Medieval and Italian Renaissance
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- 2. Which character carried around a wooden stick in Commedia Dell'Arte?
- 9. The name for a solo song in an opera
- 10. Which commedia character is a cowardly, boastful soldier?
- 11. The characters in Commedia were known as ____________ characters
- 12. Medieval plays performed outside during the spring and summer time - amateur actors were involved
- 13. Commedia dell Arte performances were ________________ scenarios written by the company
- 14. What does the character "Everyman" in the play Everyman represent?
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- 1. Medieval plays that attempt to teach a moral lesson and use symbolic characters
- 3. The type of dramas that depicted biblical events in medieval times
- 4. The term for everyday speech
- 5. The type of theatre from the Italian Renaissance in which the dialogue was entirely sung.
- 6. Which composer made comic opera popular?
- 7. The feast that cycle plays were most frequently performed at
- 8. In the play Everyman, which character is the only one that he can take with him when he dies?