English Renaissance

Under Queen Elizabeth:

• there was a playwright's strike

• permanent theatres were built

• were a bunch of people wanting to take the throne

• the bill of rights was developed

Roughly, what shape were the theatres?

• Round

• Trapazoid

• They were in rough shape

• Rectangular

Before the English Renaissance, theatre was kept alive:

• by carving the stories into wood

• by church scholars

• with intravenous fluids

• by roving bands of actors

What did they call the people who stood to watch the show?

• Groundlings

• Spectators

• Conglomerates

• Cohorts

For what two reasons did the theatres sometime close?

• Tax season

• The Plague and Immorality

• Tsunamis

• Monsoon season

What happened in the "tiring house"?

• Rehearsals

• Choreography

• Recitals

• Actors changed costumes

Women could act in Elizabethan England.

• True

• False

The 3 most important playwrights were:

• Johnson, Marlowe, Shakespeare

• Tenessee Williams, William Inge, Eugene O'Neal

• Matthew, Mark, Paul

• Molier, Rossini, Mozart

Who was a master at comedy and the most influential?

• Lord Byron

• Steven A. Smith

• Adam Sandler

• Ben Johnson

Who wrote "Dr. Faustus"?

• Frank Faust

• Lord Byron

• Christopher Marlowe

• Mary Shelly