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1. Licensing Act

2. tiring house
Shakespeare was born in
Backstage wher the actors changed
Who closed down the theatre in 1642
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.

3. grammar school

4. zanni
Human
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 tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform
Another name for 'The Middle Ages' but it was the portion where the least happened culturally.

5. Passion Play

6. Mystery Plays
Another name for 'The Middle Ages' but it was the portion where the least happened culturally.
Backstage area
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform
Bible stories re-enacted

7. Stratford upon Avon
Men
1613
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints
Shakespeare was born in

8. Throughout the 1590's the__killed approximately 1 -00 people a week.
The greatest of all English dramatists
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona
Bubonic plague
Poems and Sonnets

9. Miracle Play
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints
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
1616

10. Puritans
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
Who closed down the theatre in 1642

11. During Shakespeare's time - all the women parts were played by__
1616
A famous Morality Play
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

12. Shakespeare was born in (Place and date)
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
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.
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564

13. Audience
The greatest of all English dramatists
A famous Morality Play
Men
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.

14. 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
Julius Caesar
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
A famous Morality Play

15. Shakespeare is considered the greatest English author because of his insight into the ___experience.
Backstage area
Human
Bubonic plague
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.

16. Bible Stories
On What is most medieval drama based?
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
Who closed down the theatre in 1642

17. Mystery Plays
Bible stories re-enacted
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
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
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

18. Besides plays Shakespeare also wrote__
Poems and Sonnets
Men
London
Julius Caesar

19. Everyman
A famous Morality Play
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
Evolved during the late Middle Ages. It depicted scenes from Jesus Christ's life and death and resurrection.

20. Shakespeare described himself as a__ not a playwright.
Poet
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
Men
Who closed down the theatre in 1642

21. Pageant Wagons
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.
1613
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?

22. tiring house
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
London
Backstage area
Queen Elizabeth

23. John Dryden
Poems and Sonnets
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
Bible stories re-enacted
Famous writer in the Restoration Period

24. The Restoration
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.
Bible stories re-enacted
Shakespeare was born in

25. Groundlings
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
Richard Burbage
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

26. Miracle Play
Poet
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over

27. Pageant Wagons
Queen Elizabeth
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona

28. Allegory
Richard Burbage
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
Backstage wher the actors changed
Men

29. Allegory
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
London
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning

30. Stratford upon Avon
Who closed down the theatre in 1642
Shakespeare was born in
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

31. Passion Play

32. 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
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
Bubonic plague
The greatest of all English dramatists

33. the lovers
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
On What is most medieval drama based?
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.

34. Dark Ages

35. Besides plays Shakespeare also wrote__
Shakespeare was born in
Queen Elizabeth
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
Poems and Sonnets

36. __reigned as queen during Shakespeare's writing career.
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
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
Queen Elizabeth

37. In 1592 Shakespeare left his family in Stratford and went to__to write plays.
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
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
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

38. Wooden O's
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
Plays performed on pageant wagons
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
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

39. men
Julius Caesar
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony

40. comedy
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
Evolved during the late Middle Ages. It depicted scenes from Jesus Christ's life and death and resurrection.
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona

41. Shakespeare was born in (Place and date)
1616
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
Another name for 'The Middle Ages' but it was the portion where the least happened culturally.

42. Audience
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
London
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.

43. 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
Plays performed on pageant wagons
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?

44. 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
Was Shakespeare's only education
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona

45. the pit
Shakespeare was born in
Richard Burbage
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
Poet

46. Dark Ages

47. zanni
The greatest of all English dramatists
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
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
Julius Caesar

48. Ben Johnson
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
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

49. men
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
A famous Morality Play
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all

50. Second Shepherd's Play
Poet
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
Who closed down the theatre in 1642
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies