history of theater

Question 1

what does theater mean?

Answer 1

place of seeing

Question 2

where did theater begin from?

Answer 2

myth, ritual, and ceremony

Question 3

where did european theater begin?

Answer 3

ancient greece

Question 4

the 3 well-known greek tragedy playwrites

Answer 4

• sophocles
• euripides
• aeschylus

Question 5

3 types of dramas in ancient greece

Answer 5

• tragedy
• comedy
• satyr

Question 6

the father of tragedy

Answer 6

thespis

Question 7

who wrote the most comedy plays?

Answer 7

aristophanes

Question 8

when did roman theater begin?

Answer 8

3rd century bc

Question 9

what era were theater performances not allowed in europe?

Answer 9

medival era, 500 ce - 1400

Question 10

characterized by a return of classical greek, roman arts, and culture

Answer 10

renaissance theater, 1400-1600

Question 11

this period marked the iseof technology in theaters

Answer 11

baroque theater 1600-1750

Question 12

movement period. the styles of roman and greek societies influenced theater arts

Answer 12

neoclassial theater 1800-1900

Question 13

melodrama word origins

Answer 13

french- melodrame
from greek - melos (music),

and french - drame
from greek - dran (to perform)

Question 14

an art flrm from which sinhers and musicians perfrm a framatic work cmbining text & musical score

Answer 14

opera

Question 15

one of he greatest and