Greek Theatre
The two genres of Greek theatre were ________ & _______.
Comedy and Tragedy
The Roman's stole most of their ideas about Theatre from the _______.
Greeks
____________ decided that theatre should be "cancelled" because of the worship of Gods and Goddesses.
Christians
Thespis was the first ______.
Actor
The area of the stage closest to the audience is called ___________.
Downstage.
Greek Theatre began to flourish around _____ BC
600 BC
With the addition of acrobatics, fighting, and gladiators, _________ & ________ were the primary genres.
Comedy and Tragedy
The period of time in which theatre did not exist was known as the ________ ages.
Dark
The outdoor wagons used as stages for liturgical dramas were known as _________ wagons.
Pageant
The three components of musical theatre are acting, ________, _________.
Singing and Dancing
_______ were used to help the actors change character. They also helped to amplify the actor's voices.
Masks
__________ is a form of acting used during the Roman period. You can only move; you cannot speak or make noises.
Mime/Pantomime
Liturgical dramas (church plays) came into existence because common people could not _____. Liturgical Dramas helped them understand the stories.
Read/Read the Bible
Angels, prophets, demons, God, etc are all _________ in Liturgical Dramas/Morality Plays
Characters
Movement patterns that the director gives the actors is known as __________.
Blocking
Theatre festivals started as ___________ ceremonies.
Religious/Worship
The Senex, Braggart Soldier, Young Lover, are all forms of __________ characters.
Stock
In every liturgical drama, the set design includes ______ and __________.
Heaven and Hell
Oedipus Rex was a play from _________ theatre
Greek
The ________ creates a vision for the play or musical.
Director
Only _______ were allowed to be actors.
Men
The stock character know for leeching off of those around them is the ____________.
Parasite
Liturgical dramas became so popular they moved to the _________.
Streets/Outside
Dionysus was the Greek god of ________ and later theatre.
wine
The ________ is responsible for getting money from donors and businesses.
Producer