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Chapter 7- The Royal Era Name: Tavia Gillespie

1. Who paid and basically ran the theatre troupes in this time period? _The kings and queens_____________________________________________________________________ 2. Who said the following quote? “The great test of all your plays is the judgment of the court” __Moliere________________________________________ 3. What was the new popular type of theatre in the Royal era called? _theatrical troupes_____________________________________________________________________ ____ 4. The play structure in this time period was based on what? __aristotle’s poetics views on theatre_____________________________________________________________________ ___ 5. What was missing from these Neoclassic plays that was present during the Elizabethan/Shakespearian period? _brawling, swashbuckling_______________________________________________________________ ___________ 6. What type of theatre space did the French use? ___________________________________ 7. Women finally make it to the stage; in what year? a. England _1660_________________________________ b. Spain __1540__________________________________ 8. What did the French convert to theatre spaces? ____________________________________ 9. Most famous French playwright; he wrote Tartuffe: _moliere____________________________________________________________________ _____ 10. What color was Moliere wearing when he died? Some actors are superstitious because of this: ___green___________________________________________________________________ _____ 11. Name the playwright of Phedre: __jean racine_______________________________________________ 12. Who banned theatre in 1642? __puritan________________________________________________ 13. Who is responsible for theatre’s revival in 1660? _charles ii__________________________________ 14. There were two companies commissioned by the king, what were the names of them? ___The King’s company____________________________________________________________________ ____ and

_The dukes company____________________________________________________________________ ______ 15. Supposedly Shakespeare was godfather to this man: _william davenant____________________________________________________________________ ______ 16.1st public performance where moveable scenery was used: _the seige of rhodes_____________________________________________________________________ _____ 17.1st production in which women performed on the English stage: ___the siege of rhodes_____________________________________________________________________ ___ 18. Who was in charge of the king’s company? __thomas killigrew____________________________________________________________________ _____ 19. Another theatre burnt down in 1672, Drury Lane was built in its place; what was the name of the before mentioned theatre? The theatre royal_______________________________________________ 20. There were two main types of theatre in the Restoration, what were they? __serious drama and restoration comedy _________________________________________________________________________ 21. Playwrights would transformed Shakespearean plays and give them happy endings; in what type of theatre would this happen? _serious drma____________________________________________ 22. Dealt with romance, adventure, infidelity: restoration comedy________________________________________ 23. Influenced by Moliere, a French dramatist; focuses on fashions and foibles of upper class: _comedy of manners____________________________________________________________________ ______ 24.1st significant British architect of the modern period: _Inigo jones_______________________________ 25. His most famous play Way of The World was a failure and caused him to stop writing for the stage: __William congreve____________________________________________________________________ 26.1st known woman playwright: _Aphra Behn_________________________________________________ 27. Did the Restoration audience interact with the actors? yes ______________________________...