Exam 1

Question 0

Roman

Answer 0

200bc-400ad

Violent!

Question 1

Greek

Answer 1

Dythiramb
Later structured
900bc-200bc

Question 2

Dark Ages

Answer 2

No theatre

400-900

Question 3

Medieval

Answer 3

Religion

900-1400

Question 4

Renaissance

Answer 4

1400-1600
Shakespeare - England
Elizabethan

Question 5

Cromwell

Answer 5

Outlaw theatre

1642-1660

Question 6

Restoration

Answer 6

1660-1780

Women 1660

Question 7

Romanticism

Answer 7

Feelings

1780-1840

Question 8

Melodrama

Answer 8

1840-1870

Question 9

Modern

Answer 9

1. Realism
2. Expressionism
3. Surrealism
   1870’s - 1960’s

Question 10

Post-Modern

Answer 10

1970 - Today

Question 11

What’s the name of Aristotles essay about theatre?

Answer 11

The Poetics

Question 12

What did Aristotle mean by “pity” an “fear”?

Answer 12

He believed people putties the hero and fear for themselves.

Question 13

Catharsis?

Answer 13

To purge of emotion

Question 14

What are the 3 Unities?

Answer 14

A) time: 24hrs
B) place: one location
C) action: one story

Question 15

Was the Greek theatre religious?

Answer 15

Yes, dianisus

Question 16

Where did theatre as we know it begin?

Answer 16

Greece

Question 17

Does violence happen on/off stage in Greek theatre?

Answer 17

Off

Question 18

How is Greek theatre different than roman theatre?

Answer 18

Romans invited violence

Question 19

Greek playwrights

Answer 19

• Sophocles
• Aeschylus
• Euripides
• Aristophanes

Question 20

What’s the chorus?

Answer 20

Dancing/chanting

Question 21

Why did theatre stop in the Dark ages?

Answer 21

400ad
The church banned it
Religious reasons

Question 22

Why was theatre brought back in medieval times?

Answer 22

Religious reasons

Question 23

What’re were passion plays?

Answer 23

Plays about the crucifixion of Christ

Question 24

What are morality plays?

Answer 24

Plays bout religious concepts

Question 25

What are pageant wagons?

Answer 25

Wagons with stages on top

Rolling stages

Question 26

What is the theme of medieval plays?

Answer 26

Religion

Question 27

What is the name if the theatre at the end if the renaissance in England?

Answer 27

Elizabethan, globe theatre

Question 28

When was Shakespeare writing?

Answer 28

Late 1500’s to early 1600’s

Question 29

What would you experience if you went to Shakespeare’s theatre?

Answer 29

No women

Question 30

Were theatres inside or outside if city limits?

Answer 30

Outside

Question 31

One characteristics of neoclassical writing style

Answer 31

It went back to Aristotles idea

Question 32

Was Cromwell a theatre supporter?

Answer 32

No

Question 33

Restoration playwrights

Answer 33

• moliere
• Wycherley
• Dryden
• Congreve

Question 34

What was is like to attend restoration theatre?

Answer 34

Flirting, fashion, social event, women allowed to act

Question 35

When did women first appear on stage?

Answer 35

1660

Question 36

Characteristics of romanticism

Answer 36

Love

Patriotism

Question 37

Characteristics of melodrama

Answer 37

Action
Adventure
Good vs evil

Question 38

Characteristics of realism

Answer 38

Real

True to life

Question 39

What is a box set?

Answer 39

Walls

Question 40

Characteristics of post modern

Answer 40

Technology
Social
Break 4th wall

Question 41

Name/describe the 3 levels of comedy

Answer 41

High - verbal, witty
Low - physical humor
Domestic - silly situations

Question 42

What is the 4th wall?

Answer 42

The imaginary wall