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1. Shakespeare was born in (Place and date)
Richard Burbage
A famous Morality Play
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
1613

2. Two of Shakespeares first plays were__
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
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

3. Puritans
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
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
Plays performed on pageant wagons
Who closed down the theatre in 1642

4. __reigned as queen during Shakespeare's writing career.
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
Queen Elizabeth
Bible stories re-enacted

5. In__ -Shakespeare died on his birthday at the age of 52.
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
Poems and Sonnets
1616

6. men
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 - actors were all
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
Poems and Sonnets

7. Shakespeare built the Globe Theater along with__
1613
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
Poet
Richard Burbage

8. Throughout the 1590's the__killed approximately 1 -00 people a week.
Poems and Sonnets
Men
Shakespeare was born in
Bubonic plague

9. the lovers
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
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
1616
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.

10. Groundlings
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
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform
A famous Morality Play

11. Pageant Wagons
Queen Elizabeth
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
On What is most medieval drama based?
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?

12. Shakespeare wrote five types of plays__ -__ -__ -__ -__
Plays performed on pageant wagons
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
Backstage area
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)

13. The first play performed in the Globe Theater was__
Julius Caesar
Who closed down the theatre in 1642
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
Queen Elizabeth

14. Puritans
Bubonic plague
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
1616
Who closed down the theatre in 1642

15. 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
1616
London

16. Shakespeare built the Globe Theater along with__
Evolved during the late Middle Ages. It depicted scenes from Jesus Christ's life and death and resurrection.
Julius Caesar
Richard Burbage
On What is most medieval drama based?

17. Dark Ages

18. Second Shepherd's Play
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
Bubonic plague
On What is most medieval drama based?
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb

19. The first play performed in the Globe Theater was__
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
Plays performed on pageant wagons
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.
Julius Caesar

20. When was the Globe theater destroyed?
Julius Caesar
1613
Plays performed on pageant wagons
Another name for 'The Middle Ages' but it was the portion where the least happened culturally.

21. Throughout the 1590's the__killed approximately 1 -00 people a week.
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
Bubonic plague
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
1613

22. Cycle
Backstage area
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
Plays performed on pageant wagons
Was Shakespeare's only education

23. Everyman
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
A famous Morality Play
Bubonic plague

24. the lovers
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
Queen Elizabeth
Shakespeare was born in
Plays performed on pageant wagons

25. Dark Ages

26. In__ -Shakespeare died on his birthday at the age of 52.
Poet
1616
London
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?

27. In 1592 Shakespeare left his family in Stratford and went to__to write plays.
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
London
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
Who closed down the theatre in 1642

28. Shakespeare described himself as a__ not a playwright.
Julius Caesar
On What is most medieval drama based?
Poet
Human

29. arlecchino
Was Shakespeare's only education
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
Poet

30. Shakespeare is considered the greatest English author because of his insight into the ___experience.
Poems and Sonnets
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
Human
London

31. John Dryden
Bible stories re-enacted
Poems and Sonnets
Famous writer in the Restoration Period
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564

32. Shakespeare is considered the greatest English author because of his insight into the ___experience.
Was Shakespeare's only education
Shakespeare was born in
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
Human

33. When was the Globe theater destroyed?
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona
A famous Morality Play
1613

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

35. During Shakespeare's time - all the women parts were played by__
Human
Evolved during the late Middle Ages. It depicted scenes from Jesus Christ's life and death and resurrection.
Men
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)

36. Wooden O's
Julius Caesar
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
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform

37. tiring house
Backstage wher the actors changed
Who closed down the theatre in 1642
The greatest of all English dramatists
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.

38. men
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 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
Human

39. grammar school

40. Licensing Act

41. Everyman
1613
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
A famous Morality Play

42. Bible Stories
1616
The greatest of all English dramatists
On What is most medieval drama based?
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints

43. tiring house
Backstage area
On What is most medieval drama based?
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
Famous writer in the Restoration Period

44. Ben Johnson
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
Bubonic plague
Evolved during the late Middle Ages. It depicted scenes from Jesus Christ's life and death and resurrection.
A classsical writer many musicals he directed

45. Mystery Plays
Evolved during the late Middle Ages. It depicted scenes from Jesus Christ's life and death and resurrection.
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
Was Shakespeare's only education
Bible stories re-enacted

46. During Shakespeare's time - all the women parts were played by__
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
Human
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform

47. comedy
Was Shakespeare's only education
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
A famous Morality Play
Bible stories re-enacted

48. 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
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
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

49. capitano
Another name for 'The Middle Ages' but it was the portion where the least happened culturally.
Backstage wher the actors changed
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
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb

50. John Dryden
Famous writer in the Restoration Period
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 Elizabethan Period - actors were all
Backstage area