Theatre History

A morality play is a play that

• Teaches the stories of the bible

• Teaches the stories of the saints

• Teaches the lessons of how to live as a Christian

The Greeks started theatre to celebrate

• The new year

• A new emperor

• The Greek God Dionysus

• Their king

The humanist movement lead people to believe

• That humans are alone in the universe

• That humans can think for themselves

• That God is a human

• That the world is flat

In a Greek theatre, the place where the the audience sits is called

• The Orchestra

• Theatron

• Skene

In Greek theatre the chorus performed on the

• Theatron

• Skene

• Orchestra

In Greek theatre, masks were used to (mark all that apply)

• Allow the actors to change characters quickly

• Allow Gods to come down and play in the shows

• Allow the actors to play parts that they would never otherwise be able to play

• Women could be actors without being in trouble

In Greek Theatre, a group of men who spoke in unison and wore the same masks were the

(a)  

Thespis was a Greek

• writer

• God

• politician

• actor

Greek comedies were similar to the following modern tv shows

• news shows

• sketch shows like SNL

• sitcoms about regular people

• telenovellas

What of the following is true about mystery plays?

• They taught bible stories

• They would sometimes be performed for many days in a row.

• They were only performed by priests

• They were first performed inside churches