Drama A- Level Flashcards
Pathos?
awakening people’s emotions to sway their opinion towards that of the speaker.
Most popular festival in Athens?
Dionysia
What was Dionysia?
Celebration of god Dionysus
When did Dionysia occur?
Every spring
How many members of the chorus in traditional greek theatre?
50 chorus members
How long did the festival Dionysia last?
Four days
Audience members by late 5th Century BCE theater?
15,000 people
What does “chorus” mean in Greek?
dance
What is one way of describing chorus function?
An emotional bridge between spectators & actors
Name the three Greek Tragedians?
1) Aeschylus
2) Sophocles
3) Euripides
To what number did Sophocles add an actor?
3 actors
How many times did Sophocles win the first prize for Dionysia?
18 first prizes
Festival of Dionysia was a contest. Three dramatists on three successive days presented their plays to then be awarded First Second or Third?
TRUE
Who was the “choregos”?
Private citizen who paid for the expenses of the production.
NOT producer
“logos”
Logic
“parados”
Entrance of theatre
“kurios”
Patriarchy
“prologos”
First scene
“teatron”
Audience seating
“orkestra”
Round stage where chorus performs
“agon”
Conflict
“prosopon”
Mask
“Rhesis”
Long speech
“hubris”
excessive pride; arrogance
“oikos”
Family/ home
“stasimon”
Chorus sequence
“hamartia”
Fatal flaw
“miasma”
Spiritual pollution
“gamos”
Wedding day
US unemployment during Great Depression?
peaked 25%
15M unemployed
US GDP fell by how much during GD?
fell by 15%
Unemployment in St Loius?
peaked at 30%
La Casa de Bernarda Alba what to include in intro?
‘La Casa de Bernarda Alba’ by Federico Garcia Lorca Teatro Tribueñe, Madrid 7 November 2020 Director: Irina Kouberskaya Live production
Antigone physique?
black hair broad shoulders skinny angular face 5 feet 5 inches androgynous quality
Antigone notes/personality?
martyr complex challenges patriarchy loyalty to 'oikos' absolutist powerful voice confident/arrogant
Ismene notes/personality?
conventional royal figure QUASI-MATERNAL ROLE prudent vulnerable sororal love to A
Ismene physique?
beautiful Greek standards blue eyes round cheeks=innocent dark blonde 5 feet 2 inches
what is one theme of Antigone?
Knowledge & certainty
Everyone knows what they do is right, yet it ends in disaster
Antigone presents the philosophical debate that would have been familiar to many ordinary fifth-century BC Athenians:
which is more important, nomos (manmade law) or physis (natural or divine law)?
It is a matter of supreme irrelevance to Antigone … ?
that the act of burying her brother Polynices is forbidden by law.
sanctimonious?
tone
making a show of being morally superior to other people.
Antigone the play survives through its dramatisation of an eternal conflict: ?
the inflexibility of state power confronts the instinctive morality of the individual.
‘Casa de Bernarda Alba’ set?
- spitting in jugs
- atmosphere & iconogRAPHY reinforced by paintings
- use of turning doors crucifixion
- turning doors after Adela suicide
