Intro to Drama Unit 1: History and Basics

A combination of proscenium and arena stages, with the audience sitting on two or three sides of the acting area.

(Unit 1 Vocabulary)

• Thrust Stage

• Proscenium Stage

• Arena Stage

• Upstage

The stage area TOWARD the audience

(Unit 1 Vocabulary)

• House

• Downstage

• Apron

• Upstage

The stage area AWAY from the audience

(Unit 1 Vocabulary)

• Downstage

• Arena Stage

• Upstage

• Cross Stage

A piece of writing that tells a story and is performed on stage

(Unit 1 Vocabulary)

• Book

• Blocking

• Focus

• Drama

A nervous feeling felt by someone who is going to appear in front of an audience

(Unit 1 Vocabulary)

• Stage Fright

• Open Out

• Constructive Criticism

• Convention

The oldest form of Drama is...

(History of Drama I)

• Commedia dell'Arte

• Storytelling

• Greek Chorus

• Medieval Miracle Plays

The iconic Drama masks that represent the two sides of theatre were originally from...

(History of Drama I)

• The Greek Goddesses Athena and Hera

• The Greek Muses Thalia and Melpomene

• Greek playwrights Euripides and Sophocles

• Renaissance playwrights Shakespeare and Moliere

This person is known as the world's first actor

(History of Drama I)

• Chaucer

• Shakespeare

• Thespis

• Moliere

Which is TRUE about Liturgical Dramas?

(History of Drama I)

• Began as performances for the gods that included choral chanting or singing

• Performed by actors in wagons in the town square

• They were divided into three types of plays: Mystery, Miracle, and Morality

• Religious stories told by priests to teach a lesson

These plays were based on the lives of the Saints

(History of Drama I)

• Miracle

• Morality

• Mystery

• Comedies