Theatre History I Midterm Review

Purgation or purification of the emotions pity & fear in Greek theatre

Long hymns that men sang and chanted at City Dionysia while drinking copious amount of wine

person in charge of mounting the cycle plays on wagons

Who is this classmate?

What is this?

Horace didn't like deus ex machina. Which rule in Art of Poetry supports this claim?

What type of people developed noh theatre?

a triangular stage device consisting of three painted flats hinged together, each showing a different scene.

Considered to be the first dramatic critic; identified the characteristics of Greek tragedies in The Poetics.

Who wrote Antigone?

Who is considered the first mummy because his brother Seth chopped him up and scattered him around Egypt?

Greek amphitheatres probably held how many people in the audience?

What is evidence of religion's major influence on Greek theatre?

Which of these intersectionality categories have you thought about most in this class? (no wrong answer)

a long hymn, sung and danced by a group of fifty men at City Dionysia

Who developed kabuki?

What is the Roman's biggest contribution to theatre history?

in response to liturgical dramas in Latin, these emerged and included language of everyday townspeople

Head of a troupe who made financial arrangements, bought dramas from playwrights, hired musicians, and obtained costumes

What is a secret in Medieval theatre? Provide an example.

Male actors who play women’s parts in kabuki; praised for skillful imitatation of feminine qualities

The modern equivalent of parados is...

Roman comedy had a massive influence on Renaissance theatre.

Earliest Greek performers who didn't participate in religious festivals, satirized tragedies, and included women

Romans continued the Greek tradition of not showing violence onstage.

acknowledgment that we all have multiple identities that combine to create different sets of privileges & oppressions

This actor established the aesthetics of nō theatre and is considered the most important figure in nō.

Horace, in Ars Poetica, stressed that this must be adhered to by playwrights.

What sets Asian theatre apart from Western theatre is its emphasis on..

Actors who performed nō were...

Characters who died offstage were rolled out from behind the scenes on this device

What is this called?

The seating area for the audience, which literally means “viewing place” was called

The main character in nō, who wears a mask, is called...

playing space for the actors. probably had an altar on it. there is much debate about its original shape.

The stage house behind the orchestra was called the

Who wrote Lysistrata?

Who is this classmate?

seating area for the audience, literally means "viewing place" in Greek

Who is this classmate?

In Roman theatre, the person in charge of an acting troupe (modern-day artistic director) is called the

Sanskrit dramas were not popular among the general public because...

What type of theatre stage is this?

choosing people who have certain qualities in real life to play characters with similar qualities

What was Horace called because he outlined specific rules for Roman drama?

What was the name of the first documented play based on an Egyptian myth?

Medieval plays that dramatized a series of biblical events/ stories connected to biblical figures. Included anachronism

The most important influence on Roman theatre was

Medieval refers to this era...

Where did theatre originate?

Performer, playwright, and China’s first important drama theorist; his plays were entertainment about common people

First black playwright who wrote Roman comedies; influenced Hrosvitha's writing

Who wrote Medea?

Name of the famous playwriting competition that Sophocles, Aeschyles, Euripedes, and Aristophanes participated in.

How did Romans expand on the Greek skene (stagehouse)?

Front row seats reserved for religious dignitaries in Greek theatre

These were ordinary citizens gained an equal voice in government through a people’s assembly when Rome was a republic

The modern equivalent of mechane is...

The three best-known writers of Greek tragedy in this period were

crane used to effect the entrance of the actor playing the god or goddess descending from the heavens

Scripts not intended for production, but rather to be recited/read aloud.

Only men were allowed to perform in Sanskrit drama.

10-act Sanskrit drama by Shudraka that emphasizes the influence of wealth and poverty

Roman theatre focused on comedy rather than tragedy.

Wayang is a popular Southeast Asian theatrical activity also called...

Zeami says this is the aim of nō performances. Mysterious inner heart, spirit behind outward form, physical gracefulness