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Types of Drama
Greek Players
Basics of Drama
Performing
Special Effects
100
The two most popular types of Greek drama
What is comedy and tragedy?
100
The first actor
Who is Thespis?
100
The city that was the main center for the Greek drama festival.
What is Athens?
100
This group of men often represented the townspeople and commented on the action of characters in a Greek play.
What is the chorus?
100

The audience area in a Greek theatre.

What is the auditorium?

200
Short plays performed between the tragedies. They made fun of the plight of the tragedy's characters.
What is a satyr play?
200

He was the first play critic.

Aristotle

200
The festival where everyone from all over Greece came to attend and banks were shut down. Prisoners are set free to come see the festival too.
What is Festival Dionysus?
200

A poem written in a heightened style that expresses deep feeling and is intended to be sung

What is an ode?

200
The passageways where chorus and audience made their entrances and exits.
What is the parados?
300

This type of drama where the main character had a flaw and went into a downward spiral because of it, usually resulting in death.

What is tragedy?

300

There were no more than this many characters playing roles (not the chorus) in a play.

What is 3?

300
Another word for actor.
What is Thespian?
300

The entry for a dramatic playwright to submit.

What is a trilogy and a satyr play?

300
The portion of the Greek Theatre where the chorus sang to the audience.
What is the orchestra?
400

This play featured a man who stabbed his eyes out.

What is Oedipus Rex?

400

He added the third actor and was known for his superb plot construction. He wrote the most famous Greek play (which we discussed in class).

Who is Sophocles?

400
The most famous oracle in Greek Literature.
What is Delphi?
400
This is one reason why actors wore masks.
What is: -Visibility and characterization - Sound assistance - Multiple roles - Disguising the actor
400
The portion of stage where actors performed (included 1-3 doors in and out)
What is the skene?
500

The number of remaining tragedies left by the Greek playwrights.

What is 30 tragedies?

500

This was the guy who was the producer of the plays and paid for all the major expenses of a production.

What is a choregus?

500

Dionysus was considered the god of these three things.

What is wine, agriculture, fertility?

500
This is one purpose for the chorus.
What is -Gave background info -Commented on the action -Described offstage action -Provided society's perspective on the situation
500
A triangular stage device which consisted of three painted flats hinged together, each showing a different scene.
What is the periaktoi?