Greek
Who is the Greek God of Theatre? What was the celebration called?
Dionysus. The Festival of Dionysus
How was Roman Theatre different than Greek?
Violent and bloody
What are the 3 types of Medieval Plays?
Mystery, Morality, Miracle
What does Commedia mean?
Comedy of the Profession
What was Shakespeare's theatre called?
The Globe
Violence in Greek Theatre happened where?
Off stage
What did Roman plays focus on?
Roman plays focused more on spectacle than storytelling.
What were each of the 3 plays about?
Mystery- Bible
Morality- right and wrong
Miracle- Saints
Who was allowed to act?
Women and Men
How many plays and sonnets did he write?
37 plays and 154 sonnets
What was the Greek Chorus?
What was their purpose?
Group of men who spoke in unison.
The chorus shared the main character’s thoughts and showed the audience how to feel.
The chorus gave exposition or background information.
What happened when the church took over?
Theatre was cancelled for 500 years.
What were the 2 types of staging areas they used? (hint 1 was for traveling)
Mansions and Pageant Wagons
Physical Comedy in Commedia was called?
Lazzi
How many lines does a sonnet have?
14
Greek actors wore what? What did they look like?
Masks with exaggerated facial expressions. Made from lightweight materials such as stiffened linen, leather, cork, or wood, and were often decorated with human or animal hair.
What could the people not do anymore that became a problem?
Read the bible
What is the definition of Improv?
Improv is theatre without a script
What is a stock character? Name the 3 groups
A familiar type of character that appears again and again.
Master, Servant and Lover
What is a monolgue?
A long speech spoken by one character about big thoughts, feelings, or ideas.
Who was the first actor?
Thespis
What was the church's solution?
The Church’s solution was to use Theatre to teach Bible stories.
These plays helped people learn about good and evil.
What are the 4 main rules of Improv?
Don’t say no, say yes and.
Be a good scene partner.
Be flexible
No yelling and be kind.
Name all 6 Stock Characters in Commedia
Harlequin, The Doctor, The Captain, Pantalone, Columbina, The Lovers
What is a iambic pentamter?
10 syllables per line, sounds like a heartbeat, stressed and unstressed syllables. Used it to sound dramatic