Arts 9 - Western Classical Plays/Opera Part 1

Identify the theater period characterized by the statement below.

There were three types of play, in which tragedy was the most admired.

• Greek

• Medieval

• Renaissance

• Roman

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The usual themes were chariot races, gladiators, and public executions.

• Greek

• Medieval

• Renaissance

• Roman

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Theater performances were not allowed throughout Europe. Minstrels, though denounced by the Church, travelled from one town to another performing in markets, public places, and festivals.

• Greek

• Medieval

• Renaissance

• Roman

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Churches in Europe started staging their own theater performances during Easter Sundays with Biblical stories and events.

• Greek

• Medieval

• Renaissance

• Roman

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University Drama were formed to recreate Athenian tragedy.

• Greek

• Medieval

• Renaissance

• Roman

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Public theatre were developed like the Commedia dell'arte and the elaborate masques.

• Baroque

• Neoclassical

• Renaissance

• Romantic

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Ballet was first performed in public.

• Baroque

• Neoclassical

• Renaissance

• Romantic

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Marked by the use of technology in current broadways and commercial plays.

• Baroque

• Neoclassical

• Renaissance

• Romantic

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Theatre was characterized by its grandiosity; costumes and sceneries were highly elaborate.

• Baroque

• Neoclassical

• Renaissance

• Romantic

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Melodrama and operas became the most popular theatrical forms

• Baroque

• Neoclassical

• Renaissance

• Romantic