ARTS Flashcards
Theater means?
Place of seeing
Theater began from what?
Myth, ritual and ceremony
Is theater more than the buildings where performance takes place? True or False
True
What broke the ground for theater?
The repeated rehearsals, performances and creation of different actions
Early society perceived connections between actions performed by groups of people or leaders to a certain society and these actions moved from habit, to tradition, to ritual, to ceremony due to?
Human desire and need for entertainment
Who are the people involved to produce a theatrical play?
Playwright, Director, Designer and Technical Crew, and Actors and Actresses
The person who writes the script of the play
Playwright
The person who rehearses the performers
Director
The people who produce the props to create the scenes
Designer and technical crew
People who perform on stage
Actors and actresses
When will a play be a true theater act?
When an audience witnesses it
What are the theaters under ancient theater?
Greek Theater and Roman theater
Timeframe of Ancient Theater
700 B.C.E - 410 C.E.
Parts of a greek theater (Epidauros)
Orchestra
Theatron
Parodos
Skene
A large circular or rectangular area at the center part of the theatre, where the play, dance, religious rites, and acting took place
Orchestra
Viewing place on the slope of a hill
Theatron
Stage
Skene
Side entrance
Parodos
European theater began in?
Ancient Greece
When did Greek Theater begin?
700 B.C.
Does Greek theater have festivals honoring their Gods?
Yes
The God of wine and fertility
Dionysus
Religious festival of Greek theater
The Cult of Dionysus
The center of significant cultural, political and military period during this period and where the festivals and competitions were usually performed
City-state of Athens
Three well-known Greek tragedy playwrights
Sophocles
Euripides
Aeschylus
Three Types of Drama in Ancient Greece
Tragedy
Comedy
Satyr Play
In Greece, ______ was the most admired type of play.
Tragedy
Dealt with tragic events and has an unhappy ending especially one concerning the downfall of the main character.
Tragedy
First actor, intoduced the use of mask and called the “Father of Tragedy”
Thespis
2 Greek words that compose Tragedy
Tragos - goat
Ode - song
The two Greek words that compose the word tragedy is reffering to what?
Referring to goats sacrificed to Dionysus before performances, or to goat-skins worn by the performers
Derived from imitation
Comedy
Was there a trace of comedy’s origin?
No, there were no traces of their origin
Who wrote most of the comedy plays
Aristophanes
Out of these 11 plays ____ survived
Lysistrata
A humorous tale about a strong woman who led a female coalition ro end war in greece
Lysistrata
Adventure comedy by Euripides
Cyclops
Contains comic elements to lighten the overall mood or a serious play with happy ending
Satyr play
Ancient Greek form of tragic comedy
Satyr play
What is satyr play and when is it performed
Short, lighthearted tailpiece performed after each trilogy of the tragedies
Satyr play featured a half-man/half-goat characters known as
Satyrs
Describe satyrs
They were awful, ridiculous, and usually drunk. The Satyr characters lusted after everyone on stage, and they delivered the most humorous lines, often at the expense of others.
The theater of ancient rome began in the?
3rd Century B.C.