Theatre History

3. Many theatrical traditions have included this face covering
7. the period of British theatre history when women were first allowed on the stage
10. A series of short skits, songs, and various acts performed with no structure
11. Most famous "Morality Play"
14. First female playwright
18. In this play, a man watches as everyone in the world around him is slowly transforming into rhinoceroses
21. comic servant
22. Like modern Soap Operas, a play with clear heroes and villains
23. Pioneered methods of acting we still use today!
24. Theatre can be traced back to festivals honoring this god of PARTIES!

1. The first Medieval plays were performed in this language
2. He killed his father, married his mother, and ripped his eyes out
4. Commedia Dell'Arte can be compared to this modern TV genre
5. A comic servant
6. Beckett said that the only thing he could be certain of is that Vladimir and Estragon were wearing THIS kind of hat
7. a play in this style angered audiences so much they rioted for 55 nights!
8. Designer who brought Italian techniques to England
9. Creator of the "scientific" acting style
12. One of the most famous Morality Plays
13. Aristotle's sixth element of Drama
15. The first musical where the songs were written alongside the plot in 1943
16. Most enduring Renaissance playwright
17. plays in this style could be called "a slice of life"
19. Type of dialogue used to describe the setting when there weren't many sets or props
20. The purging of emotions through dramatic art