PLAYWRIGHTS
PERFOMANCE
HISTORY
VOCABULARY
THE THEATRE
100
Who is Sophocles?
Which Greek playwright is considered the second greatest playwirght?
100
WHAT IS THE ORCHESTRA?
What is name of the acting space? Today the word is used for a group of musicians.
100
WHAT IS THE GOLDEN AGE
THIS PERIOD OF TIME BETWEEN 500-400 BC PRODCUED THE GREATEST GREEK PLAYS.
100
WHAT IS A DITYRAMBS
HYMNS THAT WERE SONG TO HELP CELEBRATE DIONYSUS
100
WHAT IS THE THEATRE?
THE SEEING PLACE IS KNOWN AS WHAT
200
WHO IS AESCHYLUS?
WHO IS THE CONSIDERED THE FATHER OF TRAGEDY?
200
what is the chorus?
What is the name of the group of actors that served as the narrator?
200
WHO IS DIONYSUS
THE GOD OF FERTILITY AND WINE
200
WHAT IS THESPIAN
THIS WORD IS USED TO REFER TO ACTORS
200
WHAT ARE PINAKES?
SCENARY PAINTED ON ON BOARDS AND AGAINST THE SKENE
300
WHO IS ARISTOPHANES?
WHICH PLAYWRIGHT WAS CONSIDERED THE BEST COMIC WRITER?
300
What are masks?
Actors wore these to show emotion and project the voices
300
CITY OF DIONYSIA
FESTIVAL WHICH CELEBRATED DIONYSUS
300
SKENE
PLACE WHERE THE ACTORS CHANGED COSTUMES
300
WHAT IS THE ECCYCLEMA?
SMALL WAGON PLATFORM USED TO BRING DEAD BODIES ON STAGE
400
WHO IS MENANDER?
WHICH PLAYWRIGHT'S PLAY, "THE CURMUDGEON" WAS DISCOVERED IN 1957?
400
What are men?
Only this gender were allowed to be in plays
400
WHO IS THESPIS
THE WORD THESPIAN COMES FROM HIS NAME, HE IS CONSIDERED THE 1ST ACTOR
400
WHAT IS RHETORICAL?
CONTAINING MORE SPEECH THAN ACTION.
400
WHAT IS PARADOS?
THE PASSAGEWAY IN WHICH THEY CHORUS MADE ENTRANCES AND EXITS
500
WHO IS EURIPIDES?
Which greek playwright wrote the play Medea?
500
what is the Dues ex machina
This mechanical device was used to lower and raide gods into the theatre
500
WHAT IS TRAGEDY
THE WORD TRAGOS, WHICH MEANS GOAT SONG, IT THE ROOT OF THIS WORD
500
WHAT IS DUES EX MACHINA
THE GOD OF THE MACHINE
500
WHAT IS OUTSIDE
WHERE WERE PLAYS PERFORMED
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