Stage Types & Stage Business
This is the most common type of stage. This stage type has the audience sitting on only one side.
Proscenium Stage
The earliest form of theatre began as this.
Storytelling
Actors in Greek theatre often wore these to show different characters.
Masks
The famous theatre where Shakespeare’s plays were performed was called this.
The Globe
This phrase means that acting is responding truthfully to what others do on stage.
Acting is reacting
The audience sits all around the stage in this type of theatre space.
Arena Stage
Early civilizations recorded stories by making these on cave walls.
Cave drawings
The first actor in Greek theatre was named this.
Thespis
Shakespeare died on this special day.
His birthday
The imaginary barrier between actors and the audience is called this.
The Fourth Wall
The audience sits on three sides of the stage in this stage type.
Thrust Stage
An action or routine repeated over and over that can become superstition is called this.
Ritual
Two of the genres performed in Greek theatre were comedy and this other serious style.
Drama / Tragedy
A Shakespearean sonnet has this many lines.
14
This musical revolutionized theatre with hip-hop music and diverse casting.
Hamilton
Theatre can happen anywhere as long as there is someone to ______ and someone to be the ______. Because of this, almost anywhere can be a performance space.
Audience and performer
These drawings helped early civilizations do this important thing with their stories.
Tell and preserve stories
The Greeks celebrated theatre during this festival.
The Great Dionysia
Shakespeare wrote this many plays.
38
Background actions that make a scene look realistic are called this.
Stage Business
The audience sits outside on a raked side of a hill with the performance space at the bottom.
Amphitheater
BONUS: Act it out! Act out a very dramatic retelling of a big event (like hunting an animal or escaping danger) using only movement and facial expressions.
Storytelling Acting
These are the three genres of Greek theatre.
Comedy, dramatic, and Satyr
Shakespeare wrote in this rhythm pattern.
Iambic Pentameter
These are the four basic elements of a musical.
Book, score, choreography, and spectacle