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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
what is a closet drama
written plays that arent able to be performed