That's All Greek to Me!
Originally only known as the God of Wine, he later became the God of Theatre after his worshippers held play festivals in his honor
Who is DIONYSUS
The Romans copied almost everything the Greeks did; their Gods, their Government, even their plays.
But they put a twist on theater by adding in a WHOLE LOT of this instrumental sound
What is FLUTE MUSIC
"Artful Comedy" OR the "Comedy of Players" is known as THIS
What is COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE
The English Renaissance arrived about 146 years AFTER the Italian Renaissance because of THESE 2 wars
What are the 100 YEARS WAR (with France - 116 years) and the WAR OF THE ROSES (civil in-fighting for claim of the English throne that lasted 30 years.)
THIS area of stage is in the geographical middle
What is CENTER STAGE
Acting is ______
What is REACTING
TLDR; The point of HISTORY PLAYS was THIS
What is TO KEEP PEOPLE IN-LINE
or
What is a patriotic exercise that celebrates past greatness and commiserates over past suffering, without stopping to question God’s providence
Before plays, Dionysus worshippers would drink wine and travel from town to town carrying a giant phallus and singing these
What are DITHYRAMBS
Comedies called FABULEA PALLIATAE have outdoor urban settings and are filled with these kinds of characters
What are STOCK characters
From 1560 on THESE people were finally allowed on-stage in Italy
Who are WOMEN
In 1558, Henry’s daughter, Elizabeth I passed a law classifying actors as THESE, and could be fined for going from town to town.
What are VAGRANTS
THIS cozy location is where the audience sits
What is the HOUSE
The golden rule of improv is _______
What is "YES... AND"
What’s different about Roman theater isn’t so much THIS, which borrows unapologetically from
post-classical Greek theater, and more THIS.
What is CONTENT and CONTEXT
HE was the first person to step OUT from the chorus and perform alone
Who is THESPIS
THIS famous Roman playwright wrote rambunctious comedies about middle class people and their slaves. You might even call them "musicals" because of the meter they were written in.
Who is TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS
or
Who is PLAUTUS
Capitano, Pantalone, Doctor, Harlequin, Pulcinello, Brighella, and The Lovers were stock characters in Commedia dell'arte - which were categorized into THESE 3 GROUPS
What are MASTERS, SERVANTS, and LOVERS
Plays in England's open-air arena theaters were held during THIS time of day, to use the "natural light".
What is the AFTERNOON
Long ago stages were "raked" (meaning built at an angle) for the audience to see the actors on stage. THIS area of stage is closest to the audience.
What is DOWN STAGE
THIS word means 2 things:
In one way it means to move around on stage as an actor.
In another way it is used to describe when one actor stops another from progressing a scene forward.
What is BLOCKING
The Teatro Olympico, built by THIS group, opened in 1585. Although it wasn't used very much it influenced later theater and gave rise to the Proscenium Arch.
Who is the OLYMPIC ACADEMY
"Tragedy" comes from the Greek words for ______ and _______
What is GOAT and SONG
HE was possibly the first playwright of color
Who is PUBLIUS TERENTIUS AFER
or
Who is TERRENCE
THESE "neoclassical" plays were ones that you had to be well-read to know.
What was COMMEDIA ERUDITA
Plays put on by later, fancier, indoor theaters were written by a group of playwrights who called themselves THIS clever name because
they all went to Oxford or Cambridge.
Who are the UNIVERSITY WITS
Don't get turned around!
HOUSE RIGHT is equivalent to THIS area of the stage
What is STAGE LEFT
The word "comedy" comes from THIS Greek word meaning "PARTY SONG!"
What is KOMOIDIA
THIS luxury volume, collected and published by 2 of Shakespeare's friends and fellow King's Men actors, included 36 plays organized as COMEDIES, TRAGEDIES, and HISTORIES.
What is the FIRST FOLIO
Aristotle's theory about the PURGATION of emotions is known as this
What is CATHARSIS
SENECA was the first playwright to favor THIS play structure that Shakespeare would later adopt.
What is the 5 ACT structure
The Renaissance period started in Italy in 1300 and lasted a little over 300 years to 1606.
It introduced THIS idea - that "earthly life isn't just a vale of tears that might lead to heaven if you're good, but maybe worthy in and of itself."
THIS is a name for booklets made up of pieces of paper printed on eight sides and folded up to become four double-sided pages; many of these quarto publications were based on pirated copies and bad memories and are full of error or variation, though some are accurate.
What is a QUARTO
The area that frames the stage, separating the actors from the audience is known as THIS
What is the PROSCENIUM ARCH
THESE 2 words are used to describe the process of script and character analysis before a performance, but it might sound more like a violent act with the English language
What is BEATING and VERBING
THIS Sophocles' tragedy is about a lost son that conquers his birthright kingdom, kills his father, marries his mother, and becomes KING - and when he discovers they were his parents, he gouges out his eyes as punishment.
What is OEDIPUS REX