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Types of Stages
Acting
Elizabethean Theatre
Shakespeare Plays
Greek General Terms
100
The audience is in front of the stage.
What is proscenium?
100
The master of mime and pantomime.
Who is Marcel Marceau?
100
The main playwright of Elizabethean era.
Who is Shakespeare?
100
Shakespeare's play that has gone down in history as one of the most beloved romance tragedies.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
100
A group of 6-10 people that played in the orchestra of the theater.
What is the chorus?
200
Another phrase for a proscenium theater.
What is picture frame?
200
Silent acting with no words or sounds.
What is pantomime?
200
The queen of the Elizabethean era.
Who is Queen Elizabeth?
200
The play where "everybody dies."
What is Hamlet?
200
The first actor.
Who is Thespis?
300
This type of stage goes into the audience.
What is a thrust?
300
A speech/performance done by one person.
What is a monologue?
300
A type of Shakespeare play that ended in a wedding.
What is a comedy?
300
The Greek god of wine and fertility.
Who is Dionysus?
400
A football stadium.
What is arena?
400
Acting that has sounds or language that is made up.
What is gibberish?
400
The people who played women on the stage at this time.
What is young men/boys?
400
Ophelia died this way in Hamlet.
What is drown?
400
The writer of Medea.
Who is Euriprides?
500
Another way of saying Arena Theater.
What is theatre-in-the-round?
500
A type of theatre that influenced improvisation and pantomime.
What is Commedia Dell'Arte?
500
The name of the theater that Shakespeare's plays were performed in.
What is the Globe Theater?
500
Othello was this, meaning "of African descent"
What is a moor?
500
The famed comedy writer of Ancient Greek theatre.
Who is Aristophones?