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1. Sarah Kemble Siddons
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?
Famous writer in the Restoration Period
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)

2. zanni
London
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
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints

3. Second Shepherd's Play
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
1613
Who closed down the theatre in 1642
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints

4. capitano
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
Backstage wher the actors changed
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
Poet

5. pantalone
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
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.
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.

6. The Restoration
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.
1613
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

7. Shakespeare wrote five types of plays__ -__ -__ -__ -__
Bubonic plague
Richard Burbage
Human
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies

8. The Restoration
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
Bible stories re-enacted
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.

9. Morality Plays
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
A famous Morality Play

10. Mystery Plays
Bible stories re-enacted
On What is most medieval drama based?
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)

11. Shakespeare described himself as a__ not a playwright.
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
Poet
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
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.

12. the pit
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform
Poet
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
Men

13. John Dryden
Backstage area
Backstage wher the actors changed
Famous writer in the Restoration Period
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona

14. the gallery
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all

15. During Shakespeare's time - all the women parts were played by__
Bible stories re-enacted
Men
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.
Who was beheaded which caused the Puritan's to take over

16. tiring house
Backstage area
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
Backstage wher the actors changed
Human

17. tiring house
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints
Backstage wher the actors changed
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
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

18. zanni
Evolved during the late Middle Ages. It depicted scenes from Jesus Christ's life and death and resurrection.
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
During the Restoration Period - the ____________ were very rude.
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony

19. comedy
Poet
Backstage area
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony

20. Sarah Kemble Siddons
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
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
1613
Backstage area

21. comedy
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
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
On What is most medieval drama based?

22. tiring house
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
Backstage wher the actors changed
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

23. Stratford upon Avon
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
Julius Caesar
Shakespeare was born in
Henry the 6th and Gentlemen of Verona

24. Shakespeare wrote five types of plays__ -__ -__ -__ -__
Tragedies - histories - comedies - romances - and dark comedies
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
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.

25. Throughout the 1590's the__killed approximately 1 -00 people a week.
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
Bubonic plague
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.

26. Mystery Plays
Poet
Famous writer in the Restoration Period
Bible stories re-enacted
Famous writer in the Restoration Period

27. Besides plays Shakespeare also wrote__
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
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.
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
Poems and Sonnets

28. Cycle
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
Queen Elizabeth
Plays performed on pageant wagons
Julius Caesar

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

30. 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.
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
Julius Caesar

31. Shakespeare was born in (Place and date)
Human
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564
During the Elizabethan Period where the lords and ladies paid more and had seats in the balcony
Julius Caesar

32. men
What were the wheeled stages from the medieval period called?
This play is about a mix up between a newborn baby and a lamb
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
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all

33. 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
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
London
Bubonic plague

34. Wooden O's
1613
A classsical writer many musicals he directed
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
Stratford-upon-Avon - April 23 -1564

35. Throughout the 1590's the__killed approximately 1 -00 people a week.
The greatest of all English dramatists
Shakespeare was born in
Bubonic plague
Richard Burbage

36. Passion Play

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37. Wooden O's
Plays performed on pageant wagons
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
Theatres were round or octagonal with two or three tiers of thatched roof gallleries surrounding an open court on three sides
Woman actors and playwrights emerged during this period. It came about with the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II.

38. Puritans
When a white flag was hung outside the theatre - it meant what genre of play?
Who closed down the theatre in 1642
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints
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. grammar school

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40. dottore
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
Shakespeare was born in
On What is most medieval drama based?
The greatest of all English dramatists

41. Dark Ages

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42. dottore
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
Poems and Sonnets
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.

43. Licensing Act

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44. pantalone
Poet
London
Famous writer in the Restoration Period
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

45. Groundlings
Usually tradespeople - soldiers - apprectices and servants who paid a penny and stood in the pit around the acting platform
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
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.

46. John Dryden
Stories teaching right from wrong in which characters personified abstract qualities
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
Famous writer in the Restoration Period

47. Shakespeare built the Globe Theater along with__
Richard Burbage
Type of play which en-acted the the lives of saints
During the Elizabethan Period - actors were all
Bible stories re-enacted

48. the lovers
Usually son or daughter of pantalone. Wears the latest Itallian costumes. A modern day example would be Paris Hilton.
Evolved during the late Middle Ages. It depicted scenes from Jesus Christ's life and death and resurrection.
On What is most medieval drama based?
Bubonic plague

49. Stratford upon Avon
Around the platform where the tradesmen - soldiers - apprentices - and servants paid a penny and stood in the place around the platform
Famous female stage personality during the Restoration Period (brother was John Phillip Kemble)
London
Shakespeare was born in

50. When was the Globe theater destroyed?
Who closed down the theatre in 1642
1613
Human
London