Theatre Spaces
The MODERN audience sits _____?
House
What is a Chorus
A group of men who talk or chant in unison
Drums were used for...
Drums- Thunder
Father of Tragedy
Aschlysus
Drama means to ___ or to ____
To DO or to ACT
Ancient Greek Audience sits in the ______?
Theatron
TRUE or FALSE
The playrights competed at City Dionysus
True
Red cloth was used for...
Blood onstage
Sophocles wrote which play
Oedipus Rex
Greek Festival of plays is called
City Dionysus
Playing area or playing space (stage) ______?
Orchestra
How did theatre begin?
Women on the hillside praising Dionysus to become fertile
Men got jealous and brought it to the City and called it City Dionysus
Wagon was used for...
Present dead
Euripides wrote...
Medea
RIP is RADical because he wrote about women
Trilogy is made up of
2 tragedies, 1 comedy
Carved out of a hillside and sits 14,000 - 30,000 people
Ampitheatre
Who brought theatre back to the western hemisphere after 400 years
Catholic Church
What is an Onkus?
Head piece ON TOP of your head
Aristophanes is ...
Aristo"funny" the comedian
Easier to read rather than perform
Closet Drama
Who watched the GREEK plays
Greeks - EVERYONE
Romans - Wealthy
Who is Thespis
THEspis is THE first actor
Masks are used for many reasons. List 2.
Few actors, not enough parts
Visibility
Sound
Characterization
Emotions
Plautus
plagerized greek plays
Dionysus is the God of what 3 things:
Wine, fertility, theatre