The Stage and the School

Chapter 7: History of Drama

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1.

_______________ combines aspects of the five main types of Chinese drama.
2.

Restoration playhouses were built with _______________ stages, which sloped down toward the audience for a better view.
3.

William Shakespeare is most closely associated with the _______________ Theatre, which originally opened in London in 1599.
4.

An early form of stage used to perform Saint and Mystery plays in medieval churches is called a/an _______________.
5.

A/an _______________ is a type of outdoor arena developed by the Romans and still used today.
6.

Popular during the Renaissance, _______________ was an early form of improvisation.
7.

Lady _______________, along with William Butler Yeats, helped develop Irish drama.
8.

A form of medieval drama called the _______________ addresses the last week in the life of Christ.
9.

Elizabethan dramatists were concerned with the _______________, or personality traits associated with the elements air, water, earth, and fire.
10.

The _______________ family is legendary in the history of the American stage.
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