Early Development
The region or country where we trace the roots of Western Theater
What is Egypt?
The central acting area in Greek Theaters.
What is the Orchestra?
A Greek captive brought to Rome, started early Roman Theater.
Who is Livius Andronicus?
A series of plays is refered to as this.
What are Cycle Plays?
What is the unity of TIME?
The play cycle that is rooted in resurrection of a murdered brother.
What is the Abydos Passion PLay?
The back house of the theater.
What is the Skene?
Built Rome's first permanent theater, around 55 bce.
Who is Pompey the Great?
What are morality plays?
A neoclassical rule that said a play can only involve on setting.
What is the unity of PLACE?
These are the two main characters of the Abydos PAssion play.
Who are Isis and Osiris?
This is where the audience sat in Greek Theater.
What is the Theatron?
A technology that allowed for theaters to be build in any place, and confined the performance.
Free-Standing Theater
These are stories that tell the stories of saints and their good works.
What are Miracle Plays?
A neoclassical rule which said that a play can only involve one plot, no subplots.
what is the unity of Action?
This is the earliest surviving Egyptian play.
What is The Persians?
A phrase referring to a mechanism that allows Gods to be lowered and raised into the Theater.
What is Deus Ex Machina?
A public holiday honoring the gods.
What is the Ludi?
These are plays that tell the story of Biblical events.
What are Mystery Plays?
The German movement for greater emotional story telling, literally Storm and Stress.
What is Sturm and Drang?
This is the first credited actor, stepped out of the chorus and spoke a line around 534 bce (Greek).
Who is Thespis?
What is City Dionysia?
Comic performance tradition, from Campania.
What is Atellan facrce?
What is Latin?
One of the most famous playwrights out of France, known for his Comedies about the hypocrisy of those in power.
Who is Moliere?