VDA - Theater (Part 1)

A building, part of a building, or an outdoor area for housing dramatic presentations, stage entertainment, or motion-picture shows

• Theater

• Orchestra

• Chorus

• Skene

The circular space in front of the stage in the ancient Greek theater, reserved for the chorus

• Theater

• Orchestra

• Diazoma

• Skene

The group of actors in ancient Greece that served as major participants in or commentators on the main action of the drama

• Theater

• Orchestra

• Chorus

• Skene

A structure facing the audience in an ancient Greek theater, forming the background before which performances were given

• Theater

• Orchestra

• Chorus

• Skene

An open-air theater, usually hollowed out of the slope of a hillside with a tiered seating area around and facing a circular orchestra backed by the skene, a building for the actor's use

• Greek theater

• Roman theater

An open-air theater, often built on level ground with colonnaded galleries, a semicircular orchestra, and a raised stage backed by an elaborate architectural structure

• Greek theater

• Roman theater

One of a series of steps or tiered seats, as in an amphitheater

• Gradin

• Velarium

• Hippodrome

An oval or round building with tiers of seats around a central arena, as those used in ancient Rome for gladiatorial contests and spectacles

• Gradin

• Amphitheater

• Hippodrome

An open-air stadium with an oval track for horse and chariot races in ancient Greece and Rome

• Gradin

• Amphitheater

• Hippodrome

A raised platform encircling the arena of an ancient Roman amphitheater, having on it the seats of privileged spectators

• Podium

• Velarium

• Vomitory

• Supercolumination