Theatre test 4

Greek theatre began as worship for what and To whom?

What is the main part of Greek performance that varied in number through the years?

What types of play were entered for competition in the annual Greek festivals?

During the City Dionysia who took care of the playwrights Of the actors?

What is a skene?

How big was the Greek chorus at it’s smallest?

What were the 2 reasons/conventions for the chorus to remain in Greek theatre after individual characters were introduced?

The Poetics say what about a play’s spectacle if the playwright has done a good job?

The Romans liked which form of theatre best?

What was the first permanent Roman theatre?

How did the Romans adapt the Greek chorus?

Were actors treated differently in Rome than they were in Greece?

Know what a pageant wagon was used for and during what era?

Know what type of play a mystery play is?

Italy gave us what 2 genres (not types of plays) during the Renaissance?

What theatre was built with the first proscenium arch?

Know what the definition of a slapstick is?

Know which Commedia Dell’Arte character was recently added to list of stock characters?

What is the defining costume piece in Commedia Dell’Arte?

Who introduced Commedia Dell’Arte to France?

What is an autos sacramentales?

What’s a breeches role?

The next great movement in theatre after ancient Greece was what era?

What Shakespeare play did we watch videos about that were created in an updated rap style?

What event happened to Moliere’s son that caused him to write a play?

The Puritans were responsible for closing down theatres after which era/movement?

The French Renaissance theatre heavily influenced what movement?

Know when the Comedy of Manners surfaced?

Define an aside?

Define a soliloquy?

How many professional theatre companies were there in the English Restoration?

Could women perform during the English restoration?

Know the elements of a ‘sturm und drang’ play.

When was the first African American theatre company established?

Oedipus the King?

Persians?

Medea?

Dr. Faustus?

Life Is A Dream?

Volpone?

Tartuffe?

The Country Wife?

Everyman?

Muslim passion play?

Roman playwright born as a slave?

Possibly not a real person but a pseudonym?

Aphra Behn?

Edwin Booth?

Sarah Bernhardt?