It's Greek to Me
This Greek word, meaning "to do" or "to act."
What is drama?
Around Roman times, theatre was used as a tool to control the masses from this prosecuted religion.
What is Christianity?
Middle-Age plays were divided into these three categories.
What are Miracle, Mystery, and Morality plays?
Most Restoration plays were in this genre.
What is melodrama?
These two playwrights are known for making the art of Realism and Naturalism prosper.
Who are Anton Chekov and Henrik Ibsen?
The first to step out from the chorus; the namesake for us modern actors.
Who is Thespis?
The Romans derived most of their culture from this previous nation.
What is Greece?
Troupes of actors would travel in these from town to town and perform.
What are pageant wagons?
Starting in the Restoration period, these people were legally allowed to perform in plays.
Who are women?
This playwright popularized sensory recall and the idea of motivation, objective, and tactic.
Who is Stanislavski?
Festivals were held for this God of wine, fertility, and theatre in Greek culture.
Who is Dionysus?
Instead of tragedies, the Romans preferred this form of entertainment.
What are gladiator battles?
This speaking method is in effect when a line of verse has five metrical feet; each consisting of one short/unstressed syllable followed by one long/stressed syllable.
What is iambic pentameter?
This Restoration playwright rewrote endings to famous Shakespearean plays.
Who is David Garrick?
Post-WWII, this existential genre of theatre emerged and tried to spread the message of the meaninglessness of life.
What is absurdism?
These four were very well-known Greek tragedians.
Who are Euripides, Aeschylus, and Sophocles?
The Italian Renaissance was inspired by Rome due to this aspect of their early comedies.
What are stock characters?
This famous playwright was known for comedies, tragedies, and history plays.
Who is William Shakespeare?
These two absurdist playwrights are known for Waiting for Gadot and Rosencrantz and Guidenstern are Dead, respectively.
Who are Samuel Beckett and Tom Stoppard?
A giant crane used to "fly" actors into the playing area; the first instance of early technical special effects.
What is the Dues ex Machine/God in the Machine?
Most plays in the Elizabethan Era were performed here.
What is the Globe Theatre?
Most stories base themselves off of this structure, composed of exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
What is plot structure?