Chapter 1 - Background Info/Elements Of Drama

Question 1

In 1599, Shakespeare purchased an interest in the _______ theatre.

Answer 1

Globe

Question 2

Where is/was the Globe theatre?

Answer 2

London, England

Question 3

How many sides did the Globe have?

Answer 3

8

Question 4

How many stories high was the Globe?

Answer 4

3

Question 5

What was the cost to enter the Glibe Theatre for a performance?

Answer 5

4cents

Question 6

What did the groundlings pay to see a performance?

Answer 6

1cent

Question 7

What were the three types of dramas Shakespeare wrote?

Answer 7

Comedy
Tragedy
History

Question 8

What did the Globe use for light?

Answer 8

Sunlight

Question 9

Who got the cheap seats down in the front?

Answer 9

Groundlings

Question 10

Stage -> where acting occurs

Answer 10

Platform

Question 11

Roof over platform

Answer 11

Canopy

Question 12

Canopy -> scenery and sound effects are kept here

Answer 12

Heaven

Question 13

Under stage; actors lowered here when they died in a scene

Answer 13

Hell

Question 14

Groundlings; no seats; exposed to all weather conditions

Answer 14

Yard

Question 15

Upper levels; more expensive seats

Answer 15

Galleries

Question 16

Describe the scenery of the Globe stage.

Answer 16

Very little money spent on props

Question 17

On what was the money most spent?

Answer 17

Costumes

Question 18

Jealousy

Answer 18

Yellow

Question 19

Honor

Answer 19

Blue

Question 20

Bravery

Answer 20

Red

Question 21

Who was the most popular actor of the time

Answer 21

Richard Burbage

Question 22

What skills did an actor need?

Answer 22

Dance
Fence
Act
Sing
Project voice
Play instruments
Acrobatics 
Be a male

Question 23

Short segments; lower case Roman numerals

Answer 23

Scenes

Question 24

Longer segments of many scenes; capabilities Roman numerals

Answer 24

Acts

Question 25

Author of the play

Answer 25

Playwright

Question 26

Freedom of the playwright to adapt factual material for dramatic effect.

Answer 26

Dramatic effect

Question 27

Breaks in drama or tenseness in humor

Answer 27

Comic relief

Question 28

Conversation between 2 or more characters

Answer 28

Dialogue

Question 29

One character delivers a speech

Answer 29

Monologue

Question 30

A character is alone or spotlighted on stage and think aloud

Answer 30

Soliloquy

Question 31

Character addresses audience, not the others on stage

Answer 31

Aside

Question 32

What are stage directions written for ?

Answer 32

Actor and reader

Question 33

Tells the actor how to deliver lines and what to do

Answer 33

Stage directions

Question 34

They help the setting, movement, and expressions.

Answer 34

Stage directions

Question 35

Shakespeare was known as the _________ of the Elizabethan stage.

Answer 35

Wonder