The Beginning
In ancient Greece the small towns and villages held yearly festivals in the fall in conjunction with the ______.
Harvest
The chorus performed in a large flat circular area called the ________.
orchestra
Wrote “The Poetics” and Loved theatre
Aristotle
Actors often wore ________ to make their size comparable to their masks
platform shoes
Credited as being the first actor
Thespis
The _______ was a narrow building used as the backdrop
The Skene
Wrote “The Republic” & Hated theatre
Plato
God of wine and fertility and why festivals were created to honor...
Dionysus
The ______ recited lines in unison or chants. They said what characters were doing and thinking.
Chorus
A hoist like machine to make characters appear to fly
Mechane (Machina or Deux Machina)
Wrote the Oedipus Plays
Sophocles
Each city had their own _______
Each city had their own competition
We honor the development of plays and actors by calling all actors _______
Thespians
Actors performed wearing masks (made of _____,_________,_____or__________)
linen, wood, cork, or leather
Three genres of greek plays?
Comedies, Tragedies, New Comedies
The greatest teacher at PCS
Mr. Laga
Some of the citizens became the ________ while others were performers
audience
Platform on wheels
Ekkyklema
The _______ festival was the largest and most respected of these competitions.
Athens
Antigone was the ___play in the trilogy
2nd