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1. Ben Johnson
The greatest of all English dramatists
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
Evolved during the late Middle Ages. It depicted scenes from Jesus Christ's life and death and resurrection.
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.

2. Wooden O's
Human
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
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides

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

4. tiring house
Poems and Sonnets
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
Backstage wher the actors changed

5. Shakespeare wrote five types of plays__ -__ -__ -__ -__
Who closed down the theatre in 1642
Men
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies

6. Licensing Act

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7. capitano
On What is most medieval drama based?
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
Human
Shakespeare was born in

8. tiring house
Backstage wher the actors changed
Plays performed on pageant wagons
Shakespeare was born in
Richard Burbage

9. arlecchino
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
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
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.
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

10. Stratford upon Avon
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
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
Shakespeare was born in
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform

11. Sarah Kemble Siddons
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
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

12. Allegory
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
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.
Men

13. Shakespeare is considered the greatest English author because of his insight into the ___experience.
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
Was Shakespeare's only education
Human
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning

14. Besides plays Shakespeare also wrote__
1613
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
Poems and Sonnets
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.

15. Cycle
The greatest of all English dramatists
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over
Plays performed on pageant wagons

16. Besides plays Shakespeare also wrote__
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
Another name for 'The Middle Ages' but it was the portion where the least happened culturally.
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

17. When was the Globe theater destroyed?
Poet
Poet
1613
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?

18. Shakespeare described himself as a__ not a playwright.
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
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
Poet
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.

19. tiring house
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 area
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
On What is most medieval drama based?

20. Pageant Wagons
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona
Poems and Sonnets
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?

21. comedy
Julius Caesar
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 was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?

22. During Shakespeare's time - all the women parts were played by__
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
Men
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb

23. zanni
Poet
Famous writer in the Restoration Period
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.
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

24. the pit
A famous Morality Play
On What is most medieval drama based?
Backstage area
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform

25. William Shakespeare
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.
Plays performed on pageant wagons
The greatest of all English dramatists

26. The Restoration
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints
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 area
Queen Elizabeth

27. Groundlings
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform
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.
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
Poems and Sonnets

28. The Restoration
A famous Morality Play
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.
1616
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?

29. __reigned as queen during Shakespeare's writing career.
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
A famous Morality Play
Queen Elizabeth

30. Shakespeare was born in (Place and date)
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
Another name for 'The Middle Ages' but it was the portion where the least happened culturally.
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony

31. Two of Shakespeares first plays were__
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
Poet
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies

32. men
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
Backstage area
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.

33. Audience
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
Richard Burbage
Was Shakespeare's only education
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.

34. In__ -Shakespeare died on his birthday at the age of 52.
1616
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
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
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

35. Ben Johnson
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona
A classsical writer many musicals he directed

36. Passion Play

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37. Throughout the 1590's the__killed approximately 1 -00 people a week.
Richard Burbage
Bubonic plague
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
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over

38. Shakespeare built the Globe Theater along with__
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
Richard Burbage

39. Shakespeare was born in (Place and date)
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
Backstage wher the actors changed
London
1616

40. __reigned as queen during Shakespeare's writing career.
Queen Elizabeth
On What is most medieval drama based?
The greatest of all English dramatists
1613

41. Puritans
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona
Was Shakespeare's only education
Who closed down the theatre in 1642
A story in which people - things - and events have a hidden meaning

42. Licensing Act

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43. the lovers
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
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
1613
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies

44. Morality Plays
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
A famous Morality Play
Shakespeare was born in

45. zanni
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
Human
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony

46. Everyman
A famous Morality Play
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
Bubonic plague

47. Second Shepherd's Play
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
Bubonic plague
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona

48. 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
Who closed down the theatre in 1642
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform

49. Miracle Play
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies

50. The first play performed in the Globe Theater was__
Evolved during the late Middle Ages. It depicted scenes from Jesus Christ's life and death and resurrection.
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
Julius Caesar
1613