Where It All Started
This genre made fun of celebrities and politicians in Ancient Greek times.
What is Comedy?
What is Drama?
Who is William Shakespeare?
This area is the strongest part of the stage.
What is Down Stage Center?
This stage has grand drapes and wings
What is a Proscenium?
Only men could be actors and wore this headdress to portray women roles.
What is a Wig?
A written copy of the dialogue that the actors will speak.
What is a Script?
In this play, two feuding families are opposed to their children falling in love.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
This area of the stage is not visible to the audience
What is Off Stage?
This area is in front of the 4th wall
What is an Apron?
This structure was built in a hillside so the audience see.
What is a coliseum?
Freedom from all bodily functions
What is Relaxation
The year of William Shakespeare's death.
What is 1616?
This area is at or toward the middle of the stage.
What is Center Stage?
This performance space can be used when there is no basic stages available.
What is Flexible Staging?
This genre of plays were a combination of comedy and drama and were rude.
What is Satyr?
Muscular membranes in the larynx that produce sound.
What are vocal folds?
A professional storyteller, verse maker, music composer, oral historian. This was also William Shakespeare's nickname.
What is The Bard?
The area in where the audience is seated.
What is the House?
This stage has four audience areas and entrances; it resembles the Ancient Greek theatre coliseums.
What is an Arena stage?
This group of men sang songs, danced and was part of the storytelling.
What is a Chorus?
The shaping and molding of sounds and syllables.
What is Articulation?
"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day..."
What is Sonnet 18?
Occurring in the area behind the stage and especially in the dressing room.
What is Backstage?
This T-shape stage is three sided and resembles a Runway stage.
What is a Thrust Stage?