People
Who was credited as the first actor?
Thespis
What season/time of year did the theatre festivals take place?
The Harvest
The area where the actors performed on stage
Orchestra
If you won a theatre competition, what would you win?
Your names and show carved into the theatre wall for everyone to see
The ____ festival was the largest and most respected of the competition
Athens
What god did they honor with theatre
Dionysius
Plays were performed in groups of three tragedies: ____
Trilogy
in ancient Greek theatre, a building behind the playing area that was originally a hut for the changing of masks and costumes but eventually became the background before which the drama was enacted.
Skene
Only men acted in plays. True or false?
TRUE
What actors used to project, show emotion, and play different characters
Masks
Dionysius was the god of...
Food, wine, and fertility
Two most popular genres of plays written
Comedies and tragedies
The area where the audience sat and watched the shows
Theatron
VIOLENCE in plays happened on or offstage?
Off
Thespis changed the game by giving individual actors theses:
Lines
Who wrote the Oedipus plays
Sophocles
Name 1 of three famous philosophers of Greek Theatre
cart/platform on wheels
Ekkyklema
The coolest and funniest teacher at Basis
Mr. Laga
Actors made long speeches and had little _______ because the stage size was limited.
Movement
Wrote new comedies
Menander
plays in which the chorus and the long speeches were eliminated, and the stories switched to contemporary life rather than that of kings and heroes. Also spoken in the language of the average person.
New Comedies
hoist like machine to make characters appear to fly
Mechane
Actors often wore ________ to make their size comparable to their masks.
platform shoes
Group of individuals who comment with a collective voice on the dramatic action and help with narration. They do this with lines and chants
Greek Chrous