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Midterm Flashcards

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Most theories of the origin of theatre start with __A___ and __B___. The ___A___, or story, explains the ___B___ or worship.

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A: MYTH

B: RITUAL

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In Greecem the worship of the god _________ is one theory of the origins of theatre.

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DIONYSUS

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The “great man” theory of the birth of drama is credity to ___A___, the first ___B___.

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A: THESPIS

B: ACTOR

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The classical age of Athens is dated:

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500BCE - 404BCE

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The Greater Dionysian was:

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An Athenian festival with a playwriting competition for tragedies

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Satyr plays were written by:

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Tragic playwrights

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Satyr Plays:

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  • a chorus of 1/2 goat 1/2 man creatures
  • burlesqued myths and legends and serious issues
  • had musical accompaniment
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Deus Ex Machina:

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  • Means God from a machine
  • is a negative description from a contrived ending
  • is often seen in Euripides plays
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Atellan Farce / Phylakes Mimes

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  • are pre-roman and roman plays with stock characters
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Mimes characteristically

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  • subject matter of food, sex and bathroom humor
  • burlesques myths and legends
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The Hellenistic Period is

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  • ended when Romans conquered Greece
  • 336BCE - 146 BCE as a specific date
  • When theatre spreads outside Athens
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Kothurni and Onkus

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  • were platform boots and elevated headdress
  • were standard tragedy costuming in the Hellenistic period
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The Shape of the orchestra changes from Classical to Hellensitic to Roman

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Full circle to 3/4 to 1/2 circle

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The skene was

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  • Literally translated “a hut”
  • the stage door building probably comprised by 458BCE as the skene, the paraskenia and three doors
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The parados was

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  • a physical entryway / exit for the chorus in the theatre
  • a section of Classical Greek playwriting structure
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Roman theatre was

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  • always in competition with other events at festival honoring the gods
  • performed all over the empire
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Roman Theatre

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  • had an impact on later periods
  • influenced Shakespeare
18
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Aristotle

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  • studied drama critically
  • was an influence on Horace
  • lectured during the Hellenistic period
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Roman Theatre

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  • used slaves, prostitutes and condemned criminals as actors
  • providied live sex and executions for its audience
  • ended in 476CE
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Second story openings in the Hellenistic theatre were known as

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Thyromata

21
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Hellenistic logion is comparable to and was

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  • the Roman Pulpitrum
  • the main playing space for actors
22
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Describe a Greek scenic device and tell in what show we’ve used one

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23
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What Greek scenic device was used in A Chorus Line?

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Periaktoi

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The Plays of Seneca are noted because

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  • He molded all his plays on known Greek Originals
  • His structure, themes and devices influenced later writers
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in old comedy, a unique athenian theatrical device

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  • The presentation of a silly concept to solve a societal problem
  • non-human characters
  • satire, burlesque, criticism of contemporary individuals
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10 writers to know

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  1. Seneca
  2. Aristophanes
  3. Euripides
  4. Menander
  5. Plautus
  6. Sophocles
  7. Terrence
  8. Aeschylus
  9. Aristotle
  10. Horace
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Seneca

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  • Roman
  • Tragedy
  • Didn’t read anything
  • revenge, oratorical, supernatural elements, violence and horror
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Aristophanes

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  • Greek
  • Comedy
  • Lysistrata
  • witty dialogue, pointed satire, inventive comic scenes
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Euripides

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  • Greek
  • Tragedy/Comedy
  • The Bacchae
  • Realistic characters, dimished chorus, mixed comedy and tragedy
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Menander

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  • Roman
  • Comedy
  • Didn’t Read
  • stock characters
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Plautus

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  • Roman
  • Comedy
  • A Funny thing Happend on the way to the wedding
  • influenced shakespeare and moliere, father/son relationships, stock characers
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Sophocles

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  • Greek
  • Tragedy/Comedy
  • Oedipus Rex
  • added 3rd actor, wrote of men as he wishes they could be (perfect men), less chorus, more dialogue
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Terrence

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  • Roman
  • Comedy
  • Didn’t Read
  • less physical, less exaggerated, stressed characterization, possibly first african playwright
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Aeschylus

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  • Greek
  • Tragedy/Comedy
  • Agamemnon
  • big issues, not subtle, wrote of men as gods
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Aristotle

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  • Greek
  • Critical
  • The Poetics
  • 6 elements of drama/tragedy
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Horace

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  • Roman
  • Critical/Comedy
  • Ars Poetica (book based off Aristotle’s Poetics)
  • lyric poetry, stressed rules

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