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400
early in th 400
- 400- Earliest recorded Indian stage piece, The Little Clay Cart, is dated
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Oct 24, 1280
early 1280
- 1280- Mongol warrior Kublai Khan officially founded drama in China
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Oct 24, 1358
in 1358
- (1358- Having performed for the Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu they received his sponsorship
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Oct 24, 1368
in the early 1368
- 1368The Chinese theater styles were still being determined
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Oct 24, 1408
in 1408
- 1408)- reached a higher social status than actors had ever achieved.
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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)
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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
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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
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in the 1789
- 1789- The Sakuntala play was first translated into English by Sir William Jones and it became very popular in Europe (India)
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in the 1790
- 1790- Beijing Opera came and became a popular type of theater in China; it replaced the old type of theater
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in 1867
- 1867- and members of the nobility assumed the role of sponsor.
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date 100
- 100- Year in which earliest Sanskrit play is known (Indian)
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in the 800
- 800- The Signet of the Minister Indian play was written; it later became one of the most well-known productions