The three playwrights known for writing Greek tragedy plays
Who are Aeschylus, Euripides and Sophocles?
100
Roman tragedy usually had 5 acts divided by this sung by the chorus
What are choral odes?
100
He is known as the first actor of Greek theatre, which sparked the term thespian meaning actor
Who is Thespis?
100
The year Roman Theatre was first recorded
What is 240 BC?
100
Acting immediately without any or much preparation
What is improvisation?
200
He is known as the father of tragedy
Who is Aeschylus?
200
He was a former slave from Athens who specialized in writing interesting characters and double-plots
Who is Terence?
200
Greek Theatre began to develop in 6th century BC as part of the worship to this Greek god
Who is Dionysus?
200
During this time, if actors displeased their managers, they would be beaten or this
What is put to death?
200
Body, Voice and Imagination are considered to be this
What is 3 tools of the actor?
300
This playwright believed human beings have divine qualities that elevate their struggles against fate
Who is Sophocles?
300
His Roman plays are all adaptations of Greek tragedies and are still in existence
Who is Seneca?
300
a small hut where actors changed masks and costumes; later a second story was added and scenery was painted on the front
What is a skene?
300
Presentation of plays were not associated with the worship of a god but for this purpose
What is entertainment?
300
the creation or construction of a fictional character.
What is characterization?
400
This playwright is known as the Great Author of Greek Old Comedy and famous for writing 'Lysistrata'
Who is Aristophanes?
400
Rome's first major playwright whose plays dealt with misunderstood motives and deception
Who is Plautus?
400
To commemorate a god's death, the chorus would usually sacrifice this animal during the ceremony
What is a goat?
400
One of the oldest forms of Roman comedy which consisted of situations such as drunkenness and trickery
What is atellan farce?
400
a stereotypical fictional character in a work of art such as a novel, play, or film, whom audiences recognize from frequent recurrences in a particular literary tradition.
What are stock characters?
500
He is considered the master of pathos who wrote 92 plays with only 17 tragedies and 1 satyr play still in existence
Who is Euripides?
500
Unlike the Greeks, the Romans depicted this on their stage
What is violence?
500
a cranelike hoist that permitted actors to appear above the stage as gods who settled affairs or solved problems
What is deus ex machina?
500
In 55 BC, the first Roman theatre was built here
What is Pompeii?
500
This storytelling approach focuses on a character or group of characters who experience different situations one after another