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Theater Test
21 cards·by zedelman03
Ancient Greek Chorus
-A company of actors who comment (by dancing, singing, or speaking in unison)on the action in a
classic Greek play -12 to 15 men in a chorus
Choral
Relating to, sung by, or designed for a chorus/choir
Choreography
The art of creating and arranging dances
Oral Tradition
The spoken relation and preservation, from one generation to the next of a people's cultural
history and ancestry.
Dionysus
-Celebrated in Greek theater - God of... Wine, Fertility and Theater
Main "The Frogs"
Come, Arise, From sleep awaken, Come, the fiery torches shaking. O Iacchus! O Iacchus!
My part of "The Frogs"
O Iacchus! Power Excelling, here in stately temples dwelling, O Iacchus! O Iacchus!
Deaths/ Murders
Were always performed offstage, then announced by someone
Parados
The choral passage in a Greek drama recited or sung as the Chorus enters
Thespis
First recorded actor, because he won the theatrical competition Athens
Masks
Were made of cork, leather, linen, or wood
Shoes
Wooden platform shoes were worn by actors
Shoes
Wooden platform shoes were worn by actors
Scenery
Backdrops, hangings furnishings and other accessories on stage that represent the location
of the play.
Skene
A structure facing the audience and forming the backdrop.
Ancient Greece Orchestra
Semi-circular space where the chorus peformed
Orkheisthai
"to dance" in Greek
Playwrights
-Sophocles -Euripides -Aeschylus: Wrote Agamemnom, in Chorus, old people -Aristophanes:
Comedies
Competition
In 6th and 5th Century BC plays were performed in competitioni
Types of plays
Comedy, Tragedy, Satyr
Costume
Actors wore masks