Chapter 7

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Historically, traditional drama began when?
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spoken drama was introduced into shamanistic rites
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Ancient Egypt's "Abydos Passion Play" and other texts of that time employed plot elements that indicate they derived from.
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ancient reenactments of the coming of spring and celebration of rebirth.
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two components of theatrical space rituals and stories use?
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stage (performance), and auditorium (seeing place).
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First written egyptian drama linked to death and rejuvenation
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abydos passion play
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Which greek authour wrote poetics?
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aristotle
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What style of greek drama presents contemporary issues affecting all athenians?
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Greek comedy
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Which style of theater was chanted or sung?
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geek tradgedy
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what is a greek parody or comic variation?
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satyr play
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Which type of theatre had open air structure below acropolis?
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Greek theatrons
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Romes greatest theatrical contribution?
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Architecture of theatre space
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Plautus, terence, seneca, albeit, and emperor nero are wrights from which country?
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Rome
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Dominant form of plays to romans?
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comedies
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who owned tragic closet drama with seneca that was read aloud and not performed?
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Romans
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The cristian church ended which empire that had freestanding structures?
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Roman empire
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eloborate roman 3 story wall?
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scaenae frons
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The "medieval era" describes the period of history?
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between the fall of Rome and the coming of the Renaissance.
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Primary forms of theatre in middle ages?
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Pageant plays and morality plays.
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church sponsored dramatizations and depictions of creation that were in playlets?
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quem quertis
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Which era had normal people in plays, began in churches, and had mansions and shifted to market places plays?
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middle age Medieval dramas
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what type of play emerged from sermons, focused on archetypal humans and ends in lesson with doctor?
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Morality play
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Every man is what type of play.
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Morality play
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Where did renaissance begin?
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italy
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What are learned commedies?
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commedia erudita
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Where did renaissance bring forth best masterpieces in shakespeare?
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England
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What type of theatre is globe theatre?
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Thrust
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Where is shakespeares company and globe theatre located?
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london
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Who created commedia erudita?
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machivelli
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What type of theatre is imporvised around a scenario with no surviving scrips and used stock characters?
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Commedia dellarte
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Which Renaissance-era theatre building was restored in 1997 as a functioning performing space?
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The globe
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Plays of the "royal" era are characterized by?
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rational sensibilities and emperical sceince.
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Rennaissance gave way to which period?
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Enlightenment
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Greatest playwright of the royal era?
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Moliere
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What theatre celebrated florid expressiveness and believed in flora spirit over social class?
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Romantic theatre
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Compassionate writers, wolfgang, goethe, and von schiller were what kind of playwrights?
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Romantiscists
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Which type of theatre is rythymic, based in mythology and uses visual elements and melodic language?
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Asian theatre
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Who is the authour of naytyasatra?
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bharata muni
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Which indian theatre was performed on sacred ground by priests and was aimed to educate?
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Sanskrit theatre
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what ended sanskrit theatre?
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muslim rule
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Which drama, whose name means "story play", originated in rural villages in the province of Kerala ?
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Kathakali
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Oldest continous theatre performed in the world with supernatural and tight choreography?
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Japanese Noh theatre
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What does xiqu mean?
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Tuneful theatre
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The word, "Kabuki" derrives from?
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derives from kabuku, meaning "askew", and refers to a style of behavior that might today be called "hip" or "punk"
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What theatre replaces noh and is less formal, has vendettas and is appeling with all male ensemble?
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Kabuki
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What is the hard style of kabuki?
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Arogato the thundering
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The genre of sanskrit that is based off the stories of kings and sages?
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nataka
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Which country is the home of the oldest continuous theatre tradition?
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China