Origins of Greek Theatre
Greek Theatre Began as part of the festivals honoring this which Greek God.
Who is Dionysus
An opening speech given at the beginning of a Greek play.
What is a Prologue?
These 3 playwrights are considered the great tragedians of Greek Theatre.
Who are Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides?
Greek actors wore these to show emotions, portray different characters, and amplify their voices.
What are masks?
What is Medea?
This Polis (city-state) became the center of Greek drama and theatre festivals.
What is Athens?
The final scene featuring the conclusion of the play and the chorus exiting.
What is Exodus?
This playwright wrote Medea?
Who is Euripides?
Only people of this gender were allowed to act in and see Greek theatre.
What are men?
In this Greek comedy our lead character goes to the Underworld, talks to dead playwrights, and meets frogs.
What is The Frogs?
What are festivals?
This playwright wrote comedies making fun of politicians and society.
Who is Aristophanes?
This group commented on the action of the play through song and movement.
What is the chorus?
This Greek tragedy, a husband comes back from war with a concubine to discover his wife has been cheating on him with his cousin.
What is Agamemnon?
Greek plays were performed in these large outdoor performance spaces.
What are amphitheaters?
Greek theatre used the Aristotles 3 Unities as a guide for the structure of their plays.
What are the Unity of Action, Unity of Time, and Unity of Place
This playwright wrote "Oedipus Rex."
Who is Sophocles?
In Greek theatre this type of action was never shown on stage only talked about by the chorus.
What is violence?
In this Greek play our lead character marries his mom by accident and then gouges out his eyes.
What is Oedipus Rex?
Who stepped out of the chorus and spoke dialogue becoming known as the "world's first actor."
After an episode in a Greek play the chorus would enter the stage and perform a song in-between episodes.
What is a stasimon?
This playwright is known for adding a second actor to Greek Drama.
Who is Aeschylus?
Greek actors often had to play multiple roles because there were only this many actors in many productions.
What is three?
What was the title of the Greek play I asked you not to look up or perform?
What is Lysistrata?