Lynette's Lessons

Many people believe that theatre first developed from rituals in honor of _____.

In plays, characters "died" _______________.

To participate in the Festival of Dionysus competition, playwrights had to write ____.

What did the writer of the winning plays NOT receive during the festival of Dionysus?

The half-man, half-goat servants of Dionysus were called ___________.

The first theatre was built in ___________.

Which of the following wrote comedies?

The first actor is said to be ___________.

The chorus generally stayed in ___________.

Plays in the "Old Comedy" period made fun of and questioned _____________.

What did the temple honoring Dionysus look like?

Plays written during the "New Comedy" period focused on ___________.

What was the City Dionysia?

The masks worn by the chorus were usually ___________.

Dionysus's father was ___________ and his mother was ____________.

What word comes from the Greek term meaning "goat poem"?

A dithyramb is a ______.

Where did actors go to change their masks and costumes?

The Theatre of Dionysus is on the slopes of _________ just under the Parthenon.

The play Peace was written in response to the long series of wars between what two cities?

Which was NOT a reason actors wore masks in Ancient Greek theatre?

"Orchestra" originally meant _____________.

Greek theatre was developed about ______ years ago.

In a tragedy, the main character usually ___________.

The production of Ancient Greek plays was financed through _______.

Which of the following was NOT performed in Ancient Greece?

What does "theatron" mean?

Sophocles was important because he _______.

When a play called for a god to enter the action to solve a problem, they used a ___________.

What must one do to be accepted into the International Thespian Society?