Theatre History
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Updated: 14 Oct 2017
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Created byElisabeth Grossman
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Religious drama banned in all of Europe except SpainChinese print pressGutenberg Printing PressRenaissance leads to writing plays in classical styleHotel de BourgogneSofonisba written (first Renaissance tragedy)La Cassaria written (first Renaissance comedy)NeoclassismChorus replaced by professional actorsAlexander becomes king of MacedoniaNew Comedy introducedPermanent stone theatre builtEnd of Greek democracyDialogue introduced to Greek dramaDemocracy bornArtists of Dionysus createdStudy of performance art beginsRoman conquers GreeceFirst permanent Roman TheatreConstantine converts to ChristianityChristianity begins banning
theatreLast Roman theatre performanceRome and Constantinople splitChristianity becomes offical religionGreat SchismRise of IslamChristian liturgy standardizedCorpus Christi createdMorality playsBattle of KarbalaKathakali beginsChinese performance beginsChinese literary drama emergesEarly Japanese performance beginsElizabeth I forbids religious dramaPeriods
Abydos Passion PlayPeisistratus ruledAztec, Maya, and Inca performancesNomadic Mimes from Southern ItalyHellenistic AgePlautusTerenceSenecaHrosvithaCycle playsSpread of Islam and Shadow puppetryQajar period/emergence of Ta'ziyehClassical Sanskrit drama beginsHan DynastyHundred GamesSui DynastyTang DynastyMongolian RuleGuan HanquinKiyotsugu Kah'ami runs Sarugaku --> NohMing DynastyPapacy is moved from Rome to AvignonProtestant ReformationCouncil of TrentBaroqueCommedia dell'arte
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