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Greek to Me
Middle Ages
Around the Globe
Royal Age
Conventions
100
Worn by actors in Ancient Greece, these costume pieces often had built in megaphones to help amplify their voices.
What are MASKS?
100
Mobile scenic units used to stage mystery cycles
What are PAGEANT WAGONS?
100
They paid a penny to stand in front of the stage during a performance
Who are GROUNDLINGS?
100
Deliberate attempt by Royal Age playwrights to imitate classical Greek playwriting
What is NEOCLASSICISM?
100
When a character speaks his thoughts aloud, as in "To be or not to be."
What is a SOLILOQUY
200
Also known as "the Dancing Circle," it is where the chorus spends most of its time during a performance
What is the ORCHESTRA?
200
The most common authorship of plays in the Middle Ages
What is a ANONYMOUS?
200
Also known as the Discovery Place, this was a small, curtained pavilion jutting out onto the stage where characters could be surprisingly revealed
What is the INNER STAGE?
200
Scene painting technique used to create the illusion of depth on two-dimensional backdrops of the proscenium stage
What is perspective scenery?
200
Used by Shakespeare to prove the guilt of Claudius in HAMLET
What is a PLAY-WITHIN-A-PLAY?
300
Three sided columns used as scenic units in Greek theatre
What are PERIAKTOI?
300
Scenic units used on the fixed stages of the middle ages
What are MANSIONS or HUTS?
300
Lets the townspeople know there is a play being performed that day
What is the SIGNAL FLAG?
300
Architectural structures that were converted into theatres during the Royal Age of Theatre
What are JEU DE PAUMME (OR TENNIS) COURTS?
300
A device used by playwrights to miraculously untangle plot complications at the end of a play, as the Officer does in TARTUFFE
What is a DEUS EX MACHINA?
400
A building in Greek theatre that serves as a background for performance and a tiring house for actors
What is the SKENE?
400
Flatbed trailer used to extend the playing area of the mobile stages
What are SCAFFOLD CARTS?
400
Upper level of the Globe Playhouse that was used to house equipment needed for special effects
What is the MACHINE LOFT?
400
Also known as the Sun King, it was this man's opinion that mattered most to the playwrights and audience members of the Royal Age
Who is LOUIS XIV
400
When an actor breaks the fourth wall convention to speak directly to the audience
What is an ASIDE?
500
Aristotle's word for "Imitation"
What is Mimesis?
500
Part of the Easter mass that would evolve into the mystery plays of the Middle Ages
What is the TROPE?
500
Canopy that extended over the Globe theatre's stage, upon which was painted a sky scene.
What is the HEAVENS?
500
Playwrights during the Royal Age frequently subdivided their acts into these
What are FRENCH SCENES?
500
Often used in episodically structured plays to create a second line of action
What is SUBPLOT?