Theatre

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1. Charles

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2. Mystery Plays
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
Bubonic plague
Bible stories re-enacted


3. Shakespeare built the Globe Theater along with__
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.
Backstage wher the actors changed
Richard Burbage
Poems and Sonnets


4. Miracle Play
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
Richard Burbage
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


5. arlecchino
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
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
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 was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over


6. Licensing Act

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7. the lovers
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
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


8. Everyman
Plays performed on pageant wagons
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
A famous Morality Play
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony


9. In__ -Shakespeare died on his birthday at the age of 52.
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
1616
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


10. Pageant Wagons
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
Who closed down the theatre in 1642
The greatest of all English dramatists


11. Shakespeare wrote five types of plays__ -__ -__ -__ -__
Shakespeare was born in
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform


12. Shakespeare built the Globe Theater along with__
Was Shakespeare's only education
Richard Burbage
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
Bubonic plague


13. dottore
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
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
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
Famous writer in the Restoration Period


14. Two of Shakespeares first plays were__
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona
Poems and Sonnets
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform


15. Audience
A famous Morality Play
Another name for 'The Middle Ages' but it was the portion where the least happened culturally.
Bubonic plague
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.


16. Puritans
Who closed down the theatre in 1642
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
1613
London


17. tiring house
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 closed down the theatre in 1642
Backstage area
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


18. __reigned as queen during Shakespeare's writing career.
Shakespeare was born in
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
Queen Elizabeth


19. Groundlings
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.
1613
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


20. 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
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
Bible stories re-enacted
Queen Elizabeth


21. Wooden O's
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
Poems and Sonnets
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)


22. Passion Play

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23. tiring house
Backstage area
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting 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
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?


24. In 1592 Shakespeare left his family in Stratford and went to__to write plays.
Famous writer in the Restoration Period
Poems and Sonnets
London
Poet


25. comedy
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
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
London


26. Two of Shakespeares first plays were__
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona
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


27. Morality Plays
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
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
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.


28. In 1592 Shakespeare left his family in Stratford and went to__to write plays.
London
Human
1616
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all


29. the pit
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
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities


30. Shakespeare wrote five types of plays__ -__ -__ -__ -__
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
Bubonic plague
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


31. comedy
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
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
Bubonic plague


32. the lovers
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 son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
Famous writer in the Restoration Period
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over


33. Groundlings
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
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.


34. Dark Ages

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35. tiring house
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
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
Backstage wher the actors changed
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb


36. When was the Globe theater destroyed?
1613
Queen Elizabeth
London
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564


37. the pit
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
A famous Morality Play
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


38. Second Shepherd's Play
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
London
1613


39. Shakespeare was born in (Place and date)
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.
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
Shakespeare was born in


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


41. Cycle
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.
Julius Caesar
Plays performed on pageant wagons


42. __reigned as queen during Shakespeare's writing career.
Queen Elizabeth
1613
Backstage wher the actors changed
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.


43. Passion Play

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44. grammar school

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45. Shakespeare described himself as a__ not a playwright.
Poet
Backstage wher the actors changed
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 writer in the Restoration Period


46. The Restoration
A famous Morality Play
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)


47. John Dryden
Poet
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
Famous writer in the Restoration Period


48. Sarah Kemble Siddons
Who closed down the theatre in 1642
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
Poet
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)


49. pantalone
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.
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)
1613


50. Bible Stories
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
Poet
Evolved during the late Middle Ages. It depicted scenes from Jesus Christ's life and death and resurrection.
On What is most medieval drama based?