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550BC-220BC
The masks they wore during the plays let them play different characters.

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The tyrant Pisistratus, brings the
actor-director Thespis to Athens

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Earliest record of miracle play

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1st century BC-3rd century AD
Their stages were made up of wood and had little to no scenery backdrop.

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5th century-15th century
Theater buildings weren’t permitted so traveling actors had to keep it alive.

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First European acting company is given permission by Charles VI to occupy a permanent playhouse in the Hopital de la Trinite in Paris.

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The Fall of Constantinople drove eastern scholars to the West marked the beginning of the Renaissance

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14th century-Mid 21st century
No hand Kyogen are the oldest forms of Japanese theatre.

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Rediscovered in the 1400s, the influential Treatise de Architectura, by the Roman writer and architect Vitruvius, enabled Rennaissance builders to reconstruct classical scenic designs.

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1558-1642
There were only male actors and they were paid very little.

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The birth of Lope De Vega

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Birth of William Shakespeare

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The chamberlains men take residence in the globe theater

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1558-1642
A flag would be flown when the play was about to start.

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Queen Elizabeth I dies in England and is succeeded by King James of Scotland, who will continue to defend the theater against Puritan detractors who claim it is immoral.

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The Masque of Blackness

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one of France's greatest playwrights, is born at Rouen.

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William Shakespeare's The Tempest, the last of the great playwright's dramas, is first performed in London.

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William Shakespeare dies at his home in Stratford-upon-Avon.

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For the first time in the country's history, women will be allowed to perform in theatrical productions.

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16th century BC-1046 BC
There are three different themes called military play, domestic play, and satire of officialdom.

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Theatre in London in the play The Recruiting Officer.

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David Garrick introduces a natural acting style

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The great actor Charles Macklin retires from the stage in England.

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Early 1800’s-late 1800’s
They used grandiose movement and preposterous costumes.

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1880’s-Mid 21st century
Clarence Blakall was the creator of Modern Theatre.

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Mid 19th century-Mid 20th century
Savitr is considered the Hindu god of theatre.