HISTORY
Theatre began as a a religious festival to honor the god of wine and fertility known as
Dionysis
The First actor was....
Thespis
Actors often wore _______ to make their size comparable to their masks.
Platform shoes
The chorus recited lines...
in Unison and chants
The average person laughs ______ times a day
15
In ancient Greece the small towns and villages held yearly festivals in the fall in conjunction with the
Harvest
Which Greek Philosopher wrote plays without giving personal opinions
Socrates
The place that the audience sat
The Theatron
What were the two genres/types of theatre
Tragedy and comedy
The silk of a spider's web is stronger than
Steel
The cities ________ to have all of the citizens participate
Grew too large
Who wrote the Oedipus plays?
Sophocles
– hoist like machine to make characters appear to fly
Mechane
retold legends and history and explained how well-known people met their fates at the hands of the gods.
Tragedies
When people started playing basketball you couldn't ______ and had over ____players on some teams
dribble, 50
From the beginning of Greek performances all members of the town performed as a part of the festivals in _____
The chorus
Which philosopher loved theatre?
Aristotle
Actors performed wearing masks made of (3 things)
wood, cork, and leather
Broadly satirical and often vulgar plays that made fun of well known people and historical characters.
Comedies
Through out your lifetime you grow ____miles of hair
590
After Thespis changed the format, the festivals changed too with addition of
New scripts
Which philosopher hated theatre?
Plato
The individual actors performed on the back portion of the orchestra section on a raised platform called the ____ platform. (was a narrow building used as the backdrop.)
Skene
Menander wrote these plays in which the chorus and the long speeches were eliminated, and the stories switched to contemporary life rather than that of kings and heroes. Also spoken in the language of the average person
New comedies
DAILY DOUBLE....genre of ancient Greek drama that preserves the structure and characters of tragedy while adopting a happy atmosphere and a rural background.
Satyr