Crash Course Theatre 1-6

Mimetic Impulse is the inborn desire to imitate, act, and perform.

The winner of the dithyramb contest won what?

Theatre is storytelling, brought to life

Aristotle studied with Plautus

Aristotle felt that tragedy was composed of 6 parts, of those, he thoughts spectacle was most important.

Which famous emporer did Seneca tutor?

The word "theatre" can also be spelled correctly as "Theater."

Who was the Greek God of theater

Who was Dionysus?

The origin of the word "Theater" means

The Oresteia, like most Greek tragedies has a happy ending.

Greek comedy is known for satirizing rituals and beliefs that were held sacred at the time.

What god did the Roman games honor?

The LUDIC impulse means...

We have this many of Sophocles' 120 plays

Publius Terentius Afer was the first playwright of color.

What two words does "tragedy" come from?

Who is to blame for this?

Seneca's tragedies had a _____ act structure

We have this many of Aeschylus' 90 plays

Theatre is...

Theatre can be performed

Closet dramas are plays that are...

Who selected the winners of the dithyramb contest?

Term used for songs sung during the procession for Dionysus were dyrambs

Shakespeare borrowed from Plautus when he wrote...

Actors in Rome couldn't...

The most popular form of Roman drama was...

What was the name of the genre of comedy that lasted from 400 BCE to 323 BCE?

Roman and Greek theatre look very similar to each other.

Satyr plays were performed when?

Comedies use what in their productions?

Dionysus was a god in...

Theater is an art form, used to express thoughts, ideas and feelings.

The Lysistrata tried to show that ______ is possible and even preferable

What did the choregos do?

In Roman plays most settings and characters had _______ names.

Theatre is believed to have derived from religious rituals