7th Greek Theatre History

Who is the philosopher who said "Oedipus Rex" is the best play plot ever?

The playing area was called the

Fertile means

A Proscenium is a ____________ and a Proskenium is a ______________.

Why was it banned?

The Greek word "Drama" means

Who is known as "radical" for his day?

Thespis was the first

Aristotle was respected by the town

Which one of the following props did the Greeks NOT use

Women sought fertility by doing all of these EXCEPT

Only the rich could watch plays in

The Amphitheater held how many people?

Why couldn't women act?

The Christian Church believed in multiple gods

Who later plagiarized from Plautus?

The oracle told Oedipus he was going to ________ his father and ________ his mother.

A "Closet Drama" is

_________________ is known as the "funny" writer

A chorus is made up of a group of women who talk and chant in unison

A "Corthunus" is a

The following is a GREEK playwright

Whose career was ruined after he wrote "The Clouds"?

How many FULL plays did Shakespeare write?

The ancient Greek audience sits in the

Shakespeare created all of these words EXCEPT for

Which event in "Medea" happened FIRST?

Audience members in Greece were ____________ to watch plays

Euripides changed societies view on

Aristotle is the founder of comedy

The wooden stage building back behind the acting space is called the

Known for plagiarizing Greek play plots

The second story of the stage is called the

Plautus had Socrates as a mentor and was furious when "The Clouds" was released

Where did Theatre go when it was dormant?

Greek masks were used to show

Dionysus is the god of all of these EXCEPT

According to the ancient myth in "Medea," in order to seek revenge you had to

Shakespeare added __________ words to the English Language.

Euripides gave power back to women by writing a play about women

Seneca is best known for writing

The two ROMAN playwrights are

All of the following are Philosophers EXCEPT

The structure carved out of a hillside is called an

A wagon was used to represent

Western Theatre began in

What prop did they use to represent "old age"?

Theatre was brought back by the

Aristophanes is a philosopher

Which event in "Oedipus Rex" happened FIRST?

When Western Theatre was dormant, theatre moved to all of these places EXCEPT

Who is the "Father of Tragedy"?

How long was Theatre dormant in the Western Hemisphere?

Ancient Greek Theatre used___________ for blood.

An "Onkus" is a

Who did Aristophanes make fun of in "The Clouds"?

2 tragedies and 1 comedy makes up a

Today we are called ___________ because of the very first actor.

The Playwright who wrote "Oedipus Rex" is

Modern theatre uses ___________________ for thunder

What is Shakespeare's first name

Actors wore an Onkus or a Corthunus to

Who defeated Aeschylus in City Dionysus?

Modern audience sits in the

The god of Theatre, Wine, and Fertility is

Who banned theatre?

The spring festival is called

Who wrote "Medea"?

Theatre was thought to have originated between

How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?

Medea did what two things to get revenge against her husband?