Medieval Theatre and the Renaissance

Church services were held in Latin, and everyone could understand.

• True

• False

The church felt drama was barbaric and evil during the early medieval period.

• True

• False

A Renaissance Form of Theatre focused on simple characters with masks.

• Morality Plays

• Cycle Plays

• Commedia Dell'Arte

• Elizabethan Theatre

A medieval style of theatre that taught Morals and Lessons through a contemporary lens.

• Morality Plays

• Cycle Plays

• Commedia Dell'Arte

• Elizabethan Theatre

A Character that thinks they know everything, but really understands nothing.

• Harlequin

• The Doctor

• Magnifico

• Pantalone

An old, miserly character. Cares only about money.

• Harlequin

• The Doctor

• Magnifico

• Pantalone

The word for a low-class person who paid only a penny to see an Elizabethan Play.

• Penny Dreadfuls

• Groundlings

• Mud Toilers

• Elizabeth I

What does the French term, Renaissance, mean in English?

• Repeat

• Rebirth

• Revenue

• Reign

Where is Shakespeare from?

• Stratford-upon-Avon, England
• Stratford, Canada
• London, England
• Verona, Italy

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

Why is the roof of the Globe Theatre open?

• to provide light for the plays
• to air out the plague
• to clean out the theater after the messy guests
• for acoustics