Greek
Describe two functions of the chorus
ideal spectator, describe/comment upon action/plot, provide spectacle
Describe two ways Roman theatre diverged from Greek theatre
More focus on spectacle, variety entertainment, theatre as "show business", focus on comedy, more down to earth
Describe two similarities between Greek and Medieval theatre
Both religious and civic, not strictly "professional", moral instruction
What are the unities?
Time place action
What riddle does Oedipus solve?
What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon and three legs in the evening?
Who wrote The Poetics?
Aristotle
identify one of Rome's contributions to the development of theatre
comic archetypes, revenge tragedy, foundations of neoclassic criticism, female performers, "realism"
Name two types of staging
mansion
platea
processional
stationary
describe two types of stage machinery
pole and chariot
groove system
Are Medea's Creon and Oedipus' Creon the same person?
Nope
Identify two types of stage machinery
ekkyklema
mechane
periaktoi
Identify two comic playwrights
Plautus
Terence
Provide three classifications of Medieval theatre
Miracle
Mystery
Morality
Identify four innovations
acting (commedia dell' arte)
criticism
scene design
lighting
opera
staging
Describe plot of Dulcitius
After Emperor Diocletian fails to convert Christian sisters Agape (love), Chionia (purity) and Irena (peace) he turns them over to governor Dulcitius who becomes enamored with them, tries to "woo" made a fool. Enraged the emperor punishes the women thus ensuring their martyrdom/sainthood.
Name the "big four" playwrights
Aeschylus
Sophocles
Euripides
Aristophanes
Provide two reasons why traditional theatre declined during this period
instability of empire, increasing appetite for spectacle and violence, gargantuan performance spaces, church hostility
This type of theatre spoken in regional dialect and produced by trade guilds
religious vernacular theatre
Describe two differences between Italian neoclassical criticism and ancient criticism of Aristotle
Prescriptive
verisimilitude
decorum
social status informs moral character
Name three characters from The Menaechmi
Menaechmus/Sosicles of Syracuse
Menaechmus of Epidamnus
Messenio
Erotium
Matrona
Peniculus
Cylindrus
Doctor
Identify the six components of a play (in order of importance according to Aristotle).
Plot, theme, character, diction (language), music, spectacle
What writer had profound influence on Elizabethan playwriting?
Seneca
Who was the first post fall of Rome Western playwright?
Hrotsvitha
Hrotsvit
This designer was known as the "great wizard"
Giacomo Torelli
Identify the cities in Oedipus, Medea, The Bacchae
Thebes
Corinth
Thebes