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WorksheetsHistory of Theater
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 8mins
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
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
What was the chorus in Greek plays?
The Narrators
The Playwrights
The Actors
The Dancers
Who took over theatre during The Dark Ages?
Kings
Mimes
The Church
Women
True or False: Upstage is the area of the stage that's closer to the audience.
True
False
Where did the terms "upstage" and "downstage" come from?
Directors wanted to confuse their actors
Stages used to be slanted toward the audience
There used to be separate high and low stages
It is up and down from the actor's point of view
the intense and purging negative emotions the audience feels during a tragedy is referred to as
heartbreak
sorrow
catharsis
demise
Hrotsvitha, the first known woman playwright, wrote plays that were never intended to be performed. These are called...
closed plays
book plays
secret plays
closet dramas
Seen here, a movable stage or wagon used to accommodate the mystery and miracle play cycles of the 10th through the 16th century.
Trade Wagon
Immersive Theater
Float Wagon
Pageant Wagon
Why was theater not as popular in Rome?
They were less religious
There were more entertainment options
The King did not enjoy it
It was less exciting than the Greeks
How did Greek Theater differ from Roman Theater. Greeks were...
Less Raunchy
More Political
Classier
Less talented
When Shakespeare couldn't find a word he needed he..
Kept looking
gave up
Asked his mom
invented one
The rhythm of speech Shakespeare used is called
Prosody
Iambic pentameter
Staccato
Free Style
How many words is Shakespeare credited as inventing?
1700
360
5
349
In Greek theatre, how do actors show multiple characters?
Stand at different levels
Face different directions
Change their mask
Announce their new character name before speaking
What are the 6 elements of tragedy?
Plot, character, thought, diction, sing, spectacle
Harmatia, character, thought, metaphors, sing, spectacle
anagnorisis, character, harmatia, peripeteia, sing, spectacle
Which Greek Hero killed own father and married his mother?
Perseus
Lysistrata
Jason
Oedipus
What is the MOST important element of tragedy according to Aristotle?
Character
Plot
Theme
Spectacle
#2
What type of stage is this?
Flexible
Thrust
Proscenium
Arena
