Parts of the Stage
Term for the exact middle of the stage
What is center stage?
A chorus was made up of only this type of person
What are men?
The most common type of stage with only one section of audience
What is proscenium?
This person is known as the first actor
Who is Thespis?
Type of puppet controlled using strings attached to a control bar
What is a marionette?
Moving closer to the audience
What is downstage?
The Greek god of theatre and wine
Who is Dionysus?
The audience sits on all sides of this type of stage
What is in-the-round or arena?
Hymns to Dionysus that later became scripts for plays
What are dithyramb?
Probably the most common type of puppet; controlled by one hand, which occupies the interior of the puppet
What is a hand puppet?
Moving away from the audience
What is upstage?
This Greek word describes a type of play where the protagonist meets an unhappy fate
What is tragedy?
This is a small type of theatre with movable seats and no windows
What is a black box?
Greek actors wore these to show emotion and help them play multiple characters
What are masks?
A cut-out figure held between a source of light and a translucent screen
What is a shadow puppet?
The area off to either side of the stage
What are the wings?
The area where the chorus stood to perform
What is the orchestra?
This type of stage has three sections of audience seating
What is a thrust stage?
This group of people helped narrate the story and function as the "voice of the audience"
What is a Greek chorus?
One or more performers are required to move the body and limbs of this large puppet that is often seen in parades
What is a carnival/body puppet?
The area the audience cannot see behind the stage; used for storage and a holding area
What is backstage?
This Greek word translates to "goat song"
What is tragedy?
Runways are like this; a stage with the audience on either side
What is traverse or alley?
A device used to "fly" in actors playing gods, sort of like a crane
What is deus ex machina?
This country is known for water puppets
What is Vietnam?