amphitheater

Question 1

fall under 4 categories

Answer 1

proscenium theatre
thrust theatre
arena theatre
found spaces

Question 2

the building

Answer 2

theatron -
seating and watching ares for audience, originally grassy slopes then to wooden seats

orchestra -
meaning ‘dancing place’ had an altar at its center called the ‘thymele’, originally used for dithyramb chorus performances developing into a place of performance as well. The actors were raised to the chorus on a proscenium.

Skene -
a wall behind the stage that acted as a sounding board, storage room and was later developed into having paraskenia (2 projecting side wings)

Parados -
exit and entrances for the actors

Question 3

Ekkuklemma

Answer 3

used to show the body of a character that had died because violence was never shown on stage

Question 4

dues ex machinae

Answer 4

a crane used to portray specific actions