Ancient Greece
Name the greek god of theatre
Who is Dionysus?
Where the actors would perform, now it is where musicians perform.
What is the orchestra?
the most sought after job where people portray characters through movies, theatre, or tv
What is an actor?
small, hut-like houses that were used to show location, nowadays meaning a big, luxurious house.
What is a mansion?
the most famous playwright of all time who wrote 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and was an actor at one point in time
A group of actors saying the lines all together in unison, it now means a group that sings together.
What is a chorus?
Where the audience would sit
What is the Theatron?
The person who writes scripts for theatre.
What is a playwright?
several stories, told one right after the other.
What are cycle plays?
This playwright only wrote 7 plays because he died young in a bar fight and served as an inspiration for Shakespeare.
Who is Christopher Marlowe?
Name the three genres of greek theatre
What are Comedy, Tragedy, and Satyr plays?
Could have one to three entrances for the actors to enter from backstage; painted to look like castles, woods, marketplaces, etc.
What is the skene?
the person who directs the backstage crew and runs the show once it goes into performance.
Who is the stage manager?
These were stories that told a lesson, making sure that the listener learned something from the play.
What are morality plays?
This playwright started as an actor, but then most notably wrote satire.
Who is Ben Johnson?
The very first actor
Who is thespis?
The entrance point between the audience and the stage, now called the vomitoriums.
What is the parados?
the person who handles the finances of a theater.
Who is the producer?
these were plays that specifically focused on biblical history.
What are mystery plays?
True or False: Shakespeare wrote in Olde English
What is false: Shakespeare wrote in Early Modern English
The playwright who wrote Antigone
Who is Sophocles?
An alter in the center of the orchestra for the leader of the chorus to stand.
What is the thymeli?
Name the difference between sets and props
What is sets are permanent structures, props are handled by actors?
the organization that controlled all art and theatre during the medieval times.
What is the church?
The rhythm Shakespeare wrote in to imitate a heartbeat
What is Iambic Pentameter?