Early Theatre
Dances evolved into this as the start of theatre
Rituals
The Father of Tragedy
Aeschylus (es kil us)
The God of wine, fertility, and theatre
Dionysus
Roman Theatre appealed to the audience's sense of vulgarity, sensuality, and what?
Violence
What does it mean to "hold" during a comedic scene?
The actor pauses and waits for laughter to die down.
What is a plot?
Structure of the story, what happens
The first known actor
Thespis
Theaters were built on this type of land rather than on a hillside
flat area
True or False: The rule of three- pratfalls, accidents, misunderstandings, and similar of "schticks" are funny only three times in a row. After that, they tend to fall flat.
True
This Book contains elements of a 5 act drama, considered by many a dramatic poetry
The Book of Job
Wrote plays focusing on the psychology of women
IE: Medea
Euripedes (yoo rip eh dees)
Added size to characters and made them easier to be seen
Masks
True or False: Roman Theatre flourished more than Greek Theatre
False
The sense of calm that comes from releasing/purging emotions (pain, horror, deep sadness)
Catharsis
This group was the first to perform rituals
Egyptians
The area where the chorus danced
Orchestra
Roman performances included a great deal of mime, dancing, and _.
Drunken horseplay
The playwright who wrote Hamlet
Shakespeare
What people told around campfires as entertainment
Stories
A crane-like device, god would appear out of nowhere and save the day
machina (ma ke nah)
Wrote Hercules
Seneca
The process by which you use the memory of emotional incidents from your own past and transfer them to characters' situations.