Renaissance Theater and Shakespeare

The Renaissance started in

• Italy

• England

• America

• France

The Italians introduced

• Perspective

• Shifting Stage Scenery

• Rigging

• All of These

Commedia Dell'arte means

• Comedy of Art

• Comedy of People

• Comedy of Players

• Comedy of the Renaissance

Italian Renaissance Stock Characters included

• Masters

• Lovers

• Servants

• All of These

We get what kind of modern comedy from Commedia Dell'arte?

• Slap-Stick Comedy

• Dark Comedy

• High Comedy

• Simple Comedy

In England, the crack down on theater pushed actors to

• Go into hiding

• Professionalize

• Move out of the cities

• Take on new careers

Theaters could not be built in the city of London because

• There wasn't any more room for new buildings

• Theater was looked down upon by society

• The Queen hated theater

• Of the Plague

What was the first important English playhouse?

• The Red Lion

• The Theater

• The Globe

• The Fox

When The Theater was moved across the river, it was renamed

• The Grand Theater

• The Red Lion

• The Globe

• The Fox

In England, _______________ weren't allowed on stage.

• Children

• Women

• Animals

• Fires