Greek Drama
Antigone
Globe Theater
Julius Caesar
Quotes
100
A painted background from which actors enter and exit behind
What is a skene?
100
Current king of Thebes who made a decree against burying Polyneices.
Who is Creon?
100
The "balcony" seating areas.
What are galleries?
100
He must decide whether he loves his friend or country more.
Who is Brutus?
100
She said,"I will bury him; If I must die, I say that this crime is holy."
Who is Antigone?
200
The area in which the actors perform.
What is the orchestra?
200
The character who buried her brother.
Who is Antigone?
200
Patrons who stood in the middle of the theater to watch the play.
Who are groundlings?
200
The wife of Brutus
Who is Portia?
200
He said, "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more."
Who is Brutus.
300
A group of 15 people who add commentary of the action.
What is a chorus?
300
A blind prophet
Who is Teriesias?
300
The open area where people would stand.
What is the yard?
300
The wife of Julius Caesar.
Who is Calpurnia?
300
He said, "Cowards die many times before their deaths, the valiant never taste of death but once."
Who is Julius Caesar?
400
The famous author of Antigone.
Who is Sophocles?
400
The sister of Antigone.
Who is Ismene?
400
When an actor makes a long speech alone on stage.
What is a soliloquy?
400
A "skinny" conspirator.
Who is Cassius?
400
He said, "If I permit my own family to rebel, how shall I earn the world's obedience?"
Who is Creon?
500
Props used to show emotion and increase voice projection.
What are masks?
500
Son of Oedipus considered an enemy of Thebes.
Who is Polyneices?
500
When a character talks to someone on stage, and the other characters do not hear them.
What is an aside?
500
Literally, "Winds of March".
What is March 15, or "The Ides of March"?
500
He said, "Here was a Caesar! When comes such another?"
Who is Antony?
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