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Cultures 1
Cultures 2
Greek Tragedians
Greek Comedians
100
This theatre form is known as doll theatre.
What is Bunraku?
100
Which culture's theatre is based on literature from the Bible?
Hebrew
100
This writer is the second best, if most well known, writer of tragedies; he wrote Oedipus the King.
Who is Sophocles?
100
He was the first comedic writer of note in Greece, and his plays include The Birds, The Frogs, and The Clouds.
Who is Aristophanes?
200
Which culture's plays honored Dionysus?
The Greeks.
200
Which theatre form remains largely unchanged from it's original form -- Peking Opera, Noh, or Kyogen?
Noh.
200
This writer was known as the father of tragedy, and won first prize thirteen times. He loved spectacle, such as big stunts and scary masks.
Who is Aeschylus?
200
This man wrote about families and the private lives of his characters; his plays featured slapstick humor.
Who is Menander?
300
This culture's theatre was obsessed with life after death.
What is Egyptian?
300
This culture's theatre was gory and vulgar.
What is Roman theatre?
300
This writer examined psychology, motivations, and the plight of women and outsiders. He wrote Medea.
Who is Euripides?
300
This writer wasn't necessarily a comic writer, but he was the first writer to win the playwriting prize in Greece.
Who is Thespis?
400
A flowerway, a ramp that extends through the audience from the back up to the stage, is used in this theatre form.
What is Kabuki?
400
Tragedy, which means "goat song", began with this culture.
Greeks