Acting Theory
•What is a character's overall long-term desire called?
Super objective
•What Roman playwright wrote comedies based on Greek originals?
Plautus
•What type of play dramatized Bible stories?
Mystery Plays
•What is the improvised comedic "bit" called?
Lazzi
What city-state is most associated with the birth of theatre?
Athens
•What term means the immediate desire in a moment?
Objective (or goal)
•What building element did Romans add to theatres that Greeks did not?
Freestanding scaenae
•What group staged early medieval performances?
The Church / Clergy
•Which servant is agile, clever, and clownish?
Arlecchino
What was the outdoor performance space was built into a hillside called (where the audience sat)?
Theatron
•What is something that stands in the way of a character’s goals?
Obstacle
•Which Roman playwright wrote tragedies?
•What were mobile stage wagons called?
Pageant Wagons
•Which character is the braggart soldier?
Il Capitano
What was the circular dancing space for the chorus called?
Orchestra
•What do we call the actions or methods a character uses to achieve goals? The "how" the characters gets what they want
Tactics (or actions)
•What was the name of the large Roman arena for gladiator games?
Colosseum
•Which plays taught moral lessons?
Morality Plays
•Who is the rich, old, greedy merchant?
Pantolone
Who is known as the "Father of Tragedy"?
•Whose "System" developed the concept of 'Given Circumstances'?
Konstantin Stanislavski
•What genre featured comedic improv and stock characters?
Atellan Farce
•What famous morality play follows a man facing death?
Everyman
•What iconic costume element did Commedia actors use?
Masks
Which Greek god was honored with festivals where Greek plays were performed?
Dionysus