This play is the first in a trilogy about a man who kills his father and marries his mother.
What is Oedipus the King
100
This God was featured the most in Greek theatre.
Who is Dionysus.
100
This was the type of performer was was unmasked and performed monologues, dances, and songs.
What is a mime.
100
This was a play written to be solely devoted to the last days of Christ.
What is Passion Play
100
This is a festival still performed today in which an audience member is symbolically raped.
What is Rabinal Achi
200
The first play in the Aeschylus trilogy that we read.
What is Agamemnon.
200
This is what the audience area was called in a Greek theater.
What is the theatron
200
They were the two most popular Roman comedic playwrights.
Who are Plautus and Terence.
200
She was the first playwright whose plays we have documented.
Who is Hrosvitha
200
These are the types of characters who were commonly found in stories recited orally.
What are stereotypes/one sided
300
This playwright wrote with a more human-centric focus rather than deus ex-machina.
Who is Euripedes.
300
Of Aristotle's 6 elements that made a good play in his Poetics, this was the most important.
What is Plot
300
The typical Roman festival included theatre, mimes, pantomimes, animal fights, ship battles, and this.
What are gladiatorial contests.
300
Everyman is a great example of this kind of play.
What is Morality play
300
While we do not know a great deal about the performances, this is the name of the Eqyptian grouping of plays that told the story of Osiris and Isis.
What is Abydos Passion Plays.
400
In The Clouds, which philosopher teaches in The Thinkery?
Who is Socrates.
400
The largest and most talked about festival in Athens.
What is City Dionysia
400
These were the two most famous tragic Roman playwrights.
Who are Seneca and Horace.
400
This kind of drama helps people to remember and learn important parts of their religious, civic, or cultural heritage.
What is Commemorative Drama.
400
What was the name of the god honored by the Aztecs as a part of the ritual that required a slave be sacrificed, his heart cut out, and his skin worn by onlookers?
What is Quetzalcoatl.
500
This playwright was said to have died from a turtle falling on his head.
Who is Sophocles.
500
This is the name of the man who was considered to be the first actor.
What is Thespis
500
Citizens of Rome were controlled by two majors things in their daily lives. One was Pietas. This was the other.
What is Gravitas.
500
This emperor is responsible for the incorporation of Christianity into the former Roman Empire.
Who is Constantine.
500
We don't know the answer to this big question, but have good guesses involving storytelling, rituals, and hero worship.