Western Classical Plays / Opera

Question 1

What is the meaning of theater?

Answer 1

It is mean by the place of seeing

Question 2

Where did the theater began?

Answer 2

It began from myth ritual and ceremony

Question 3

How theater is being produce?

Answer 3

A play wright writes the script the director rehearses the performers the designer and technical crew produce props to create the scenes and actors and actresses perform on stage.

Question 4

How did the ancient theater began?

Answer 4

The ancient theater began from 700 b .c. e. to 410 C.e

Question 5

Where did european theater began?

Answer 5

It began from ancient greece.

Question 6

How does european theater biglaan in ancient greece?

Answer 6

It began around 700 bc with festivals honoring their many gods.

Question 7

Where is the center of a significant culture in athens?

Answer 7

The center of significant culture in athens is the city states of athens where the center of a significant cultural political and military power during this period are the festivals and competitions where usually performed.

Question 8

What is the three well known greek tragedy playwrights?

Answer 8

The three well known greek tragedy playwrights was:

Euripides

• experienced travel these are as education in themselves.

Sophocles

• always desire to learn something useful.

Aeschylus

• memory is a mother of all wisdom.

Question 9

What is the three types of dramas in ancient greece theater?

Answer 9

The three types of drama in ancient greece theater is tragedy, comedy , and satyr.

Question 10

What is tragedy

Answer 10

Tragedy is a compound of two greek words means “tragos or goat and “ode” meaning song, referring to goats sacrifice to Dionysus before performances, or to goat - skins world by the performers.

Question 11

Why tragedy is considered as the unhappy ending of plays?

Answer 11

Because tragedy was the most admired type of play. It deals with tragic events and have an unhappy ending, one concerning the downfall of the main character.

Question 12

Who is Thespis?

Answer 12

Thespis is the “father of tragedy” the first actor and introduced the use of mask.

Question 13

What is comedy plays?

Answer 13

Comedy plays were derived from imitation; there were no traces of origin.

Aristophanes wrote most of the comedy plays.

Question 14

What is Lysistrata?

Answer 14

Lysistrata is a humorous tale about a strong woman who led a female coalition to end war in greece.

Question 15

Who wrote cyclops and adventurous comedy?

Answer 15

Euripides write it.

Question 16

What is the satyr play.

Answer 16

It is contains comic elements to lighten the overall mood or serious play with a happy ending.
This play was an short lighthearted tailpiece performed.

It is an ancient greek form of tragic comedy.

This featured half man half goat characters known as satyrs.
They were awful ridiculous and usually drunk.

The satyr characters lusted after everyone on stage and they deliver the most numerous lines of fire at the expense of others.

Question 17

What is theater?

Answer 17

It is an ancient theater terms which is building were called theatron.

Question 18

What is the theater again?

Answer 18

Theater is a large open-air structures constructed on the slopes of a hill it consists of three main elements the orchestra the skene and audience.

Question 19

What is orchestra?

Answer 19

Orchestra is a large circular or rectangular area at the same time and at the center part of the theater where the play dance religious rites and acting took place.

Question 20

What is theatron?

Answer 20

Theatron is the viewing place on the slope of a hill.

Question 21

What is skene

Answer 21

Skene is the stage

Question 22

What is parados?

Answer 22

Peridot is the side entrance.

Question 23

What is the four main parts of the greek theater?

Answer 23

There are 4 parts of the greek theater

• skene
• parados
• orchestra
• theatron

Question 24

Roman theaters

Answer 24

Theater of the ancient rome started in the 3rd century bc.

It had varied and resting art forms, like festival performances of street theater, acrobatics, the staging of comedies and Plautus, and the high - verbally elaborate tragedies of seneca.

Question 25

The roman culture

Answer 25

Roman culture in 3rd century bc had an intense and energizing effect on roman theater and encouraged the development of latin literature.

Question 26

The theater of the roman theaters

Answer 26

The theatre of pompey

Question 27

What is the usual themes for roman theater plays?

Answer 27

The usual themes for roman theater plays were chariot races gladiators and public execution and also bromance love a good spectacle.

Question 28

The usual themes for roman theater

Answer 28

I love to watch combat and may blood sports and gladiator competition the more realistic the violence the more it please by the roman audience.

Question 29

Comedy plays in roman theater

Answer 29

Comedy place we’re also popular in the room and theater from 350 to 250 bc and women were allowed to perform in stage.