Theater Style | Origin |
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Comedy or tragedy | Ancient Greece |
Comedy or tragedy | Ancient Rome |
Topeng dance | Bali |
Cantonese, Yueju or Peking Opera | China |
Yuan drama or Zaju | China |
Khayal al-zill shadow puppets | Egypt |
English Renaissance theatre | England |
Victorian melodrama | England |
Punch and Judy puppets | England |
Comedy of manners or Restoration comedy | England, France |
Medieval mystery plays | England, France, Germany |
French farce | France |
Karagozi shadow puppetry | Greece |
Kathakali | India |
Barong (or Rangda) dance | Indonesia |
Kecak |
Indonesia |
Wayang golek puppetry | Indonesia, Malaysia |
Wayang kulit shadow puppetry | Indonesia, Malaysia |
Commedia dell-arte | Italy |
Bunraku | Japan |
Kabuki | Japan |
Kyogen farce | Japan |
Noh theatre | Japan |
Rakugo "sit down" theatre | Japan |
Talchum mask dance | Korea |
Shadow puppetry | Taiwan, China |
Hun Lakhon lek puppetry | Thailand |
Khon dance drama | Thailand |
Karagoz shadow puppetry | Turkey |
British Pantomime | United Kingdom |
A cart of relevant books has been pulled for your use, including these:
The databases in this theatre list are organized from basic to advanced.
No matter what note-taking technique you use, these are important guidelines to follow:
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