- The oldest major theater form still performed regularly is the no drama. In which country did no plays originate and develop?
- A. Peru
- B. Japan
- C. Singapore
- Commedia dell'arte was the only type of theater in Europe to use natural speech patterns and depict everyday life between 1550 and 1750. True or false: It was developed primarily in Italy.
- Germany had a great impact on twentieth-century theater. Match the following Germans with their most significant positions.
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A. Bertolt Brecht 1. Producer B. Max Reinhardt 2. Composer C. Kurt Weill 3. Dramatist
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- August Strindberg is considered Sweden's greatest playwright. True or false: His most famous play is A Doll's House.
- In which country is the Shakespearean Stratford Festival Theatre located?
- A. Jamaica
- B. Canada
- C. South Africa
- D. Australia
- The Frenchman considered by many to be "the greatest comic playwright" in Western Europe is:
- A. Jean Racine
- B. Marcel Marceau
- C. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molière
- True or false: Although the roots of musical theater can be traced to European operettas, it developed into its current form in the USA.
- True or false: During the Golden Age of Spanish Drama (1580-1680), Lope Félix de Vega Carpio was considered a more important playwright than Miguel de Cervantes.
- Adolphe Appia is considered one of the founders of modern experimental theater. In which country was he born?
- A. Switzerland
- B. Dominican Republic
- C. The Netherlands
- "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." This observation came from which Shakespearean play?
- A. Hamlet
- B. As You Like It
- C. Much Ado About Nothing
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- B
- True
- A,3; B,1; C,2
- False. A Doll's House is a play by Henrik Ibsen. Strindberg's most famous play is Miss Julie.
- B. Ontario, to be precise.
- C. Jean Racine was a dramatist, well-known for his tragedies, and Marcel Marceau is a mime.
- True. Musical theater's American roots go back to minstrel shows and vaudeville.
- True. Cervantes is best remembered for his prose masterpiece, Don Quixote. Vega Carpio was a more prolific and important playwright.
- A
- B. As You Like It, Act II, Scene VII.
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