Ch. 9 The History of the Drama
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Puritan Rebellion | Following the Elizabethan era, England plunged into the political upheaval which caused theater to be banned for eighteen years. This upheaval was called the |
| Restoration | What was the period of time when theater became legal again? |
| women were allowed to act | What major thing happened during the Restoration period? |
| elaborate scenery and mechanical equipment | What came into use during the Restoration period? |
| the stage | During the Restoration period which floor was raked, the stage or the house? |
| George Bernard Shaw | Who ranks as the greatest playwright next to Shakespeare? |
| No, Bunraku, and Kabuki | What are the three forms of Japanese Drama? |
| England | Theater in America has been strongly influenced by the dramatists and actors of |
| Williamsburg, Virginia. 1716 | Where and when was the first American theater built? |
| Edwin Booth | Who was one of the greatest romantic American actors? |
| John Wilkes Booth | What famous person is Edwin Booth related to? |
| Regional Theater | Theaters that present any type of play for as long as they wish and can repeat a play when and if they think it's wise. |
| Repertory Theater | Theaters that set up a definite number of productions, which they repeat at regular intervals or rotate as advertised at the beginning of each season |
| Arthur Miller | wrote Death of a Salesman and The Crucible |
| Thornton Wilder | Wrote the American play of all American plays, Our Town |
| Tennessee Williams | Wrote The Glass Menagerie, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Neil Simon | Wrote Barefoot in the Park and The Odd Couple |
| the earliest record of a theatrical performance came from where? | Egypt |
| Drama as we know it began where, as part of the worship of Dionysus? | Greece |
| the word tragedy came from what word? | tragos |
| who won the first dramatic contests? | Thespis |
| means actor | thespian |
| performances were first held in the open hillsides surrounding a circular area called? | orchestra |
| originally theater was only for this gender ____ till the fourth centry B.C. | males |
| this is where actors changed masks and costumes | skenes |
| this is a cranelike hoist that permitted the actors to look as if they are flying | machina |
| The main conflicts of the Greek tragedies evolved from the clash between what two things? | gods and men |
| the three greatest writers of Greek tragedy | Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. |
| the outstanding author of Greek comedy | Aristophanes |
| who's drama was a decadent imitation of Greek drama? | Roman |
| The centuries after the fall of Rome caused by the Germanic tribes in which not a single play was written was called the what? | Middle Ages |
| who actually killed their actors? | Romans |
| what type of fights did the Romans have? | gladiatorial |
| where were Roman plays/stages built? | the center of town |
| Roman theaters had a wall to shield the spectators from what? | blood and animals |
| Theater during the Middle Ages was kept alive how? | traveling singers, dancers, actors |
| the definition of 'Morality Play' | a play dealing with right and wrong, usually in the form of allegory |
| Dionysus | Drama in Greece began as a part of the worship of the god of wine and fertility. What is the name of that god? |
| lazzi | special humorous bits of stage business, usually set apart from the main action |
| Commedia dell'arte | professional improvised comedy |
| Shakespeare | the greatest dramatist of all time |
| the globe theater | the famous playhouse associated with Shakespeare |
| pit | The area surrounding the stage |
| groundlings | the playgoers who paid a modest fee to stand around the stage |
| Pantalone, Fontesca, Mak | stock commedia dell' arte characters |
| Shakespeare, Marlowe, Jonson | The three most influential playwrights of the Elizabethan era |
| the chorus | was an integral part of Greek theater whose responsibilities diminished over the years |
| Renaissance | historical period of "rebirth" beginning in Italy |
| 17,000 | over how many patrons did some of the early Greek theaters seat? |
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