Culture
This festival was a competition where ancient Greeks performed plays.
What is the Festival of Dionysus?
This type of theatre was created by the Greek?
What is an amphitheater?
This costume piece was a staple in Greek theatre.
This person won an award for being the first actor.
Who was Thespis?
What are tragedy and comedy?
This Geek god was the patron of theatre.
Who is Dionysus?
Greeks built theatres here to help support their large structures.
What are mountain sides?
This quality of masks made characters visable from far away.
What are exaggerated features?
The award for the first actor was given in this year.
What is 534 BC?
These kinds of plays often had a sad ending.
What is a tragedy?
This group of people were the only people allowed to act on stage.
What are men?
The house of Greek Theatres were built to seat this many people.
What are thousands?
These were built into the mouths of masks to make them actors louder.
What are megaphones?
The first actor belonged to this group of people before they stepped out and began acting solo.
What is a chorus?
These kinds of plays often had a happy ending.
What is a comedy?
Which civilization is responsible for spreading ancient Greek theatre to the rest of the world?
What is a coin?
Along with the face, Greek masks also included this feature.
We know who the first actor was because the Greeks use to record awards in this way.
What is written in stone?
A greek chorus served this storytelling role in plays.
What is a narrator?
In which civilization was the oldest written play found?
These ceramic pots were placed in the audience to soak up extra sound.`
Masks made it possible for actors to do this quickly.
What is changing characters?
Before actors, Greek plays were told entirely by this group of people.
Ms. Haney was in this Greek play.
What is The Frogs?