People to Know

Question 1

Duke of Saxe Meiningen

Answer 1

German; influenced today’s directors; “crowd scenes”

Question 2

Bruchet

Answer 2

French; first director, was with pageant wagons

Question 3

Davenant

Answer 3

English; kept theater alive through interregnum

Question 4

Lope de Vega

Answer 4

Spanish; “Two boards and a passion”

Question 5

Moliere

Answer 5

French; wrote farces; wrote ‘Imaginary Invalid’ and died onstage while acting in it

Question 6

Mme. Vestris

Answer 6

English; first female designer, created box set

Question 7

Bibiena Family

Answer 7

Italian; Renaissance Age designing family

Question 8

Hugo

Answer 8

British; leader of Romanticism; Hunchback of Notredam

Question 9

Irving

Answer 9

British; used front curtains

Question 10

Garrick

Answer 10

English; hid onstage lights from view of audience

Question 11

Stanslavski

Answer 11

Russian; tried to modernize acting using ‘The Method’; founded the Moscow Art Theater

Question 12

Beaumarchais

Answer 12

French; had first copyright law passed

Question 13

German; influenced today’s directors; “crowd scenes”

Answer 13

Duke of Saxe Meiningen

Question 14

French; first director, was with pageant wagons

Answer 14

Bruchet

Question 15

English; kept theater alive through interregnum

Answer 15

Davenant

Question 16

Spanish; “Two boards and a passion”

Answer 16

Lope de Vega

Question 17

French; wrote farces; wrote ‘Imaginary Invalid’ and died onstage while acting in it

Answer 17

Moliere

Question 18

English; first female designer, created box set

Answer 18

Mme. Vestris

Question 19

Italian; Renaissance Age designing family

Answer 19

Bibiena Family

Question 20

British; leader of Romanticism; Hunchback of Notredam

Answer 20

Hugo

Question 21

British; used front curtains

Answer 21

Irving

Question 22

English; hid onstage lights from view of audience

Answer 22

Garrick

Question 23

Russian; tried to modernize acting using ‘The Method’; founded the Moscow Art Theater

Answer 23

Stanslavski

Question 24

French; had first copyright law passed

Answer 24

Beaumarchais