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Terms and People
Greek Theatre
Roman Theatre
100
Define Greek tragedy.
interrelationships between the human and the divine, man vs. gods (or fate); lots of pain, death, and destruction
100
Which Greek city was the birthplace of theatre?
Athens
100
Romans thought of plays like...
Sports. (competitions)
200
Define/explain Deus Ex Machina.
“god from/in the machine” – whenever Greeks couldn’t figure out how to get the characters out of a jam in a play, they had a “god” (actor dressed as the god) drop in on a crane to make it all better.
200
Who is the earliest playwright we know of?
Thespis
200
The Greeks liked tragedy, but the Romans liked...
Comedy
300
What famous play did Sophocles write?
Oedipus the King
300
Why did actors wear masks in this era?
Quick character/costume changes, projection, visible to people a long way away.
300
What two Roman playwrights did we learn about?
Plautus, Terence
400
What were the names of the two Roman writers we talked about?
Terence and Plautus
400
What were the four categories of performers in Greek theatre?
Chorus, actors, supernumeraries (extras), musicians
400
Draw and label the Roman stage.
Include scenery/scene building, stage, audience and orchestra.
500
What are the names of the three Greek writers we learned about?
Sophocles, Euripides, and Aeschylus
500
Draw and label the Greek theater design.
Include stage/orchestra, skene, audience and crane.
500
What themes did Roman comedies focus on?
Domestic misunderstandings like mistaken identities and misunderstood motives. Also, physical and body humor.