Theatre Architecture
What's the skene?
A structure facing the audience and forming the background before which performances were given.
Did girls go to school?
Nope. Mostly they stayed home and learned to do housework.
Every actor wore what?
Masks
Name one Ancient Greek playwright.
Sophocles, Euripides, Aeschylus
What Greek words (translated to English) does the word "tragedy" come from?
Goat and Song
What's the orchestra?
A level space where the chorus would dance, sing, and interact with the actors who were on the stage in front of the skene. The area we'd call the stage.
Who is allowed to go to the meeting of citizens to discuss political issues?
Men who are native-born and have completed military training.
Who played the women's parts?
Men.
Name two types of Ancient Greek plays.
Tragedy, Comedy, Satyr
Which god were theatre festivals for?
Dionysus
Periaktos
It's rumoured that women would run out into the woods, tear apart some ___________, and return home, in honor of Dionysus.
Animals
Who's masks were more differentiated?
The actors! Not the chorus.
What's one reason so few copies of the plays survived through time?
Libraries were often burnt to the ground. And papyrus disintegrates.
Name two things Dionysus is the god of.
Wine, festivity, frenzies, pleasure, fertility
The Theatre of Dionysus was an amphitheater, which was _______doors and built into an Athenian ____________
Out. Hillside.
Why did parents see daughters as liabilities?
They required doweries when married.
What's the name of the first actor to step out of the Greek Chorus and be his own character?
Thespis
Name one Ancient Greek Play.
Oedipus the King. Antigone. The Bacchae. Lysistrata. Medea. The Frogs. The Birds. The Clouds. The Oresteia.
Which two major Greek Cities fought in the Peloponnesian War?
Athens and Sparta.
Define theatron.
"The seeing place" Where the audience sat.
Name two staples of Ancient Greek diet
Bread, wine, cheese, fish, olives
Because actors wore masks, they had to use exaggerated ___________ instead of facial expressions.
Body language.
During what time span (which years) did Ancient Greek theatre thrive?
550 and 220 BC.
What's the name of tunic that all men and women wore?
Chitin (pronounce Kai-tin)