Theatre final

After Elizabeth's reign, a new theatrical form emerged in the royal court that was intended to praise the monarch through mythological allegory. What were works in this new form called?

Masques

Which of the following is NOT a common aspect of all Asian theatre?

Utilize puppetry

Roman writer, Terence, put more emphasis on ________ in his plays.

Verbal wit

Which of the following is NOT a function of the Chorus?

Visual interest

Medieval plays were typically performed on what?

Wagon-stages

Even though he was one of the greatest playwrights in history, he did not invent anything new about the art form. Who is he?

William Shakespeare

What is the only Italian Renaissance theatrical form that has survived to modern-day?

Opera

Bunraku utilizes a narrator. Which of the following is NOT something the narrator does during Bunraku performances?

Plays music to accompany the story

True or False: In Italian Commedia, performers played the same stock characters throughout most of their careers.

True

True or False: The Pole & Chariot System of moving scenery allowed all scenic shutters belonging to the same scene to be moved at once, increasing the efficiency of scenery shifts.

True

Out of an estimated 900 tragedies produced in Greece in the 5th century, how many survived to the present day?

31

Theatre during the Yuan Dynasty is compared to what other type of world theatre?

5th Century Greek Theatre

Why were shadow plays called such?

A cloth separated the audience and a single flame. The puppeteer manipulated the flat puppets in front of the flame to cast shadows on the cloth.

Why did the French Renaissance peak later than other European countries?

A religious civil war was taking place in France between Protestants and Catholics.

Which tragic Greek playwright is considered the first playwright to create true dramatic exchange between characters by adding a second actor?

Aeschylus

Kabuki theatre was characterized by what?

All of these

Romans enjoyed a larger variety of entertainments than the Greeks. Which of the following is an example of an event the Romans would have hosted?

All of these

Which of the following is a characteristic of Noh Theatre?

All of these

_____________________ were built into hillsides and held between 15,000 and 17,000 spectators.

Amphitheatres

Which of the following playwrights' tragedies did NOT survive to the present day?

Aristophanes

Who wrote The Poetics, the single most important piece of dramatic criticism in existence?

Aristotle

Greek drama was presented in honor of which god?

Dionysus

Death was not performed onstage in Greek theatre, but it was sometimes revealed through a type of wheeled platform that wheeled characters onstage from inside a building. What was this platform called?

Ekkyklema

The removal of an unstressed syllable or letter from a word or phrase (which is replaced with an apostrophe) is called what?

Elision

Who helped stimulate the development of professional theatre through politics?

Elizabeth 1

Which tragic Greek playwright treated gods skeptically in his plays and portrayed female characters sympathetically?

Euripides

True or False: The English were opposed to the soliloquy whereas the Italians welcomed the poetic device.

False

True or False: With Italian Neoclassical Ideals, the chorus and young lover characters were banished.

False

What furnished the stories for most Greek drama?

Greek Myths

Roman Comedy is a direct outgrowth of what type of comedy?

Greek New Comedy

What happened to the theatrical tradition during the Ming Dynasty?

It became MORE ornate and artificial

Many of the French theatrical conventions were copied from what country?

Italy

Which country was the center of activity during the Renaissance?

Italy

What was the most popular form of Japanese theatre throughout the 17th century?

Kabuki

Which type of Japanese theatre utilized the Mie, a stylized pose struck by the principal character?

Kabuki

Who was the greatest playwright of early theatre in India?

Kalidasa

What is a well-known Indian form of dance-drama?

Kathakali

In what language was liturgical drama written?

Latin

Which of the following is NOT a type of Vernacular play?

Liturgical Play

There are four types of characters that were staples in Chinese theatrical works. Which of the following is NOT one of those types?

Nanxi

What type of Greek Comedy dealt with romantic and domestic problems?

New Comedy

Zeami Motokiyo is still considered the most important figure in the history of which type of Japanese theatre?

Noh

What type of Greek Comedy made fun of social, political, and cultural conditions?

Old Comedy

Roman writer, Plautus, dealt exclusively with what in his writings?

Romance and domestic situation

What do we call early theatre that took place in India?

Sanskrit Drama

In Italy, the increasing use of large scenic pieces led to the development of what?

Scene shift machinery

What did the four pillars in the auditorium of Indian drama indicate?

Seating assignments for the castes

Southeast Asian Shadow Plays were used to enact what?

Sections of great Hindu Epics

Who was the most notable tragic Roman playwright?

Seneca

Which belief systems or religions did early Japanese theatre draw its influence from?

Shinto & Buddhism

What is a lengthy speech in which a character, alone onstage, expresses their thoughts aloud?

Soliloquy

Where were nonreligious plays staged in Spain?

The Corrales

In southeast Asia, shadow plays utilized flat puppets to tell stories. Who manipulated the puppets?

The Dalang

What work describes the mythological origin of Indian Theatre?

The Natyasastra

In what language was vernacular drama written?

The common language of the day

Early theatre in China was linked to the patronage of what?

The imperial court

Christopher Marlowe was known for what?

The musicality of his Blank Verse

What was different about the Italians' genre of Commedia dell'arte?

There was no set text, actions and dialogue were invented as actors performed

Who is believed to be the first actor in theatre?

Thespis

How were French acting companies structured?

Through a sharing plan, which also allowed women to become shareholders

What are the three unities of Neoclassism?

Time, Place, Action

Greek drama originated out of the ____________________, a group of fifty men who sang and danced a hymn praising a specific Greek god.

dithyrambic chorus

n Spain, what did they adopt to continue to produce religious dramas throughout the golden age and beyond?

techniques of medieval religious drama

True or False: Public theatres in Elizabethan England were outdoor spaces in which circulating vendors sold wine, beer, ale, nuts, and even playing cards.

true

The French were probably the first Europeans (after the Romans) to do what?

Construct permanent theatre buildings

How many plays remain from the Indian Golden Age?

Between 50-60

What subject matter did Cycle plays cover?

Biblical events

What is a line of poetry or prose in unrhymed iambic pentameter called?

Blank Verse

Roman acting technique emphasized detailed pantomime and what?

Broad physical gestures

Which type of Japanese theatre utilized puppets, each operated by 3 people?

Bunraku

In Noh theatre, what is the stage proper called?

Butai

What is a Spanish full-length secular play that usually deals with love and honor?

Comedias

Which of the following is NOT an instrument or musical ensemble used to accompany a form of Asian Theatre?

Hanamichi

In Noh theatre, what is the bridge that leads from the dressing room to the stage called?

Hashigakari

As Italian theatrical scenery advanced, it moved away from a Formal/Architectural look into a more ______________ look.

Representational