Theatre History

2. Speech by actor alone on stage to express their thoughts and feelings.
3. Plays concerning biblical history.
6. Young lover, stock character in Italian theatre.
9. Concerned the lives of the Saints.
10. Backstage enclosed area behind the renaissance stage.
11. Balcony over the stage in renaissance theatre.
12. Plays concerning the last days of Christ.
14. (Zanni) Crazy, tricky stock character in Italian theatre.
16. Religious plays teaching right and wrong.
17. Where penny paying audience stood on the ground for renaissance performances.
19. Older father, stock character in Italian theatre.
20. Roman playwright who developed Closet Drama.
21. Play space set up in the church nave.

1. More costly seating for audience members during renaissance performances.
2. Cruel, clever, mustached stock villian in Italian theatre.
4. Short morality plays including humorous characters and situations.
5. Old lawyer or Doctor, stock character in Italian theatre.
7. Audience members who stood in the pit during renaissance performances.
8. Clever, flirty, high spirited female stock character in Italian theatre.
12. Huge mobile wagon/stages for medieval plays.
13. Early church drama usually connected to Easter.
15. Boastful braggart, stock character in Italian theatre.
18. Italian plays of the renaissance using stock characters and improvisational scenarios.