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Parts of the ancient stage |
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Orchestra, audience seating, parados, skene |
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Know the plot of agamemnon |
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What is the curse of the house of Argos? |
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Structural sections of a play |
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Prologue, Body, Climax, Denouement |
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create the setting or history of the play |
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Protagonist v. Antagonist |
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Highest point of action, protagonist and antagonist clash, one is victorious |
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Main characters in a Tragedy |
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Protagonist, antagonist, sacrificial victim, companion/side |
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all conflict surrounds him |
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powerless innocent person who dies and encourages empathy |
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sides with protagonist or antagonist and tells more about them. The Horatio to the Hamlet. |
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Name the characters of Agamemnon |
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Agamemnon, Clytemnestra, Cassandra, Aegisthus |
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The name of the trilogy Agamemnon is a part of |
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Entertainments forms of the Romans |
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Naval battles, blood baiting, chariots, tragedy, gladiators, mime troupes, pantomime |
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Describe Roman pantomime and its audience |
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A play with one person in a mouthless mask who dances while a chorus and orchestra tell the story. It's for the upper class |
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What is a Roman Mime troupe? |
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Slapstick comedy for plebians. Made up of Greek slaves and freemen |
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In what city was the first tragedy performed? |
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What does catharsis mean? |
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Purging emotions- empathize |
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How many plays are performed on each day of the festival? |
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Four- a trilogy and satyr |
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What god is honored during the festival? |
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Dionysus- God of abundance |
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a total of 10 plays made by 10 tribes that appeal to the gods and are only performed once by 50 men and 50 boys. A total of 12 are meant to be done to appease all of the gods |
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Who were the performers in the Greek plays? |
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It is a satire play that makes fun of either the previous trilogy of the Greek society |
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What costumes do the actors wear in a Satyr play? |
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Goat skins, ivy, beards, bear feet. |
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What are the origins of theatre? |
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Dance, song, story telling, mimicry (imitation of something else) |
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What is the name of the book Aristotle wrote about theatre? |
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What are the six rules that make up good theatre? |
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Plot, character (shown by the choices one makes), thought (theme, universal meaning), Diction, Song (rhythm or pace of the play), spectacle (visuals) |
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A temporal art form that is performed involving interaction between audience and performer. |
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What is the myth of Osiris? |
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Osiris is cut into many chunks by his brother and is spread all across the country. His wife Isis finds all of his parts and puts him back together. However, she was unable to retrieve his penis. Because of this he is made into a God and his son, Horus, becomes the first Pharoh of Egypt. |
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What shape was the first performance space log before the Greeks? |
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What is the role of the Chorus in Greek plays? |
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Narrator, eyes of audience, tells them how to feel or think about the events depicted |
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When was the first theatre built in Rome. Why did it take so long? |
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52 AD. The Romans were worried that hte Gods would be mad if they built a single theatre for a single God |
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How were Greek comedies different from Roman comedies? |
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Greeks made fun of everyone. The Romans only made fun of anyone who wasn't Roman, as an actor that made fun of a Roman could be put to death. |
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What rights did Roman actors have? |
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Who were Roman performers? |
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Slaves and freemen. Romans never acted in theatre. |
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Single person recites a speech for other characters and audience to hear |
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Single person speaks to audience without other characters |
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Characters having a conversation |
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Location and/ or time that the play takes place in. |
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Format of play in which individual scenes are played out in nearby areas and the audience walks to each scene as it happens. |
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How were wagons used in Medieval performance? |
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They functioned as individual scenes that showed still images that would go by in a parade. |
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A play that goes through a full beginning, middle, and end in a single sitting |
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Play that speaks of a moral (often religious) in which a character is punished for not following it. |
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Play that shows the life of a saint from birth to death from martyrdom. |
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How did the church shape theatre during the middle ages? |
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Barred it and expanded specific... |
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What happened at the fall of the Eastern Roman empire that affected theatre? |
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The lost plays and words of philosophers were recovered and shown to the West |
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Who was in charge of theatre in each country? |
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Who was in charge of theatre in each country? |
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France - King, England - Lord Chaimberlain, Spain - Church, Italy - |
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What rights did the medieval actor have? |
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What happened to the Mime Troupes after the fall of eastern Rome? |
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Dispersed and spread theatre everywhere |
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Huge skene design- change distance on stage |
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Genders in each country that performed theatre |
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France - Both, England - Men, Spain - Both, Italy - Both |
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Types of plays performed in each country |
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France - Comedy and tragedy separated, Engand - blended comedy and tragedy, Spain - Romance and Adventure, Italy - Opera. |
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Genders and rights of performers in the renaissance |
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Both men and women, both with limited rights |
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One is born innocent. The individual is given a choice. |
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How did kings and their power shape theatre? |
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Created secular theatre; ticket sales |
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What is Comedia del' arte? |
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Professional comedy troupe evolved from mime troupes, feature improv acting, and traditional character costumes |
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A culdesac of large buildings surrounds a wagon that is wheeled in to perform a play. Seats can be gotten on top of the buildings or near the wagon itself. |
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What forms did tragedy break outside of neo-classicism? |
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Drama and melodrama, Tragedy, tragic comedy |
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Laugh until you cry- similar to internet cat videos |
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Mocks aristocracy and the way they behave |
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women dress up like men and act. Impersonation comedy. Extremely popular |
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What theatre did Shakespeare write for and manage? |
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Piece of script with a certain actor's lines and cues |
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What was the restoration in England? |
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Restoring the monarchy of england |
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What did the puritans have to do with theatre? |
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closed and banned theatre |
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How did the restoration shape theatre in England? |
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opens theatres and allows women on stage |
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Where were the theatres in London and why were they located here? |
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across the river, still thinks theatre is evil. |
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What event happened in England that changed theatre performance? |
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women were acting on stage |
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new classics; return to strict comedy or romance |
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What are the three unities? |
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One plot, one place, 24 hour rule |
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cannot act out of your status |
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