FAS Unit 3 Theatre 1

Oedipus Rex was written by ___________ .

A theatre experience should be a ______, it should pop back into our mind when something in our own lives parallels it.

The Romans built their theatres on ____ instead of carving them out of hillsides.

Why is a live theatre performance more thrilling than a filmed performance?

Shakespeare’s theatre was named the …

This theatre genre is filled with elegant, rich characters who are concerned about how they behave.

A genre that makes you feel exhilarated because the hero’s experience teaches you some profound truth about your life.

The ____________________ sang and danced in Greek theatre.

During the Renaissance in England, under the rule of Queen Elizabeth I, many __ & __ round theatres were built.

In this theater genre much of the laughter results from the awkward and embarrassing situations the characters are put i

What was the public opinion of actors in Roman society?

Who were required to attend the theatre in ancient Greece?

A genre that makes us laugh a lot and lets you feel liberated by the wildly anarchic and improbable things that happen.

English theatres had a round courtyard and an __ roof.

Shorter segments of an act are called ___ .

The backstage area of a pageant wagon was called the ….

Aristotle believed that nothing gives humans more pleasure than learning the ________.

A genre that makes you feel sad because the characters have been defeated.

The poorer class or "___" stood in the courtyard during a performance in an English theatre.

What did the characters in Greek theatre wear?

During the Italian Renaissance, the scenery in theatres used ___ ______ to create distance.

The romans removed the ___ from Greek plays and added more characters to tell the plot.

In Italy, theatre was for the …

This genre provides a story with many exciting twists and teaches a simple moral.

This theatre genre is about characters we laugh at more because of what they do than because of what they say.

Aristotle described diction as the both the words the playwright uses and the __________ in which the words are placed

Aristotle thought: “__________________” includes everything we hear in a performance including the actor’s voices.

Diction makes characters ____ .

Why did the clergy of the church start making religious plays in the Middle Ages?

According to Aristotle, which is the least important element of theatre?