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WorksheetsTheatre History Timeline
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Primitive Theater
8500BC
8500AD
1200BC
325BC
Egyptian Festival Play
8500BC
1200BC
3100BC
325AD
Origins of Greek Theater
600BC
500AD
245BC
8500BC
Thespis 1st actor & inventor of tragedy
200AD
600BC
1200AD
534BC
Aristotle's Poetics set the standard for tragedy
335AD
335BC
534BC
534AD
Roman Colosseum & Mime Emerges
856BC
80BC
80AD
765AD
Actors are Excommunicated from the Church
197AD
197BC
900AD
1298AD
Origins of Medieval Theater
900BC
925AD
1010AD
1500AD
COMMEDIA DEL ARTE' ITALIAN IMPROV
1735AD
1200AD
1325AD
1500AD
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE BIRTH
1564AD
1678AD
1998AD
1234AD
SHAKESPEARE WROTE ROMEO & JULIET
1564AD
1595AD
1667AD
1324AD
GLOBE THEATER OPENS
1599AD
1534AD
1600AD
1775AD
BLACK PLAGUE - THEATERS CLOSED IN ENGLAND
1589AD
1642AD
1767AD
1324AD
LONDON THEATER REOPENS/FEMALE ACTORS ALLOWED
1455AD
1660AD
1788AD
1324AD
1ST AMERICAN THEATER BUILT IN WILLIAMSBURG, VA
1141AD
1516AD
1716AD
1617AD
1ST NY THEATER OPENS
1750AD
1700AD
1659AD
1980AD
EDWIN BOOTH - FAMOUS ACTOR - BROTHER TO JOHN WILKES BOOTH
1677AD
1864AD
1925AD
1545AD
1ST THEATER WITH ELECTRICITY
567AD
1950AD
1920AD
1881AD
TV INVENTED
1920AD
1940AD
1890AD
1876AD
1ST TONY AWARD
1947AD
1925AD
1890AD
1875AD
