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Playwrights
Vocabulary
Types of Theatre
Actors
Structure
100
The two most influential roman comedy writers
Who are Plautus and Terence
100
The place where the audience sits to view the performance
What is cavea.
100
A solo dance with music that incorporates storytelling and masks
What is pantomime
100
Most actors were male, females were ______
What is mimes
100
Built in 54 A.D.
What is the first permanent theatre
200
Roman playwright based his plays on the comedies of Athenian playwright Menander
Who is Plautus
200
The semi circle where the ______ plays.
What is orchestra
200
A short, spoken performance that satirizes normal everyday behavior, like a sitcom
What is mime
200
Roman actors were referred to as _______
What is histriones
200
About 125 were built in the Roman Empire
What is permanent theatres
300
Playwrite who lived from 4 B.C. to 65 A.D.
Who is Seneca
300
A row of columns and pillars
What is porticus
300
The most popular form of Roman theatre
What is comedy
300
Romans used _____ or ______ types of costumes
What is Roman or Greek
300
A system in 78 B.C. that blew air over streams of water to cool the audience
What is a cooling system
400
Which of Plautus' comedies is the basis for A Funny Thing Happend on the Way to the Forum
who is Pseudolus
400
The entrances and exits for the actors
What is vomitoria
400
Characters speak in soliloquies and asides
What is tragedy
400
Romans typically stuck to ______ traditions
What is Greek
400
A common, secret exit on stage for the actors to make surprise entrances
What is trap doors
500
Segment of Roman society were comedies intended to entertain
What is Working Class
500
The side of the stage house (usually decorative)
What is frons scaenae
500
A form of entertainment where men fought other men for sport
What is gladiator battles
500
These performers used no masks
What is mimes
500
The stages were typically raised this high
What is five feet