Types of Drama
Greek People
Basics of Drama
Performing
Special Effects
100

The two most popular types of Greek theatre 


What is comedy and tragedy

100
The first actor
Who is Thepis?
100
The city that was the main center for the Greek Dionysian festivals and drama.
What is Athens?
100
This group of men often represented the townspeople and commented on the action of characters in a Greek play.
What is the chorus?
100
The viewing place or audience area in a Greek theatre.
What is the theatron?
200
These were short plays performed between the acts or tragedies. They made fun of the plight of the tragedy's characters.
What is a satyr play?
200
The first playwright and founder of Greek drama.
Who is Aeschylus?
200
This is the festival where theatre really originated.
What is City Dionysia.
200
This is one reason why actors wore masks.
What is: -Visibility and characterization - Sound assistance - Lack of actors?
200
The passageways where chorus and audience made their entrances and exits.
What is the parados?
300
This type of comedy made fun of political figures.
What is old comedy?
300

He added the third actor and was known for his set construction.

Who is Sophocles?

300
Another word for actor.
What is thespian.
300

Where did the Chorus perform? 

What is the orchestra? 

300
The wagon that would be wheeled out on stage to reveal a character that had been killed off stage.
What is the ekkyklema?
400

This type drama dealt with love, loss, pride, the abuse of power and the fraught relationships between men and gods.

What is tragedy?

400

He was the “father of Greek tragedy” 

Who is Aeschylus?

400
The god of wine, revelry and fertility.
Who is Dionysus.
400
This was the guy who was the producer of hte plays and paid for all the major expenses of a production.
What is the choregus?
400
A triangular stage device which consisted of three painted falts hinged together, each showing a different scene.
What is the periaktoi?
500

Who performed the opening scene of the play that set the scene and background information?

What is the chorus?

500
He was the first play critic.
Who is Aristotle?
500
This guy is credited with developing the dithyrammb into a formalized narrative sung by the chorus.
Who is Arion?
500
This guy was the choral trainer.
What is the chorodidaskalos?
500
An alter- served as a reminder that Greek drama was part of religious rituals.
What is the thymele?
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