This is the period of theatre history when Puritans' restrictions on theatre were ended. The most popular form of theatre was comedy of manners. Women were finally accepted as actors and playwrights.

Ibsen, Wilde, Shaw, Chekhov wrote in this theatrical style

This feature of the typical Greek theatre space means "dancing place".

'Sturm und Drang' (meaning storm and stress) is a style of play from which movement?

In this 1927 musical, black and white actors performed on the same Broadway stage for the first time.

This historical theatrical period signified a new major shift in thinking glorified humans’ power to reason and analyze. Revolutionary playwrights included Diderot, Lessing, Beaumarchais, and Voltaire.

Ionesco, Beckett, Sartre, Pinter wrote in this theatrical style

This playwright wrote the Oedipus Trilogy and is referred to as the "wise and honored one".

Miracle, mystery, and morality plays were popular during which historical period?

Often regarded as the first modern American musical, this production "accidentally" combined melodrama with music and dance when a group of stranded Parisian ballet dancers were added to the show.

Theatre grew out of religious rituals celebrating the god Dionysus. Performed comedies and tragedies in enormous outdoor theatres.

Sondheim, Hammerstein, Gershwin are known in this genre

This group of thinkers were obsessed with ancient greek ideas about drama, education and literature.

This 1898 musical was the first full-length musical comedy conceived, written, produced, and performed by African Americans in New York. It used minstrel stereotypes to spoof another popular musical comedy, challenged racist policies of the day, and played to both blacks and whites. Bob Cole was one of the composers.

Medieval Plays about the lives of saints were called this

During this period, the Roman Catholic Church virtually ended theatre by threatening excommunication and depriving the rights of those who participated.

David Mamet, Caryl Churchill, August Wilson, Suzan Lori-Parks, and Sarah Ruhl are playwrights from which theatrical era?

This is the ritual hymn sung to Dionysus that the theatre grew out of

This extreme form of realism was also known as "photographic" realism, "slice of life" theatre, and "sordid realism." It exposed the squalid living conditions of the urban poor and explored scandalous topics such as poverty, venereal disease, and prostitution.

Kabuki, Noh and Bukraku are all theatre forms from this country.

This theatrical period & location appropriated some of the ways of Greek theatre but became less associated with religion and more about amusement. One of the most popular forms of theatre was mime. Circus Maximus was an entertainment venue

Shakespeare, Moliere, and Johnson are playwrights from this time period

Catharsis is a desired reaction for an audience - a mix of these two emotions

These three philosophers/great thinkers influenced the theatrical style known as realism

The ekkyklema, mechane, and periakto are all examples of this.