WESTERN CLASSICAL PLAY

This the most admired type of play during ancient Greece.

• Tragedy

• Comedy

• Satyr play

A humorous tale about a strong woman who led a female coalition to end the war in Greece.

• Satyr

• Lysistrata

• Tragos

What kind of theater is this?

• Roman

• Medieval

• Greek

It is an Italian comedy and humorous theatrical presentation performed by professional players who traveled in toupes.

• Commedia dell'arte

• Elaborate masques

Most prominent supporters of the theatre during the renaissance period.

• Thomas Norton

• Thomas Sackville

• Queen Elizabeth

He was an English poet, playwright, and actor and regarded as the greatest writer and dramatist in the whole world.

• Thomas Sackville

• William Shakespeare

• Christopher Marlowe

An English playwright, the author of "The Spanish Tragedy, and one of the most important figures in the development of Elizabethan drama.

• Christopher Marlowe

• William Shakespeare

• Thomas Kyd

It was developed from Italy to France with the help of Cathrine de' Medici (Queen of France)

• Melodrama

• Opera

• Ballet

During this period, melodrama and operas became the most popular theatrical forms.

• Neoclassical

• Renaissance

• Romantic

He was considered one of the greatest and best-known French writers. His major works are Les Miserables and Les Contemplations

• Georges Bizet

• Victor Marie Hugo

• Jean Racine