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who wrote king oedipus

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Sophocles

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which of the following is noted for his sympathetic portrayal of female characters

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Euripides

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Who wrote old comedy, which made fun of social, political, or cultural conditions?

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Aristophanes

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Which of the following added a third actor to the play

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Sophocles

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Whose tragedies where similar to those of the greeks, except that they were considerably more violent

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Seneca

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Although________ used a chorus in his plays, it did not play an integral part.

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Seneca

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Who often wrote plays in which supernatural beings appeared in the dramatic action

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seneca

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A______ uses religious characters and religious themes to teach a lesson

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Morality

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Which of the following is not one of the basic characters of no drama?

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rasa

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Indonesian shadow plays are often referred to as

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wayang

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Kabuki theatre was originated by

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shinto prestis

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the theatrical troupe I Gelosi, led by isbella and francesco andreini, was renowned in renaissance italy for what type of theatrical performance.

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Media dell arte

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Which of the following was not an audience space in elizabethan public theatre

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tiring house

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full length secular plays during the spanish golden age were known as

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comedies

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of the following, which did not include women in thir ranks

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elizebithian

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which of the following is not a component of commedia dell'arte

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scanea

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which of the following statements about elizabethan private theater is true

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open to general public

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Best known neoclassical tragedy is

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phaedra by raeim

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the type of theatre space preferred during the restoration was the

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precenium

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charles maclin and david garrick both rebelled against the

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bombastic conventionalized style of acting

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Which of the following was not an innovation in nineteenth century theatre architecture

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the pole and chariet system

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carlo goldoni is noted for his work as a

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playwright

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david garrick is noted for his work as

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designer

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bibiena family noted for

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designers

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william wycherley

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playwright

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william charles macready

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actor

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theatrical movement bombards viewers

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theater cruelty

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attempting to present the mystery of begging and the infinite qualities of the human spirit is a feature of which theatrical movement

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symbolism

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antoni artaud

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theater cruelty

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agiprop, short for agitation propaganda applied to plays that

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have a strong political or social agenda

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postmodernist directors noted for

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textual deconstruction

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not contemporary african playwright

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augusto boal

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when contemporary theatre for has antecedents in the avant-gard experiments of the twentieth century, such as dada, surrealism, and happenings

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performance art

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wooster group associated with which contemporary theater form

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post modernist theater

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which of the following began as a way to circumvent english censorship laws in order to present more experimental works

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friage

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which reduces the size of chorus to twelve

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aeschylus

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who is considered the most modern

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uripides

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considered the first important greek dramatist

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aeschylus

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wrote menaechmi

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clautus

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style more literary and less exaggerated than other roman comic playwrights

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tarence

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believed that drama should instruct and entertain

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horace

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dramatizes a series of biblical events

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mystery play

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which two forms asian theatre have narrow bridges

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no and kabuki

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sudtradhara was ____ in early sanskrit troupes

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actor and manager

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zeami motokiyo was most important in the history of

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No

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shadow puppets made of

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leather

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scene shifting method of changing wings and black shutters

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pole and chariot

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oldest surviving theatre

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teatro olimpico

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most accurately defines unities

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neoclassic playwright formulated by critics

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not part of spanish corral

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amphatheater

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ornate, mythological allegories intended to praise the monarch

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masques

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elizabethan theatre

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thrust

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english renaissance theatre and renaissance spain

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continue to include religous themes

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type of play pokes fun

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comedy of manners

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dramatic form emphasizes suspense and excitement and is primarily escapist in form known as

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melodrama

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well made play, obligatory scene is the scend

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opposed characters confront each other in showdown

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george 2nd noted for work

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director

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Eleonora duse

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actress

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edin booth

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actor

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richard wagner

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director

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aphra behn

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playwright

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theatrical movement makes audience aware of watching

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theatricalism

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Bertolt brecht associated which theatrical movement

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Epic

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Vsevolod meyerhold

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theatricalism

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dramatic action through eye of protagonist

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expressionism

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boys in band

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gay men

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not main branch of modern japanese theatre

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kathakali

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mixes abstraction with realism

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post modern

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contemporary theatre form sometimes involves director deconstructing

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post modern

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non text based theatre closely associated with contemporary

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post modern

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