Arts - Ancient Theater Flashcards
Theater means “_____ __ _____” but it is more than the buildings
where performance take place
place of seeing
To produce theater, a _____ writes the scripts,
playwright
the ________ rehearses the performers,
director
the _______ and _______ crew produce props to create the scenes,
designer and technical
The three well-known
Greek tragedy playwrights
Sophocles, Euripides and Aeschylus
The theater of ancient Greece consisted of three types of drama:
Tragedy, Comedy and the Satyr play
is a compound of two Greek words, “tragos” or “goat” and
ᾠδή‖ (ode) meaning “song”,referring to goats sacrificed to Dionysus before
performances, or to goat-skins worn by the performers.
tragedy
was the most admired type of play. It dealt with tragic events and have an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the
downfall of the main character.
tragedy
was the first actor and introduced the use of masks and was called the “Father of Tragedy”.
Thespis
plays were derived from imitation; there were no traces of their origin.
comedy
wrote most of the comedy plays.
Aristophanes
survived, a humorous tale about a strong woman who led a
female coalition to end war in Greece
Lysistrata
was an adventurous comedy
by Euripides.
Cyclops
contains comic elements to lighten the overall mood or a
serious play with a happy ending.
Satyr Play
Theatre buildings were called
theatron
