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1. tiring house
Poet
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
Backstage area
Famous writer in the Restoration Period

2. The Restoration
Bubonic plague
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over
Shakespeare was born in
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.

3. Besides plays Shakespeare also wrote__
Poems and Sonnets
Bubonic plague
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.

4. dottore
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
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints
On What is most medieval drama based?
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

5. zanni
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
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities

6. In 1592 Shakespeare left his family in Stratford and went to__to write plays.
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
London
Bible stories re-enacted
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities

7. Shakespeare was born in (Place and date)
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities

8. Audience
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.
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.
London

9. John Dryden
The greatest of all English dramatists
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
Famous writer in the Restoration Period

10. Ben Johnson
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
A famous Morality Play

11. In 1592 Shakespeare left his family in Stratford and went to__to write plays.
Richard Burbage
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
London

12. Everyman
Bible stories re-enacted
A famous Morality Play
Poems and Sonnets
Backstage wher the actors changed

13. Two of Shakespeares first plays were__
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
Bible stories re-enacted
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)

14. Puritans
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
Who closed down the theatre in 1642
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
Poems and Sonnets

15. Mystery Plays
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
Bible stories re-enacted
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.
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides

16. Passion Play

17. Second Shepherd's Play
1616
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.
Backstage area
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb

18. Sarah Kemble Siddons
Plays performed on pageant wagons
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints

19. arlecchino
Was Shakespeare's only education
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
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 tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform

20. __reigned as queen during Shakespeare's writing career.
Men
Queen Elizabeth
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?

21. dottore
Richard Burbage
Plays performed on 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
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

22. Bible Stories
On What is most medieval drama based?
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
The greatest of all English dramatists
1616

23. comedy
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
Who closed down the theatre in 1642
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?

24. capitano
Who closed down the theatre in 1642
Human
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

25. comedy
Richard Burbage
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of 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

26. men
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
Human
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona

27. Throughout the 1590's the__killed approximately 1 -00 people a week.
Bubonic plague
Richard Burbage
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.

28. Everyman
Shakespeare was born in
Backstage area
Was Shakespeare's only education
A famous Morality Play

29. The first play performed in the Globe Theater was__
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
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
Julius Caesar

30. pantalone
The greatest of all English dramatists
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
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities

31. Wooden O's
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over
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
1613

32. Two of Shakespeares first plays were__
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona
Famous writer in the Restoration Period
Who closed down the theatre in 1642

33. During Shakespeare's time - all the women parts were played by__
Men
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
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning

34. tiring house
Bubonic plague
Backstage wher the actors changed
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
Poet

35. Besides plays Shakespeare also wrote__
Poems and Sonnets
Richard Burbage
Poet
Queen Elizabeth

36. Groundlings
Plays performed on pageant wagons
London
1616
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform

37. Shakespeare described himself as a__ not a playwright.
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
Poet
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.

38. Charles

39. zanni
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
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
Evolved during the late Middle Ages. It depicted scenes from Jesus Christ's life and death and resurrection.

40. the pit
1613
Queen Elizabeth
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
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

41. Shakespeare wrote five types of plays__ -__ -__ -__ -__
Backstage wher the actors changed
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.
Backstage area
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies

42. Licensing Act

43. During Shakespeare's time - all the women parts were played by__
1613
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
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.

44. The Restoration
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
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
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.

45. the gallery
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
Bible stories re-enacted
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony

46. grammar school

47. Allegory
The greatest of all English dramatists
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
A famous Morality Play

48. Shakespeare built the Globe Theater along with__
Richard Burbage
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
1613

49. Shakespeare wrote five types of plays__ -__ -__ -__ -__
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
Bible stories re-enacted
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.

50. Ben Johnson
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
Queen Elizabeth
Who closed down the theatre in 1642