Roman Theatre
Romans cared more about this than theatre.
What are sporting events?
Pantomime is acting without this.
What is speaking?
There were this number of Circus Games in Ancient Rome.
What are 6?
The types of plays that depict the Stations of the Cross.
What are Passion Plays?
What are 5?
The name of the arena in Rome that still stands today.
What is the Coliseum?
Most people believe Pantomime originated in France, but it actually originated here.
What is Ancient Rome?
The Naumachia was this type of battle.
What is a sea battle?
The church saw the potential in theatre as a chance to tell stories about this.
What is Christ and Christianity?
The world's first actor.
Who is Thespis?
The largest arena built in Ancient Rome.
What is the Circus Maximus?
Pantomime artists used to wear this costume piece so that they would have no expression on their faces.
What are masks?
THese two sports are commonly seen in competitions todya.
People began feeling that theater was a place for this, and should not be used for entertainment.
What is evil worship?
This Greek Playwright was known as the Father of Comedy.
Who is Aristophanes?
Commedia dell'arte was one of the first forms of Roman Theatre and it translates to the Art of ______.
What is comedy?
Pantomime artists today wear these two distinct costume pieces.
What are a striped shirt and white face makeup/paint?
In the Ventio, an unarmed person or a docile animal would be placed in an arena with this.
What is a wild animal?
Many churches show the Stations of the Cross through this.
What are stained glass windows?
This Greek Playwright was known as the Father of Tragedy.
Who is Aeschylus?
Commedia dell'arte used three types of these characters.
What are stock characters?
What is tell?
The most well-known circus game was the Cursus, also known as this type of racing.
What is chariot racing?
There are this number of stations in the Stations of the Cross.
What are 14 stations?
Oedipus the King was written by this Greek Playwright.
Who was Sophocles?