It's All Greek To Me
This literal translation of Deus ex Machina describes a piece of theatrical scenery.
What is God Machine?
This is the country where Sankrit theatre was created.
What is India?
One theory of how theatre begins centers around religious these.
What are Rituals?
This is what happens during the play.
What is Plot?
I was the first known actor.
Who is Thespis?
Greek actors used these to change characters and amplify their voices.
Unlike tragedies, Sanskrit and Noh plays ended ____ ever after.
What is happily?
After a few centuries without theatre, this Easter Service 'performance' brought it back.
What is the Quem Quaeritis?
These are the people capable of making the action possible.
What are Characters?
I wrote Poetics, a text that defined what a Tragic Play was.
Who is Aristotle?
This large group of people narrated and sang throughout Greek plays.
What is the Chorus?
All Noh stages have this,even if they are indoors.
What are roofs?
These two types of theater have mythological origins.
What are Sanskrit and Noh
This is everything that is seen and experienced by the audience.
What is Spectacle?
Unlike those *tragedians*, I wrote Greek comedies.
Who is Aristophanes?
Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Euripides were all called this. (Named after the genre of plays they wrote.)
What are Tragedians?
These two religions had heavy influences on Noh Theater.
What are Shintoism and Buddism
A declaration by the Pope brought about this type of secular play.
What are Mystery (or Pageant) Plays?
This describes the inner motivations of the characters. The audience will have a clear understanding should have a clear understanding of this.
What is Thought?
My Roman father was also important, but I made a name for myself writing plays with a 5-act structure.
Who is Seneca the Younger?
A tetralogy is made up of these parts.
What are three tragedies and a Satyr play?
Greek plays were defined by genres. Sanskrit plays were defined by what type of THIS they evoked.
What are Rasas or Moods?
Kan’ami started writing Noh plays while working for one of these Japanese rulers.
What is a Shogun?
Everything that is spoken by the actors. It should be poetic and crafted carefully.
What is Diction?
I used my power as Roman Emperor to decriminalize Christianity. Too bad for theatre.
Who is Constantine?