Western Classical Plays / Opera Flashcards
What is the meaning of theater?
It is mean by the place of seeing
Where did the theater began?
It began from myth ritual and ceremony
How theater is being produce?
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.
How did the ancient theater began?
The ancient theater began from 700 b .c. e. to 410 C.e
Where did european theater began?
It began from ancient greece.
How does european theater biglaan in ancient greece?
It began around 700 bc with festivals honoring their many gods.
Where is the center of a significant culture in athens?
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.
What is the three well known greek tragedy playwrights?
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.
What is the three types of dramas in ancient greece theater?
The three types of drama in ancient greece theater is tragedy, comedy , and satyr.
What is tragedy
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.
Why tragedy is considered as the unhappy ending of plays?
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.
Who is Thespis?
Thespis is the “father of tragedy” the first actor and introduced the use of mask.
What is comedy plays?
Comedy plays were derived from imitation; there were no traces of origin.
Aristophanes wrote most of the comedy plays.
What is Lysistrata?
Lysistrata is a humorous tale about a strong woman who led a female coalition to end war in greece.
Who wrote cyclops and adventurous comedy?
Euripides write it.
What is the satyr play.
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.
What is theater?
It is an ancient theater terms which is building were called theatron.
What is the theater again?
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.
What is orchestra?
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.
What is theatron?
Theatron is the viewing place on the slope of a hill.
What is skene
Skene is the stage
What is parados?
Peridot is the side entrance.
What is the four main parts of the greek theater?
There are 4 parts of the greek theater
- skene
- parados
- orchestra
- theatron
Roman theaters
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.
