History of Theatre Review Crossword

Japanese "singing, dancing, and acting" type of theatre
During the Italian Renaissance, this type of theatre was the most prevalent; travelling companies of professional actors toured the countryside, performing in towns and villages across Italy.
This is where the "groundlings" viewed the plays in Elizabethan theatres.
___________________ plays were based on stories from the Bible in Medieval times.
___________ is credited with being the first actor in Ancient Greek theatre.
The god whose worship by the Ancient Greeks was the beginning of Western theatre.
In Medieval theatre, plays based on the last week of Christ's life were called ____________ plays.
The 12 men who led the worship in Ancient Greece by singing hymns and dancing.
This queen was a patron of William Shakespeare, and her name is associated with a Renaissance period of theatre history.
This Elizabethan playwright wrote "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus."
This famous Greek playwright wrote the tragedy "Oedipus Rex" (Oedipus the King).
Means "seeing place" for the Ancient Greeks.
Means "dancing place" for the ancient Greeks.
This was a wood or stone building in which the Ancient Greek actors would change masks or costumes and on which a background might be painted.
The Greek word for "goat," which would be sacrificed before a worship service and which gave its name to a type of serious drama.
This festival was held in the spring in honor of the god of wine and fertility.
Because there were no electric lights, all Ancient Greek theatre was held during the _________.
In Ancient Greek theatre, tragedy masks were beautiful, but comedy masks were ___________.
Three types of Ancient Greek theatre were tragedy, comedy, and ________ plays.
This was a crane that the Ancient Greeks used to lower an actor playing one of the Olympian gods from "heaven" to "earth."
These were triangular prisms that allowed the Ancient Greeks to make 3 different background scenes.
This Restoration playwright wrote "The Way of the World."
One of the first female actresses, and a mistress to King Charles II.
This French Neoclassical playwright who wrote "Tartuffe" was born Jean Baptiste Poquelin, but is better know as _______________.
This French Cardinal was responsible for maintaining the purity of French language and literature and "policing" French drama.