Theater: The Rebirth and the Romantic Flashcards

1
Q

Also known as the
“comedy of the
profession”

A

Commedia dell’arte

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2
Q

He is known for his
Love’s Metamorphosis

A

John Lyly (1553-1606)

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3
Q

He is the author of the
Spanish Tragedy

A

Thomas Kyd (1558-1594)

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4
Q

He wrote Friar Bacon
and Friar Bungay

A

Robert Greene (1558-1592)

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5
Q

He is known for the play
Doctor Faustus

A

Christopher Marlowe

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6
Q

He is an actor and a
poet, also he became
the most popular
playwright in English
Renaissance Theater

A

William Shakespear (1564-
1616)

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7
Q

A character talks to
himself or herself and
other characters do not
hear this

A

Soliloquy

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8
Q

Some characters would
deliberately or
accidentally overhear
other characters

A

Eavesdropping

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9
Q

Slow couple dance

A

Pavane

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10
Q

Ballet-like

A

Volt

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11
Q

It is the most popular
form of Romantic play

A

Melodrama

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12
Q

what is the meaning of the greek word melos and drame?

A

music and drama

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13
Q

what is the popular makeup during
Elizabethan period

A

lead paint

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14
Q

First direction

A

focused on past

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15
Q

Second direction

A

focused on Elizabethan
scenarios and words

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16
Q

elizabethan era is also known as?

A

the English
History’s golden age.

17
Q

what year did queen elizabeth I ruled

A

1558-1603

18
Q

Upper class

A

stylized
speech (verse)

19
Q

Lower class

A

colloquial(prose)

20
Q

Actors were more_____and costumes used to______the
status of the character
in the society

A

ornate and denote