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1. Licensing Act

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2. Bible Stories
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
On What is most medieval drama based?
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona


3. Passion Play

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4. the pit
The greatest of all English dramatists
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?


5. tiring house
Backstage area
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
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona


6. Shakespeare described himself as a__ not a playwright.
Bubonic plague
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
Poet


7. Dark Ages

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8. Pageant Wagons
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.


9. William Shakespeare
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
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
Queen Elizabeth
The greatest of all English dramatists


10. Audience
Bible stories re-enacted
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.
A classsical writer many musicals he directed


11. Allegory
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
Men
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
Bible stories re-enacted


12. John Dryden
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
Famous writer in the Restoration Period
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
Human


13. Charles

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14. Sarah Kemble Siddons
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
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
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
Poet


15. Ben Johnson
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
Richard Burbage
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
A classsical writer many musicals he directed


16. arlecchino
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 Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
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


17. Everyman
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
A famous Morality Play
1613
Queen Elizabeth


18. __reigned as queen during Shakespeare's writing career.
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
Queen Elizabeth
On What is most medieval drama based?
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides


19. the lovers
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.
Shakespeare was born in
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
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.


20. Allegory
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.
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


21. tiring house
Richard Burbage
Backstage wher the actors changed
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities


22. Wooden O's
Human
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
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
Another name for 'The Middle Ages' but it was the portion where the least happened culturally.


23. comedy
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
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
The greatest of all English dramatists


24. Second Shepherd's Play
Backstage area
On What is most medieval drama based?
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb


25. the gallery
Poet
Backstage wher the actors changed
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
Who closed down the theatre in 1642


26. Morality Plays
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?


27. John Dryden
Backstage area
Poems and Sonnets
Famous writer in the Restoration Period
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


28. dottore
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
Plays performed on pageant wagons
Famous writer in the Restoration Period
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


29. Audience
Poems and Sonnets
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.
Shakespeare was born in
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies


30. men
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over
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
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning


31. Mystery Plays
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
Bible stories re-enacted


32. Puritans
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.
Who closed down the theatre in 1642
On What is most medieval drama based?


33. Passion Play

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34. capitano
Poems and Sonnets
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
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
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over


35. Shakespeare built the Globe Theater along with__
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
Richard Burbage


36. Licensing Act

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37. Shakespeare was born in (Place and date)
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.


38. The Restoration
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
1616
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the 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.


39. grammar school

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40. Everyman
A famous Morality Play
Backstage area
The greatest of all English dramatists
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


41. Wooden O's
Shakespeare was born in
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
Queen Elizabeth
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all


42. In 1592 Shakespeare left his family in Stratford and went to__to write plays.
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
London
A classsical writer many musicals he directed


43. __reigned as queen during Shakespeare's writing career.
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
Queen Elizabeth
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
Men


44. capitano
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
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
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
1616


45. tiring house
The greatest of all English dramatists
Backstage wher the actors changed
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
Who closed down the theatre in 1642


46. Pageant Wagons
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform


47. In 1592 Shakespeare left his family in Stratford and went to__to write plays.
Julius Caesar
London
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)


48. the gallery
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
Evolved during the late Middle Ages. It depicted scenes from Jesus Christ's life and death and resurrection.
Evolved during the late Middle Ages. It depicted scenes from Jesus Christ's life and death and resurrection.
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony


49. Shakespeare is considered the greatest English author because of his insight into the ___experience.
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
Julius Caesar
Human
Men


50. Shakespeare is considered the greatest English author because of his insight into the ___experience.
Human
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
1616