A little Theatrical History

Introduction

 

This is a short look back at the history of Theatre

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Task

You have been given several websites to visit in order to glean information about the history of theatre.

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You have been given a page of questions to find answers 

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Answer them and turn them in! 

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Process

Evaluation

History of Theatre Web quest Questions

Answer your question through Google Classroom.

 

GREEK THEATRE

1.    When did Greek Theatre begin?

 

 2.   Which god was honored during the festival?

 

3.    Where was the festival held?

 

4.    Who was the first actor?

 

5.   Who were three of the most prominent playwrights?

 

6.    What is the comedy Lysistrata about?

 

7.   What is a skene?

 

8.   What is the orchestra?

 

9.   Here did the Greeks build their theatres?

 

 

Medieval Theatre- Drama in the Church

 

1.    What is a mansion?

2.   In what language was drama in the church presented prior to 1350? After 1350? Why?

 

3.    Who were the actors?

 

4.    Do you think has something to do with the shift in language?

 

 

Elizabethan Theatre

 

1.    What sty;es of plays were merged in Elizabethan theatre?

 

2.   Where were the plays performed?

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3.    Who built the first theatre?

4.    When?

5.   Where?

 

6.    What is “The Curtain”?

 

7.   IN what year were theatre’s forced to shut down? Why?

 

8.   What happened in 1594?

 

9.   Where were the theatres located? Why?

 

10.                Who was a famous playwright from this time?

 

11.     What happened to The Globe in 1613?

 

 

Modern 20th c. Theatre

 

1.    What form of theatre was considered mainstream?

 

2.   In the 1920s on average, how many plays were produced in a single season/ year?

 

3.    What is The Theatre Guild?

 

4.    When was it formed and for what purpose?

 

5.   Who was the most significant playwright?

 

6.    How many of his plays appeared in the 1924-25 season?

 

7.   Who is Robert Edmond Jones and Lee Simonson?

 

8.   What did they advocate?

 

9.   How was it different from what was commonly accepted?

 

10.                What other types of play developed more fully during this time?

 

11. What is an example of one?

 

12. What happened in 1926?

 

13. What did they hope to accomplish?

Conclusion

Now you know a little about the history of drama and theatre.

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