Theaters
Shakespeare's Theater
The Globe Theater
Completely silent acting only using body movements and facial expressions
pantomime
The part of the stage closest to the audience
downstage
Called "the bard" this Elizabethan playwright is the most well known playwright
Shakespeare
This person is in charge of the creative vision of the show and coaching actors
Director
The type of stage we have at IHS
Proscenium
One of the first forms of theatre in where a group moves and speaks as one character
chorus
Stage directions are given from this perspective
the actor's perspective
Wrote the book Poetics
Aristotle
The system of providing financial support in which merchants sponsor artists to create works of art
patronage
Also called theater-in-the-round
An arena theater
A speech given by a character without interruption
monologue
This type of stage is surrounded by the audience on three sides
thrust
Name any of the Greek playwrights we discussed in class
Euipides, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Aristophanes
Name the three types of churched-approved theatre during the Middle Ages
Miracle, mystery, and morality plays
The first theater built
Theatre of Dionysius (City Dionysia)
Acting without a script in an unplanned manner
Improv
The appearance of being true
verisimilitude
This person wrote Doctor Faustus
Christopher Marlowe
This form of theatre focused upon human rather than divine activity
humanism
The oldest theater still in use today
Teatro Olympico
A type of monologue where the actor is expressing their internal thoughts for the benefit of the audience
soliloquy
Aristotle's 6 elements of tragedy
Plot, Character, Thought, Diction, Spectacle, Song
This person wrote the Divine Comedy which can be broken down into Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso
Dante Alighieri
This form of theatre revolved around the rediscovered writings of the Greek and Roman playwrights
Neoclassicism