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1. William Shakespeare
Was Shakespeare's only education
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.
Evolved during the late Middle Ages. It depicted scenes from Jesus Christ's life and death and resurrection.
The greatest of all English dramatists

2. Cycle
A famous Morality Play
Poet
Backstage area
Plays performed on pageant wagons

3. Sarah Kemble Siddons
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
Julius Caesar
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
Backstage wher the actors changed

4. Charles

5. Shakespeare built the Globe Theater along with__
London
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
Richard Burbage

6. Audience
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.
Backstage area

7. zanni
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
Poet
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
Shakespeare was born in

8. 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
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
On What is most medieval drama based?

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

10. William Shakespeare
Shakespeare was born in
A famous Morality Play
The greatest of all English dramatists
Who closed down the theatre in 1642

11. During Shakespeare's time - all the women parts were played by__
Men
1616
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all

12. John Dryden
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
Evolved during the late Middle Ages. It depicted scenes from Jesus Christ's life and death and resurrection.
Famous writer in the Restoration Period

13. Wooden O's
Was Shakespeare's only education
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
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.

14. Pageant Wagons
On What is most medieval drama based?
Shakespeare was born in
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
Who closed down the theatre in 1642

15. comedy
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
Shakespeare was born in
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over

16. Everyman
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.
A famous Morality Play
Evolved during the late Middle Ages. It depicted scenes from Jesus Christ's life and death and resurrection.
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform

17. men
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
Poems and Sonnets
Backstage wher the actors changed

18. Morality Plays
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
Bubonic plague
Another name for 'The Middle Ages' but it was the portion where the least happened culturally.
Richard Burbage

19. arlecchino
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
Queen Elizabeth
Poems and Sonnets

20. Throughout the 1590's the__killed approximately 1 -00 people a week.
Bubonic plague
Backstage area
A famous Morality Play
Julius Caesar

21. Puritans
Bible stories re-enacted
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
Was Shakespeare's only education

22. Second Shepherd's Play
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
Queen Elizabeth
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?

23. Groundlings
Shakespeare was born in
Men
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform
Evolved during the late Middle Ages. It depicted scenes from Jesus Christ's life and death and resurrection.

24. Besides plays Shakespeare also wrote__
Poems and Sonnets
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
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
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies

25. 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
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

26. Allegory
Bible stories re-enacted
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
Queen Elizabeth

27. Stratford upon Avon
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
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 Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.

28. Cycle
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
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
A famous Morality Play

29. Shakespeare was born in (Place and date)
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
Plays performed on pageant wagons
Human
Bubonic plague

30. The first play performed in the Globe Theater was__
Julius Caesar
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
Backstage area
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over

31. the lovers
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
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

32. Shakespeare is considered the greatest English author because of his insight into the ___experience.
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
Julius Caesar
The greatest of all English dramatists
Human

33. The first play performed in the Globe Theater was__
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
Julius Caesar
Bubonic plague
1613

34. __reigned as queen during Shakespeare's writing career.
Men
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
Queen Elizabeth
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony

35. Two of Shakespeares first plays were__
Another name for 'The Middle Ages' but it was the portion where the least happened culturally.
Evolved during the late Middle Ages. It depicted scenes from Jesus Christ's life and death and resurrection.
Poems and Sonnets
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona

36. Miracle Play
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony

37. Pageant Wagons
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
Queen Elizabeth
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.
Men

38. Everyman
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
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

39. Groundlings
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
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

40. Puritans
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
Evolved during the late Middle Ages. It depicted scenes from Jesus Christ's life and death and resurrection.
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564

41. tiring house
Backstage area
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
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
The greatest of all English dramatists

42. Miracle Play
Queen Elizabeth
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints
1613

43. grammar school

44. The Restoration
Plays performed on pageant wagons
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona
Backstage area
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. Dark Ages

46. tiring house
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
Bible stories re-enacted
Backstage area
Who closed down the theatre in 1642

47. Two of Shakespeares first plays were__
London
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all

48. During Shakespeare's time - all the women parts were played by__
A famous Morality Play
Poems and Sonnets
Men
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over

49. pantalone
1616
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
Shakespeare was born in
London

50. Licensing Act