History of Theatre

2. What were the people in standing room called?
5. After the Renaissance, theatre turned to what movement?
9. Who was the group of Greek actors who commented on a play's action?
15. What type of stage did the Greeks perform on?
16. What quintessential character of Comedia Dell'arte wears a diamond pattern?
19. What Roman playwright, along with Plautus, is famous for adapting Greek plays?
20. Who is the most famous English playwright?
21. Contrary to its name, what theatre movement has already ended?
24. Passion plays were about what man?

1. Who wrote "Death of a Salesman" and "The Crucible"?
3. Who produced mystery plays, possibly lending their name?
4. In ____-modern theatre, plays can end differently each night.
6. Shakespeare also wrote which type of poem?
7. What type of play was banned by Henry VIII?
8. Who wrote "Oedipus Rex"?
9. Artaud attacked audiences with his Theatre of ____
10. How many Greek masks survive?
11. What type of wagon did some Medieval plays take place on?
12. In a Beckett play, characters do what for the title character who never comes?
13. What is the most famous morality play?
14. What Greek god had the first Greek plays dedicated to him?
17. The Theatre of the ____ pushes theatre to is extremes and some say is more scary than funny.
18. Which country was home to playwrights like Hardy?
20. What type of characters were used in Comedia Dell'arte?
22. What character of "A Doll's House" literally slams the door on her past life of being downtrodden?
23. A Streetcar Named ____