Theater History Timeline By Kinan8a Period: 550 BCE to 220 BCE GREEK DRAMA Period: 200 BCE to 1 BCE ROMAN THEATRE Period: 100 BCE to 300 SANSKRIT DRAMA Period: 400 to 1400 MEDIEVAL THEATRE Period: 400 to 401 GREEK COMEDY Period: 1151 to 1151 HILDEGARD Period: 1300 to 1300 NOH DRAMA Period: 1400 to 1500 MASQUES Period: 1500 to 1700 COMMEDIA DELL’ARTE Period: 1562 to 1642 RENAISSANCE Period: 1564 to 1616 SHAKESPEARE Period: 1590 to 1681 SPAIN’S GOLDEN AGE Period: 1600 to 1600 BUNRAKU Period: 1603 to 1603 KABUKI Period: 1636 to 1912 PEKING OPERA Period: 1642 to 1710 RENCH NEOCLASSICAL THEATRE Period: 1645 to 1673 MOLIERE Period: 1660 to 1710 RESTORATION DRAMA Period: 1696 to 1780 LAUGHING COMEDY Period: 1700 to 1700 BALLAD OPERA Period: 1717 to 1779 DAVID GARRICK Period: 1800 to 1900 SYMBOLISM Period: 1813 to 1835 BUCHNER Period: 1828 to 1906 IBSEN Period: 1844 to 1923 BERNHARDT Period: 1850 to 1850 RITUAL Period: Jul 26, 1856 to Nov 2, 1950 SHAW Period: 1860 to 1904 CHEKHOV Period: 1866 to 2019 BROADWAY MUSICALS Period: 1870 to 1960 REALISM Period: Oct 16, 1888 to Nov 27, 1953 O’NEILL Period: 1897 to 1975 THORNTON WILDER Period: 1898 to 1956 BRECHT Period: 1898 to 1898 MOSCOW ART THEATRE Period: 1900 to 1999 FUTURISM Period: Jun 20, 1905 to Jun 30, 1984 HELLMAN Period: May 22, 1907 to Jul 11, 1989 OLIVIER Period: 1911 to 1983 WILLIAMS Period: 1915 to 1920 DADA Period: 1916 to 1932 HARLEM RENAISSANCE Period: 1920 to 1920 SURREALISM Period: 1925 to 2020 WILSON Period: 1927 to 2018 SIMON Period: Mar 12, 1928 to Sep 16, 2016 ALBEE Period: 1930 to 1965 HANSBERRY Period: 1940 to 1960 THEATER OF THE ABSURD Period: 1943 to 2017 SAM SHEPARD Period: 1945 to 1960 BECKETT Period: 1948 to 2018 NTOZAKE SHANGE Period: Mar 22, 1948 to 1948 ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER Period: 1950 to 1950 EPIC THEATRE Period: 1950 to 1950 EXPRESSIONISM Period: 1952 to 1952 JULIE TAYMOR Period: 1956 to 1956 KUSHNER Period: 1960 to 1960 MELODRAMA Period: 1965 to 1965 HISPANIC AMERICAN THEATRE Period: 1980 to 2020 LIN MANUEL MIRANDA