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Flashcards: theatre unit 1
what are the 4 types of theatres procenium,thrust stage, arena,traverse stage, abd flexible
what is a procenium most common theatre in the western world, and it was made during the renassiance
what is a thrust stage allows productions to be in the audience like a runway (3 sides)
what is a traverse stage the audience is sitted on 2 sides simular to a thrust (ally stage)
what is a flexible stage all other stages outside of the common 3
what is the most used stage the procenium
what association was before the MPAA The hay'scode
what does MPAA stand for motion picture association of america
what does the MPAA do they put a rating of movies so audience is warned what content has been watched
what movie single handedly shut down the hay's code who is afraid of virginia wolf
what is the main demoraphic of theatre middle to upper middle class, caucasion, and middle aged
who is te greek god of theatre dionysus
who are the 7 major figures from greece Aristotle,Aeschylus,sophocles,euripedes,aristoophanes,menander
what are considered the classical works greek and roman theatre
who is aristotle and his importance A Scientist in the greek era, Considered the 1st critic theatre, and wrote the poetics of theatres
what are the 6 elements to create a good drama according to aristotle 1.plot 2.character 3.thought 4.diction 5.music 6.spectacle
who is the youngest tragic poet Aeschylus
which tragic poets do we have a complete trilogy of their work aeschylus
what was was the names of aeschylus trilogy the orestia trilogy(agamemnon,liberation bearers and eumenides
what are the diffrent character type according to aristotle protagonist and antagonist
what is the translation of antagonist he who opposes
who is aristotles favorite poet and considers the greatest sophocles
what was sophocles major work Oepidus Rex
what was the greatest play in greek tragedy Oepidus Rex
who are the 3 tragic poets aeschylus,sophocles,euripides
after Aesychulus adjusments to the theatre. what change was made to greek theatre the invention of the chorus
what does comedy translate too party and song
what does tragedy translate to song of goat
how do most greek comedy end play mainly ends in celebration
what is old comedy usually making fun of poitical and philosophical jokes at the time.
what is new comedy less sophisticated and less thinking eventually replaced old comedy
who was master of old comedy aristophanes
what is the most universal play of old comedy lysistrata
who was the master of new comedy menander
what was menanders best work the grouch
what was the largest greek festival the great dionysia
who is regarded as first actor ever thespis
all greek actors wore what accesory a mask
what device did aristotle hate in the theatre deus ex machina(the god machine)
what does deus ex machina mean now a false or continued ending
what makes something theatre a audience and a performer willing to perform
what is the equation of theatre a performs b for c
who else performed in greek times besides actors and chorus mimes
what theatre did the greeks perform in amphitheater
who are the 4 major figures of rome horace,seneca,terence,and plautus
who is basically the roman aristotle horace
what was horace major work art of poetry
what is horace standard for poetics beleived play are either to teach us to be better or please
who are the 3 roman poets terence, seneca, and plautus
what continent did terence come from africa
how did terence become a roman citizen he leaves his mainland and becomes a poet and learned latin
what age did terence dissappear 25
what type of theatre did romen perform in the colosseum
who were the superstars of roman culture gladiaters
what does poetic justice mean the good shoud be rewarded and the wicked should be punished
which roman poet was most popular plautus
what is a mime a variety of performers that did not perfom in theatres(vocalist,juggler,muscian)
why did the roman empire collapse due to overexpansion and constant war
catholics the only christain faith in roman and holy empire time
what type of gods did the romans take inspiration from greek gods
what are the first 500 years of the holy roman empire called the dark ages
why was the early century(500years) called the dark ages science, engineering and theatre dies
what did the early church believe about theatre believed theatre was evil and made proffesional performers a crime
what is the only poet known in the holy empire hrotsvitha
what is all of hrotsvitha plays adaption of roman theatre
what is the main theme of hrotsvitha's work chasidy
where was theatre performed during holy roman empire the church
what are liturgical drama's types of plays acted within or near the church adn relates to stories of the bible and saints
what are stories called directly from the bible mystery plays
what is the wake field cycle 32 plays telling stories directly from the bible
what are pageant wagons mobile stages used to perform mystery plays
who were the performers in the holy roman empire the people of he church
why didnt the church like theatre becyase the idea was derived from the pagan god dionysus
why did the church end up turning to theatre people in the church became less literate
all churches pointed from where east to west
the north of the church symbolized what the fires of hell
what was the purpose of the crucides to take back the holy roman empire
what are strolling players considered outloughs in holy era for being performers
what type of organizations put on pageant wagon performances guilds
what is a morality play tails of human soul and spirit
what is the most popular morality play everyman
why is secular entertainment still a problem in holy empire secular entertainment had comedy and liturgical drama did not
what was the churches attempt of comedy the second shepards play
what does the second shepeards play come from in the bible the 3 wise men
why dont we know who wrote the plays in holy empire it was shameful to be prideful and they only recognized god
what makes eruipedes diffrent from other tragic poets he had female protagonist
who is eric bentley cam up with theatre equation
who was peter brooke removed the concept of the act from the theatre equation
what is willing suspension of disbelief agreement to go along the story to enjoy the performance
when is the latest era we can trace of theatre greek era
how old is theatre dates before prerecorded times
what does the origin of theatre manifest from ritual and practice
first film to recieve rating from MPAA who is afraid of virginia wolf
what is anothr phrase for theatre the seeing place