Theater Flashcards
1
Q
Thespias first winner of drama contest
A
Greek
2
Q
Open air theaters
A
Greek
3
Q
Performances lasted all day only done once
A
Greek
4
Q
Same settings for all plays
A
Roman
5
Q
City streets as backdrops
A
Roman
6
Q
Seneca playerwrite
A
Roman
7
Q
Church influential
A
Middle Ages
8
Q
Communicate morality
A
Middle Ages
9
Q
Bible stories
A
Middle Ages
10
Q
Renaissance
A
Italian
11
Q
First comedy
A
LaCassaria Italian
12
Q
Zeami
A
Playwright eastern
13
Q
kabuki
A
Puppet theater eastern
14
Q
Church said theater was evil
A
Elizabethan
15
Q
Globe theater
A
Elizabethan
16
Q
Open roof theater
A
Elizabethan
17
Q
Shakespeare
A
38 plays Elizabethan
18
Q
Actors moved from setting to setting
Sliding backdrop system
A
17th century
19
Q
Moliere playwright
A
17th century
20
Q
Industrial revolution
A
19th century
21
Q
Large urban audience
A
19th century
22
Q
Unified stage pictures
A
19th century
23
Q
Realism
A
Modern
24
Q
Henrik Ibsen
A
Modern
25
British influence
Early US
26
Walnut theater
Philadelphia early US
27
NYC growth
Early US
28
20th century
Musical theater in U.S.
29
Irving Berlin George Gershwin playwrights
Musical
30
Oklahoma!
Musical
31
Plays to honor Dionysius
Greek
