Theatre

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1. Shakespeare described himself as a__ not a playwright.
Poet
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
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
Bubonic plague


2. the pit
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
The greatest of all English dramatists
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona
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


3. Charles

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4. Second Shepherd's Play
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
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
Men


5. William Shakespeare
The greatest of all English dramatists
On What is most medieval drama based?
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints
Bubonic plague


6. arlecchino
Human
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
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
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?


7. the gallery
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
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 famous Morality Play


8. Two of Shakespeares first plays were__
Who closed down the theatre in 1642
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona
Backstage wher the actors changed
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.


9. Throughout the 1590's the__killed approximately 1 -00 people a week.
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
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.
A classsical writer many musicals he directed


10. the gallery
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
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
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over


11. capitano
Bubonic plague
Poems and Sonnets
Men
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


12. Besides plays Shakespeare also wrote__
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
Poems and Sonnets
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
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)


13. Miracle Play
Bubonic plague
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
1616
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints


14. Allegory
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
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.
1613


15. Groundlings
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform
Human
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
Another name for 'The Middle Ages' but it was the portion where the least happened culturally.


16. Two of Shakespeares first plays were__
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over


17. Ben Johnson
Human
On What is most medieval drama based?
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform


18. __reigned as queen during Shakespeare's writing career.
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.
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.
Queen Elizabeth
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564


19. Dark Ages

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20. Charles

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21. During Shakespeare's time - all the women parts were played by__
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
Men
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
Richard Burbage


22. Cycle
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
Backstage wher the actors changed
Backstage area
Plays performed on pageant wagons


23. tiring house
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform
Backstage wher the actors changed
Shakespeare was born in
1616


24. John Dryden
The greatest of all English dramatists
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
Famous writer in the Restoration Period
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona


25. pantalone
Julius Caesar
London
Men
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


26. the lovers
Was Shakespeare's only education
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
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.


27. Shakespeare wrote five types of plays__ -__ -__ -__ -__
1613
Julius Caesar
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.


28. Groundlings
Men
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
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform
The greatest of all English dramatists


29. men
Bible stories re-enacted
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies


30. 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
Plays performed on pageant wagons
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
Richard Burbage


31. Miracle Play
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over


32. Everyman
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over
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
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies


33. Sarah Kemble Siddons
Queen Elizabeth
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
Who closed down the theatre in 1642
Julius Caesar


34. grammar school

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35. The first play performed in the Globe Theater was__
Julius Caesar
London
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
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


36. capitano
The greatest of all English dramatists
Shakespeare was born in
Plays performed on pageant wagons
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


37. In__ -Shakespeare died on his birthday at the age of 52.
Julius Caesar
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform
Poet
1616


38. Audience
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
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.


39. When was the Globe theater destroyed?
1613
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over
Backstage area
Backstage wher the actors changed


40. tiring house
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
Backstage area


41. In 1592 Shakespeare left his family in Stratford and went to__to write plays.
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona
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
Who closed down the theatre in 1642
London


42. The Restoration
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.
Richard Burbage
1613


43. In 1592 Shakespeare left his family in Stratford and went to__to write plays.
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
London
Julius Caesar
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides


44. Second Shepherd's Play
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
Another name for 'The Middle Ages' but it was the portion where the least happened culturally.
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
Human


45. The first play performed in the Globe Theater was__
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over
Plays performed on pageant wagons
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
Julius Caesar


46. Audience
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.
The greatest of all English dramatists
Bible stories re-enacted


47. Besides plays Shakespeare also wrote__
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over
Poems and Sonnets


48. During Shakespeare's time - all the women parts were played by__
1616
Poems and Sonnets
The greatest of all English dramatists
Men


49. Passion Play

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50. Licensing Act

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