Show:
Important Playwrights
Festival Dionysia
Greek Theatre Architecture
Globe Theatre
Misc. Questions
100
Widely regarded as the best English speaking playwright of all time
William Shakespeare
100
Who was the festival in honor of?
Dionysus
100
What is the orchestra?
A flat singing and dancing area in front of the audience.
100
What were the people called who paid one penny to stand by the stage and watch the show?
Groundlings
100
What language was used by lower class characters in Shakespearean shows?
Prose
200
Earliest recorded Greek playwright
Aeschylus
200
How many tragic writers were selected?
3
200
What is the theatron?
A hillside for the audience to sit.
200
What were the flags used for?
Signify what type of show was done at the Globe
200
Were Greek plays written mostly in verse or prose?
Verse
300
Often referred to alongside Shakespeare as the greatest writer of all time
Sophocles
300
How many comic writers were selected?
3-5
300
What is the Ekkeklyma?
Sliding platform to bring actors onstage.
300
How many galleries were there in the Globe?
Three
300
What is a soliloquy?
Monologue where you talk to yourself
400
Explored psychology of the individual
Euripides
400
What were the responsibilities of the Didaskalos?
Writer of the works, name meant "trainer" or "teacher"
400
What is the skene?
Initially, a structure used as a changing room and for small scenery onstage.
400
What was the tiring house?
The chamber used for bedroom and balcony scenes within Shakespearean plays.
400
What is one characteristic of representational acting?
Emphasis on emotions/relationships
500
Only writer of Greek comedies whose works have survived
Aristophanes
500
What were the responsibilities of the Archon?
Magistrate that selected the writers, festival held in their name
500
What is the thymele?
A small altar in the middle of the orchestra used to praise Dionysus during the festival.
500
Where did the Groundlings stand to watch the show?
The Open Yard
500
What is one characteristic of presentational acting?
Focus on body