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1. Dark Ages

2. Everyman
A famous Morality Play
Backstage area
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
1613

3. Puritans
Who closed down the theatre in 1642
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb

4. The Restoration
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the 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.
Queen Elizabeth
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?

5. Dark Ages

6. men
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
1616
Bubonic plague
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all

7. arlecchino
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
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
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
Poet

8. Puritans
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
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
Who closed down the theatre in 1642

9. William Shakespeare
The greatest of all English dramatists
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
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
Backstage wher the actors changed

10. the lovers
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
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

11. the pit
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.
Julius Caesar
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

12. In 1592 Shakespeare left his family in Stratford and went to__to write plays.
Bubonic plague
London
Poet
A classsical writer many musicals he directed

13. Besides plays Shakespeare also wrote__
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona
Was Shakespeare's only education
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

14. the gallery
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
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony

15. Stratford upon Avon
Shakespeare was born in
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
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.
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

16. Wooden O's
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
Plays performed on pageant wagons
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
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides

17. When was the Globe theater destroyed?
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 son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
1613
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.

18. Second Shepherd's Play
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
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

19. William Shakespeare
Richard Burbage
The greatest of all English dramatists
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar

20. In 1592 Shakespeare left his family in Stratford and went to__to write plays.
London
The greatest of all English dramatists
Another name for 'The Middle Ages' but it was the portion where the least happened culturally.
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.

21. Throughout the 1590's the__killed approximately 1 -00 people a week.
Backstage area
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
Bubonic plague

22. Besides plays Shakespeare also wrote__
Bubonic plague
Poems and Sonnets
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.

23. __reigned as queen during Shakespeare's writing career.
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.
On What is most medieval drama based?
Queen Elizabeth

24. During Shakespeare's time - all the women parts were played by__
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.
Bubonic plague
Men

25. the gallery
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
A famous Morality Play
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb

26. The first play performed in the Globe Theater was__
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
The greatest of all English dramatists
Julius Caesar

27. Charles

28. Sarah Kemble Siddons
Human
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
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)

29. Bible Stories
On What is most medieval drama based?
1616
Bible stories re-enacted
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

30. Bible Stories
Bible stories re-enacted
Julius Caesar
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
On What is most medieval drama based?

31. In__ -Shakespeare died on his birthday at the age of 52.
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
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
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all

32. dottore
Queen Elizabeth
Poems and Sonnets
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

33. The first play performed in the Globe Theater was__
Julius Caesar
Famous writer in the Restoration Period
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564

34. Allegory
Human
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
Backstage wher the actors changed
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all

35. men
On What is most medieval drama based?
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.
Backstage wher the actors changed
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all

36. John Dryden
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
Famous writer in the Restoration Period
1613

37. Shakespeare built the Globe Theater along with__
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
London
Richard Burbage
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

38. Shakespeare was born in (Place and date)
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
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
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
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. Second Shepherd's Play
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
Queen Elizabeth
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb

40. the lovers
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
Another name for 'The Middle Ages' but it was the portion where the least happened culturally.

41. capitano
Julius Caesar
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
Queen Elizabeth
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities

42. Groundlings
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
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
Evolved during the late Middle Ages. It depicted scenes from Jesus Christ's life and death and resurrection.

43. Ben Johnson
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
Richard Burbage
A classsical writer many musicals he directed

44. Shakespeare wrote five types of plays__ -__ -__ -__ -__
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
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)

45. Morality Plays
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
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
A famous Morality Play
Who closed down the theatre in 1642

46. the pit
1616
A famous Morality Play
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
Men

47. tiring house
Human
Backstage area
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
Queen Elizabeth

48. pantalone
1613
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
Bubonic plague
Poet

49. Shakespeare is considered the greatest English author because of his insight into the ___experience.
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
A famous Morality Play
Human

50. 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.
Backstage area
A classsical writer many musicals he directed