What is Theatre
A ritual performance that was highly theatrical. The first recorded theatrical performance.
Abydos Passion Play
A group of masked performers who sang and danced, sometimes participating in the action but usually commenting on it.
The Chorus
An Italian Renaissance form that was highly improvisational, used stock characters, masks, and was staged by traveling performers
Commedia dell'arte
The English Renaissance is often referred to as the Elizabethan Period because of this important political figure
Queen Elizabeth I
Whose tragedies were similar to the Greeks, except they were considerably more violent?
Seneca
Which Tragic form(s) questions the meaning of life and the reason for humanity’s suffering
Traditional and Modern Tragedy
Dramatic structure in which there are few scenes, a short time passes, there are few locales, and the action begins chronologically close to the climax.
Climatic
Dance, Music, Symbolism, and Costumes were theatrical elements present in early human ____________
Rituals
The most important Greek Festival in Athens celebrating the God of Fertility and Wine and the first to include drama
City Dionysia or Festival Dionysis
Comic pieces of business used repeatedly by characters in Italian Commedia dell'arte
Lazzi
This English Playwright, noted for the power of his metaphors and music of his language, was also an actor with the Lord Chamberlain's Men
William Shakespeare
Who wrote Oedipus Rex?
Sophocles
A Doll's House is considered to be what genre?
Modern Tragedy
Dramatic structure in which there are many scenes, taking place over a considerable period of time in a number of locations, lots of characters and may contain numerous subplots
Episodic
Art forms that exist only for a specific period of time
Temporal Arts
The first actor to step out of the chorus of the Dithyramb and speak text
Thespis
This word refers to a wooden stick used in comic fight scenes, and it is used today to describe a physical form of comedy.
Slapstick
This English playwright was noted for the power of his dramatic verse - often referred to as his "mighty line"
Christopher Marlowe
In 240 BCE, this popular festival in Rome was the first to incorporate Theatre.
Ludi Romani
Henrik Ibsen wrote this play and is credited with creating a movement of Realism in the theatre
A Doll's House
The final and most significant crisis in the play is referred to as the
Climax
Art forms that exist in space and are created to last over time
Spatial Arts
Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides all wrote what genre of play?
Tragedy
Developed in Florence in 1600, this performance style was meant to re-create the Greek style of performance and relied heavily on music.
Opera
This theatre build during the Renaissance, was a favorite for Shakespeare's plays, keeping the audience close to the actors. It burned down, but was later rebuilt in 1994
This type of drama existed during the Middle Ages and depicted scenes from the bible in everyday speech. It was usually performed outdoors in town squares.
Mystery Plays
This genre is known for plays with existential characters, illogical plots and dialogue, breaking from the popular plays of Realism. One significant play of this genre is Waiting for Godot.
Theatre of the Absurd
The arrangement of scenes in a play is considered the
Plot
The audience's desire to believe in the reality of what is happening onstage
Willing suspension of disbelief
The place the audience sat in Greek Ampitheaters was called
theatron
This is the oldest surviving theatre built during the Italian Renaissance
The Teatro Olimpico
This nickname represented the audience members who stood in front of the stage at Shakespeare's performances
The Groundlings
In the 5th century BCE, there were outstanding accomplishments in politics, sciences, philosophy, and the arts- most notably, theatre. What is this period called?
The Golden Age of Greece (or Classical Period)
This genre features exaggerated scenarios, heightened suspense, music, and the good guy always beats the evil villain.
Melodrama
Shakespeare's plays were known to primarily be written in what structure
Episodic