PreHistoric
Theater
Theater
Audience
Etiquette
Etiquette
The Script
Vocabulary
Story Telling
200
How is it thought theater came to be?
People in Tribes would tell stories of how the hunt went.
200
I love my phone, should I play on it while someone is performing?
No Turn off your phone and put it away.
200
What the characters are saying.
Dialogue
200
To copy
imitate
200
The people in a story.
Characters
400
What did prehistoric people use as costumes?
Animal Skins
400
Mmm.. Snacks, let’s eat. Can I?
Movie theater? Yes. Live performances? No.
400
What the characters are doing.
Action
400
Francis Bacon caught Shakespeare stealing points.
-200 points
400
Conversation between characters.
Dialogue
600
How do we know information about Prehistoric theater?
Anthropologists studied Artifacts and Cave Drawings
600
Shakespeare has smiled upon you.
Plus 500 points
600
Tells us where, when, and the time of day a scene is happening.
Scene Heading
600
A religious leader
Shaman
600
The point of the story with the highest level of emotional response and interest.
Climax
800
What did the hunting stories evolve into?
Religious Rituals for good luck during hunting.
800
I want to talk to my best friend during a live performance. Should I?
No, because it can be a distraction to the actors and audience.
800
When a scene or location changes
Transitions
800
Something done repeatedly the same way
Ritual
800
The story and events themselves
Plot
1000
What was the role of the Shaman?
Lead the ceremonies
1000
When can you use the restroom?
Before the show, After the show, and during intermission.
1000
Tells us what a character is doing, or feeling
Parentheticals
1000
Daily double
Who studied artifacts and cave drawings, to give us the information we know today about early theater?
Archeologists
1000
The feeling that the story is supposed to evoke.
Mood
