Theatre

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1. Ben Johnson
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints


2. the pit
Richard Burbage
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform


3. Dark Ages


4. tiring house
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over
Evolved during the late Middle Ages. It depicted scenes from Jesus Christ's life and death and resurrection.
Backstage wher the actors changed


5. Shakespeare built the Globe Theater along with__
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over
Richard Burbage
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


6. capitano
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
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
Julius Caesar
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


7. grammar school


8. tiring house
Backstage area
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over
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
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities


9. the gallery
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform
Queen Elizabeth
Bubonic plague
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony


10. The Restoration
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
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over
Bible stories re-enacted


11. William Shakespeare
Backstage area
Another name for 'The Middle Ages' but it was the portion where the least happened culturally.
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
The greatest of all English dramatists


12. tiring house
Julius Caesar
Backstage area
Famous writer in the Restoration Period
Queen Elizabeth


13. Everyman
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
Backstage area
A famous Morality Play
Human


14. Shakespeare wrote five types of plays__ -__ -__ -__ -__
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
Shakespeare was born in
London
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform


15. Shakespeare described himself as a__ not a playwright.
Poet
Bible stories re-enacted
The greatest of all English dramatists
A famous Morality Play


16. Stratford upon Avon
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
Shakespeare was born in
On What is most medieval drama based?
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.


17. arlecchino
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
Queen Elizabeth
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
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


18. pantalone
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints
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
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


19. Morality Plays
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
1613


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


21. Wooden O's
Men
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
Backstage area
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides


22. Throughout the 1590's the__killed approximately 1 -00 people a week.
Bubonic plague
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over
Plays performed on pageant wagons
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.


23. Besides plays Shakespeare also wrote__
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona
Human
Famous writer in the Restoration Period
Poems and Sonnets


24. the pit
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.
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
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform


25. the lovers
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?
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


26. the lovers
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
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.


27. The first play performed in the Globe Theater was__
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.
Julius Caesar
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)


28. William Shakespeare
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints
Bible stories re-enacted
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
The greatest of all English dramatists


29. Throughout the 1590's the__killed approximately 1 -00 people a week.
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
Poet
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
Bubonic plague


30. Miracle Play
Evolved during the late Middle Ages. It depicted scenes from Jesus Christ's life and death and resurrection.
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform


31. John Dryden
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
Famous writer in the Restoration Period
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


32. The Restoration
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.
On What is most medieval drama based?
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.


33. Mystery Plays
Backstage area
Bible stories re-enacted
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?


34. Groundlings
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform
Poet
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints


35. capitano
London
Famous writer in the Restoration Period
Shakespeare was born in
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


36. grammar school


37. Second Shepherd's Play
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
Queen Elizabeth
The greatest of all English dramatists
Bible stories re-enacted


38. Two of Shakespeares first plays were__
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona
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.
Backstage wher the actors changed


39. Sarah Kemble Siddons
Human
Backstage wher the actors changed
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)


40. Allegory
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
Backstage wher the actors changed
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
The greatest of all English dramatists


41. Shakespeare is considered the greatest English author because of his insight into the ___experience.
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
Human
A famous Morality Play
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?


42. Shakespeare was born in (Place and date)
Backstage area
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
Another name for 'The Middle Ages' but it was the portion where the least happened culturally.


43. Everyman
Shakespeare was born in
Backstage area
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
A famous Morality Play


44. zanni
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
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
The greatest of all English dramatists


45. pantalone
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.
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 Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.
Poems and Sonnets


46. When was the Globe theater destroyed?
Poet
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
1613


47. In__ -Shakespeare died on his birthday at the age of 52.
1616
Famous writer in the Restoration Period
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
Plays performed on pageant wagons


48. Cycle
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
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
Plays performed on pageant wagons


49. Pageant Wagons
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564


50. __reigned as queen during Shakespeare's writing career.
Richard Burbage
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
Queen Elizabeth
Was Shakespeare's only education