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1. arlecchino
Famous writer in the Restoration Period
Richard Burbage
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
1616

2. men
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.
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities

3. Sarah Kemble Siddons
On What is most medieval drama based?
Famous writer in the Restoration Period
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?

4. Stratford upon Avon
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
London
A classsical writer many musicals he directed

5. Stratford upon Avon
London
Queen Elizabeth
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
Shakespeare was born in

6. men
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
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

7. the pit
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
Richard Burbage

8. John Dryden
Queen Elizabeth
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
Famous writer in the Restoration Period

9. In 1592 Shakespeare left his family in Stratford and went to__to write plays.
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
London
Poems and Sonnets

10. Audience
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.
Backstage wher the actors changed
Poems and Sonnets
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.

11. Mystery Plays
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints
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
The greatest of all English dramatists

12. Dark Ages

13. Charles

14. Second Shepherd's Play
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
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

15. 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
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
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

16. The first play performed in the Globe Theater was__
Julius Caesar
Richard Burbage
Human
London

17. Two of Shakespeares first plays were__
Shakespeare was born in
Human
Bubonic plague
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona

18. Pageant Wagons
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
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
Poet
Bible stories re-enacted

19. Passion Play

20. In__ -Shakespeare died on his birthday at the age of 52.
A famous Morality Play
1616
Plays performed on pageant wagons
Plays performed on pageant wagons

21. William Shakespeare
Backstage area
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over
The greatest of all English dramatists
Queen Elizabeth

22. the gallery
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
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
A famous Morality Play

23. Shakespeare described himself as a__ not a playwright.
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
Poet
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over

24. capitano
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
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)
London

25. Allegory
Backstage area
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
Another name for 'The Middle Ages' but it was the portion where the least happened culturally.
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?

26. Dark Ages

27. Throughout the 1590's the__killed approximately 1 -00 people a week.
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
Bubonic plague
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564

28. tiring house
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
London
Backstage area
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.

29. William Shakespeare
The greatest of all English dramatists
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
A famous Morality Play
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints

30. grammar school

31. Besides plays Shakespeare also wrote__
Richard Burbage
Human
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.
Poems and Sonnets

32. the pit
London
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
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 where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony

33. arlecchino
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform
Julius Caesar
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
Who closed down the theatre in 1642

34. When was the Globe theater destroyed?
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over
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
1613
Evolved during the late Middle Ages. It depicted scenes from Jesus Christ's life and death and resurrection.

35. zanni
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
Evolved during the late Middle Ages. It depicted scenes from Jesus Christ's life and death and resurrection.
London
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

36. Audience
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.
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
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
Was Shakespeare's only education

37. Charles

38. Shakespeare built the Globe Theater along with__
Richard Burbage
London
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

39. Groundlings
Another name for 'The Middle Ages' but it was the portion where the least happened culturally.
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
Bubonic plague
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform

40. Shakespeare wrote five types of plays__ -__ -__ -__ -__
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
Was Shakespeare's only education
Human

41. Second Shepherd's Play
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
On What is most medieval drama based?
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb

42. Ben Johnson
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.
Was Shakespeare's only education
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform

43. Puritans
Julius Caesar
Who closed down the theatre in 1642
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
A classsical writer many musicals he directed

44. Morality Plays
Another name for 'The Middle Ages' but it was the portion where the least happened culturally.
Shakespeare was born in
A famous Morality Play
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities

45. John Dryden
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
Famous writer in the Restoration Period
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
Men

46. grammar school

47. In__ -Shakespeare died on his birthday at the age of 52.
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
Famous writer in the Restoration Period
The greatest of all English dramatists
1616

48. Puritans
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
Who closed down the theatre in 1642
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

49. During Shakespeare's time - all the women parts were played by__
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
Famous writer in the Restoration Period
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
Men

50. __reigned as queen during Shakespeare's writing career.
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
Queen Elizabeth
Backstage wher the actors changed