deffrent theater

By tmccarthy
  • 400

    early in th 400

    • 400- Earliest recorded Indian stage piece, The Little Clay Cart, is dated
  • Oct 24, 1280

    early 1280

    • 1280- Mongol warrior Kublai Khan officially founded drama in China
  • Oct 24, 1358

    in 1358

    • (1358- Having performed for the Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu they received his sponsorship
  • Oct 24, 1368

    in the early 1368

    • 1368The Chinese theater styles were still being determined
  • Oct 24, 1408

    in 1408

    • 1408)- reached a higher social status than actors had ever achieved.
  • Oct 24, 1500

    late 1500

    • Late 1500’s- Kwanami Kiotsugu was called greatest Japanese poet/playwright of that time and founded the No play (Japanese)
  • Oct 24, 1568

    - 1568

    1568 the century of civil war the shogun ate had little time for cultural distractions
  • Oct 24, 1568

    - 1568

    but the rest of the populace embraced them. (Noh)

  • 1653

    • 1653- Chikamatsu Monzayamon, one of the most important figures in the whole Japanese drama history, was born

  • in the 1683

    • 1683- In Japan an ordinance was passed that prohibited swords in theaters because of quarrels; the shows deteriorated for a while because some people didn’t want to put their swords away

  • in the 1789

    • 1789- The Sakuntala play was first translated into English by Sir William Jones and it became very popular in Europe (India)

  • in the 1790

    • 1790- Beijing Opera came and became a popular type of theater in China; it replaced the old type of theater

  • in 1867

    • 1867- and members of the nobility assumed the role of sponsor.

  • date 100

    • 100- Year in which earliest Sanskrit play is known (Indian)

  • in the 800

    • 800- The Signet of the Minister Indian play was written; it later became one of the most well-known productions