Intro Theatre Fall 2022 Midterm

This crane lowered actors portraying gods to resolve the ending of plays. What is this dramatic device called?

Only men were allowed to be in Greek dramas.

Considered to be the FIRST ACTOR because he stepped out of the Greek chorus and played a character.

Only men were allowed to be in Greek dramas.

What stage arrangement is this?

Space not intended for theatre but is converted into a production space

When women were first allowed on stage, what did people think of them?

Italian Renaissance theatre that focused on physical comedy and stock characters

Saying Macbeth in a theatre will bring baaaaaad luck.

The place where the audience sits in the theatre is called...

Where did theatre originate?

It is bad luck to give flowers on opening night of a play.

The area in front of the grand drape

Considered the FIRST ACTOR because he stepped out of the Greek chorus and impersonated a character from the dithyramb...

Special effects in Medieval theatre were called...

Theatre in which actions are simultaneously occurring in several playing areas. Audience can move around.

Who is this classmate of yours?

To keep the ghosts happy in a theatre, what should theatre people do?

Where is the piano located onstage?

Where did RITUAL, the earliest form of theatre, originate?

The stages in Medieval theatre are called

Type of theatre that has a hero and a villain, a happy ending, and actors use exaggerated gestures

Lower class audience members who stood in front of the stage at The Globe Theatre in the Renaissance era.

Type of antirealism focusing on the pointlessness of existence. Uses cyclical fast dialogue to show a state of mind.

What is the red curtain in a theatre called?

Who is this classmate of yours?

Type of theatre characterized by life-like acting, social issues & complex characters. Doesn't wrap up neatly at the end

Who is this classmate of yours?

Who is this classmate of yours?

The very first play was inscribed on a stone in Egypt. What was it called?

Instead of saying "good luck," what do you say before a show?

Which stage arrangement is this?

Long hymns that men sang & chanted at playwriting festivals while drinking copious amounts of wine

Which is NOT part of the definition of theatre ?

Commedia del arte stock character who has a huge belly, flails his arms around as he lectures people to impress them.

If an actor wears blue on stage, how do you counter the superstition that the theatre will go bankrupt?

Viewpoints: short movement used to communicate something to another person (i.e. peace sign, high five)

Which era is this stage from?

Type of antirealism that visually shows a character's internal emotions, not what is really there. i.e. makeup=anxiety

Commedia del arte servant stock character with a low center of gravity; mischevious with catlike movements

High status is better than low status.

Commedia del arte stock character who is a greedy, stingy, man. He looks around like a chicken.

Which era is this stage from?

Era of theatre characterized by Christian stories told on pageant wagons; were intended to evangelize audiences

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

In realism, the invisible wall between the audience and the stage. The actors do not acknowledge the audience.

Movable stage used during the Medieval period for the performance of biblical stories

Traditional theatre with genres of tragedy & comedy originated where?

Where is the drummer located onstage?

The place where the audience sits in the theatre is called...

A low status character does which of these...

The diamond is located upstage left.

The star is located front center.

Who is this classmate of yours?

What does the Stage Manager do during the run of a production?

Lower class audience members who stood in front of the stage at The Globe in Renaissance era. Sometimes threw tomatoes.

What stage arrangement is this?

The space offstage where actors wait to enter

What stage arrangement is this?

Which is NOT a part of the definition of theatre?

What does the Greek word "theatron" mean?