History of Theater

What acting space was used in Classical Greece?

• three story round or octagonal buildings around open courtyards with thrust stages

• multiple stages in churches

• proscenium stages

• Amphitheaters - outdoors, on a hillside, good acoustics

The following is NOT an element of Greek Theater:

• The Chorus
• Masks
• Poetic, stylized language
• Morality plays

The first actor was

• Sophoclese
• Thespis
• Dionysus
• Orestia

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The Roman and Greek theaters are basically the same except that

• Romans did all new plays
• Romans built indoor theaters
• Romans improved everything the Greeks did 
• Romans allowed women on stage

Medieval Theater included all of the following EXCEPT

• Morality plays
• Miracle Plays
• Mystery Plays
• Musicals

Which culture performed play trilogies in a competitive atmosphere?

• Egyptians

• Medieval Europe

• Ancient Greece

• Romans

What were the 3 original types of Greek plays?

• comedy, tragedy, and satyr

• tragedy, satyr, and drama

• trick question - only tragedy and comedy

• medieval, greek, and roman

The theater most of Shakespeare's plays were performed at was:

• The Rose

• The Renaissance

• The Globe

• a colloseum

What were the major types of plays Shakespeare wrote?

• histories, tragedies, comedies

• tragedies and comedies

• histories and sonnets

• farce and commedia

Theatre began as a celebration of who?

• Deoxsys

• Dionysus

• Dinosaurs