amphitheater Flashcards
fall under 4 categories
proscenium theatre
thrust theatre
arena theatre
found spaces
the building
theatron -
seating and watching ares for audience, originally grassy slopes then to wooden seats
orchestra -
meaning ‘dancing place’ had an altar at its center called the ‘thymele’, originally used for dithyramb chorus performances developing into a place of performance as well. The actors were raised to the chorus on a proscenium.
Skene -
a wall behind the stage that acted as a sounding board, storage room and was later developed into having paraskenia (2 projecting side wings)
Parados -
exit and entrances for the actors
Ekkuklemma
used to show the body of a character that had died because violence was never shown on stage
dues ex machinae
a crane used to portray specific actions