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| written in Sanskrit, the language of the nobility, performed in court circles - no info left on how it was performed. |
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| Indian dance drama - tells stories of strong passions, the furies of gods, and loves and hates of extraordinary humans. |
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| actor training institute around during the Tang dynasty. |
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| developed during the Song dynasty. |
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| China ruled by Mongol rather than Chinese Emperor - fusion of popular culture with high culture lead to the flood of drama which occured during the Yuan Dynasty. 4 act plays with songs sung only by the protagonist of the play. |
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| Chinese Emporer restored to throne. Expanded the structure of Yuan drama but reverted writing to being only for the elite thus the theater lost contact with the broad public. |
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| combines music, theater, dance, and acrobatics, stresses symbolism - set peices can be used to represent various things and places. |
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| created by Zeami Motokiyo who was a great child actor and the son of a great actors - spent his life studying different acting methods and developed Noh: elements of opera, pantomime, and formal, stylized dance and elegant costumes. |
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| puppet theater; chanter creates voices for all characters. Popular in the early 17th century but still popular in Japan today. Most famous writer: Chikamatsu Monzaemon also called the Shakespeare of Japan. |
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| most popular form of Japanese theater; actors are trained from childhood in singing, dancing, acting, and physical dexterity, performed first by all-female troupes, then by boys, then finally by all-male troupes. The hanamichi was a platform connecting back of auditorium w/stage. |
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