his body with his nose

17. tiring house
1613
A servant to pantalone or dottore or capitano. He is very intelligent and tries to trick his master. He is acrobatic - walks in a zig zag - his head follows an object and his body goes after it. He wears tight bright clothing
Backstage wher the actors changed
Poet

18. Pageant Wagons
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
A servant to pantalone or dottore or capitano. He is very intelligent and tries to trick his master. He is acrobatic - walks in a zig zag - his head follows an object and his body goes after it. He wears tight bright clothing
Poems and Sonnets

19. Stratford upon Avon
The Restoration ended in 1737 - when Parliament passed the ____ - which limited London's public playhouses to two: Covent Garden and Drury Lane. All others were illegal.
Was Shakespeare's only education
Shakespeare was born in
A classsical writer many musicals he directed

20. Mystery Plays
Queen Elizabeth
The Restoration ended in 1737 - when Parliament passed the ____ - which limited London's public playhouses to two: Covent Garden and Drury Lane. All others were illegal.
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.
Bible stories re-enacted

21. Everyman
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
The Restoration ended in 1737 - when Parliament passed the ____ - which limited London's public playhouses to two: Covent Garden and Drury Lane. All others were illegal.
A famous Morality Play
Shakespeare was born in

22. Wooden O's
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
Poems and Sonnets
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564

23. dottore
High on social scale but a fake doctor and fat. He moves in a figure 8 and wears a black cloak - black skull cap - black shoes. His mask covers his forehead and nose
London
On What is most medieval drama based?
Shakespeare was born in

24. Shakespeare described himself as a__ not a playwright.
Was Shakespeare's only education
Human
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
Poet

25. pantalone
Rich old man who walks with his back hunched over. He wears a money purse and a black cloak. He has a long nose - small eyes - and a mustache
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?

26. Shakespeare wrote five types of plays__ -__ -__ -__ -__
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
London

27. arlecchino
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
A famous Morality Play
A servant to pantalone or dottore or capitano. He is very intelligent and tries to trick his master. He is acrobatic - walks in a zig zag - his head follows an object and his body goes after it. He wears tight bright clothing
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.

28. Dark Ages

29. Ben Johnson
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.

30. John Dryden
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona
Backstage wher the actors changed
Shakespeare was born in
Famous writer in the Restoration Period

31. Cycle
Plays performed on pageant wagons
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb

32. Shakespeare built the Globe Theater along with__
Evolved during the late Middle Ages. It depicted scenes from Jesus Christ's life and death and resurrection.
Richard Burbage
1616
The greatest of all English dramatists

33. Groundlings
High on social scale but a fake doctor and fat. He moves in a figure 8 and wears a black cloak - black skull cap - black shoes. His mask covers his forehead and nose
Backstage wher the actors changed
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.

34. Sarah Kemble Siddons
1616
A stock Commedia character who who brags about his courage but really is a coward. He wears military clothing and has large eyes. He runs with little steps - walks with big steps
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
Richard Burbage

35. In__ -Shakespeare died on his birthday at the age of 52.
High on social scale but a fake doctor and fat. He moves in a figure 8 and wears a black cloak - black skull cap - black shoes. His mask covers his forehead and nose
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform
London
1616

36. Besides plays Shakespeare also wrote__
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
Poems and Sonnets
1613
Richard Burbage

37. Charles

38. Charles

39. Stratford upon Avon
1613
Shakespeare was born in
Poems and Sonnets
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.

40. Shakespeare wrote five types of plays__ -__ -__ -__ -__
On What is most medieval drama based?
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564

41. In__ -Shakespeare died on his birthday at the age of 52.
A famous Morality Play
Backstage area
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
1616

42. capitano
Shakespeare was born in
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over
A stock Commedia character who who brags about his courage but really is a coward. He wears military clothing and has large eyes. He runs with little steps - walks with big steps
Plays performed on pageant wagons

43. Dark Ages

44. During Shakespeare's time - all the women parts were played by__
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
Queen Elizabeth
Shakespeare was born in
Men

45. capitano
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona
Who closed down the theatre in 1642
A stock Commedia character who who brags about his courage but really is a coward. He wears military clothing and has large eyes. He runs with little steps - walks with big steps

46. During Shakespeare's time - all the women parts were played by__
1613
A stock Commedia character who who brags about his courage but really is a coward. He wears military clothing and has large eyes. He runs with little steps - walks with big steps
Men
Richard Burbage

47. Pageant Wagons
Backstage wher the actors changed
Evolved during the late Middle Ages. It depicted scenes from Jesus Christ's life and death and resurrection.
Was Shakespeare's only education
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?

48. Ben Johnson
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
Was Shakespeare's only education
Backstage wher the actors changed
Plays performed on pageant wagons

49. the lovers
Julius Caesar
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
A classsical writer many musicals he directed

50. grammar school