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