'24 Spring Semester Test

What the characters have to lose if they do not achieve their objective

Large pieces used to help the audience see the scene's setting

A traditional story that relates the early history of a people. Usually involves supernatural people or events.

The platform/raised level in front of the skene where the non-chorus actors would perform

Known as the "goat song" in Greek Theatre

The specific way that characters are related to each other. The "who" of a scene.

The words/sentences an actor speaks on their turn

A short, narrative story that includes a specific relationship, setting, and conflict

To practice over and over to improve your skills for performance

The text of a play/movie/show that gives actors the lines to speak

Cranes that lift actors playing gods in Greek Theatre

Where the audience sat (often dug into the side of a hill)-traanslates to "the hearing place"

The overall theatre itself-the word translates to "the seeing place"

The circular area closest to the audience where the Chorus would perform-translates to "the dancing place"

The building upstage of the orkestra where actors could rest between the scenes. "The tiring house"

The movement directions an actor will follow in a scene (entering exiting, crossing, etc.) written using stage direction

The Greek god of wine, orchards and fruits, festivity, and theatre

The strategies someone uses to achieve an objective

the entrances on the side of the skene/proskenion where the Chorus would enter the orchestra area

Where and when a scene takes place

the problem in a scene

Considered to be the first actor

Angling your body and face toward the audience as much as possible.

A poem written in a heightened style that expresses deep feeling and is intended to be sung

Surfaces at different heights for actors to stand, sit, lie, kneel, or crouch on