THEA 112G Module II exam
the playwrights who wrote A Doll House and Ghosts, now considered the first dramas in the style defined as Realism, is_________
Henrik Ibsen
which renaissance invention, event or discovery changed the staging of theatre and led to the development of the proscenium arch?
perspective
In Shakespeare's England, the large open-air theatres that were built on the South Bank (outside London's city walls) were called_________
public theatres
which of the following was NOT part of Romantic theatre?
a five-act structure
When he died, which of the "university wits" in Elizabethan England was considered a far greater playwright than Shakespeare? Christopher Marlowe
Christopher Marlowe
which Commedia dell' Arte character is shown in the pictured below?
Columbia
The controversy over this French play effectively entrenched neoclassical rules in French playwright_________
Le Cid
In Elizabethan England, plays were printed in two forms-in Folio with the page folded once, or with the page folded twice, called this_______
Quarto
What is the name of the most Roman actor?
Roscius
which of the following was known for writing Roman tragedy?
Seneca
why is Hrotsvitha important in theatre history?
She is the first known female playwright
How does Oedipus blind himself in Sophocles' play, Oedipus the King?
Stabs himself w/ locasta's pins
The theatres most used by Shakespeare's company are_________
The Globe and Blackfriars
The person who stepped out from the Greek chorus and who we know as the first actor is________
Thespis
Elizabethan theatre in England had to compete with which of the following entertainments?
all of the above - wrestling (wrastling) - bearbaiting - fencing matches
Greek actors were known as "historians"
false
In Oedipus the King, Iocasta (Oedipus' wife and mother) committed suicide by throwing herself from a cliff.
false
what name was given to the poorest patrons who stood in the pit to watch Shakespeare's plays?
groundlings
Jeremy Collier and other 17th and 18th century Puritan ministers did not like the theatre for what reason?
it showed too much sex and violence
In what period of theatre history were women in England first allowed to perform on and write for the stage?
restoration
Melodrama arose in conjunction with what non-theatrical social/technical phenomenon?
the rise of the working class in industrialized cities
After Rome became a christian empire, actors could be refused sacraments, even burial on holy ground, unless they renounced their profession.
true
Women were not allowed to perform in Elizabethan theatre (Shakespeare's theatre period).
true
the cycle plays of medieval European theatre could last as long as 25 days
true
when a regular theatre wasn't available during the Renaissance, a tennis court was often converted into a theatre.
true
