This style of theatre was practiced in India around the year 100 C.E.

This style of theatre was practiced in Japan beginning around the year 1600.

This style of theatre developed in China around the 1800s.

Beijing Opera is also known as

Zeami was a playwright who wrote over 100 plays for this style of theatre.

This style of theatre communicates meaning to the audience by using specific hand and body movements, kind of like sign language.

In Kabuki theatre the Onagata were

In this style of theatre, the script was seen as just an outline for the performance and it wasn't strictly followed or very important.

This style of theatre had a bare stage with four lacquered columns and an ornate roof, like a covered porch. These stages were often found in teahouses.

This style of theatre had 3 main character roles, called: the slite, the waki, and the tsure.

This type of theatre had plays that were spiritual in nature, having a main character that was either a ghost, demon, or obsessed human whose soul could not find rest.

In this style of Japanese theatre the actors created their characters facial features using highly stylized stage makeup.

In this style of Japanese theatre the actors created their characters by wearing hand-carved and hand-painted masks.

The goal of this style of theatre was to create an appropriate rasa, or mood.

In this style of theatre, the plays always end happily.

This style of theatre had a stage that included a hanamichi, or flower way. It was a walkway that connected the stage with the back of the auditorium.

This style of theatre has very ornate costumes that used color symbolically to indicate many facts about the characters.

This style of theatre had a raised stage of polished wood, with a walkway connecting the stage with the actor's dressing room.

The Little Clay Cart is an example of this style of theatre.

Only about 25 plays remain of this style of theatre and all are based on the Mahabharata or the Ramayana... 2 great epic writings, which are compounds of myth, history, and legend.

This style of Japanese theatre was often based on previously written Japanese plays of other styles.

This style of theatre came about after the celebration of the Emperor's 18th birthday party.

This style of theatre was very dancelike and had an orchestra on stage. Each line of dialogue had a movement or gesture, as well as music to enhance it's meaning.

The stage of this style of theatre had very little scenery and often had drummers on stage.