Exam 12: Theatre Around the World

What is modern African theatre that combines traditional African ritual and Western-style drama called?

What is Bunraku?

Which type of early African theatre uses acting,music,storytelling,poetry,dance,costumes,and lots of masks to create a theatre that combined ritual and ceremony with drama?

____________________ by Kalidasa is one of the most revered and important Sanskrit plays.

In __________,the storytelling theatre Halqa,meaning "circle," is named for the performance space.

African theatre is usually divided into three periods.Which of these periods is the oldest?

Many scholars agree that theatre grew out of...

Who was Chikamatsu Monzaemon?

Which book is often considered to be the most valuable historical record of Indian theatre?

Of the three periods of African theatre which is sometimes called total theatre?

_____ is a technique used by everyone from Shakespeare to African storytellers in which audiences are invited to "see" the story with their mind's eye.