Roman & Greek Theatre History

Question 1

Theatre evolved from….

Answer 1

Ritual

Question 2

Aristotle believed that humans are naturally…

Answer 2

Storytellers

Question 3

What year was the Trojan War?

Answer 3

1200 BCE

Question 4

What year did Homer write about/around the year he wrote about the Trojan War?

Answer 4

850 BCE

Question 5

Which century was known as the “Golden age” to the greeks?

Answer 5

The fifth Century (500 - 400 BCE)

Question 6

In Which year did theatre go from exclusively choral to both individual and choral?

Answer 6

534 BCE

Question 7

Who stepped out of the greek chorus to forever change theatre?

Answer 7

Thespis

Question 8

What was a regular thing performed at “Dionysia” festivals for 2 days of the 5-7 they took place in?

Answer 8

Dithyrambs, two choruses - one men - one boys. Doing a narrative song.

Question 9

the “Dionysia” festivals also had plays that performed back to back to back to back, 3 were ___ and one was a____

Answer 9

the 3 were tragedies and the singular one was a satyr play at the end (comic relief plays)

Question 10

first comedy competition was after which year?

Answer 10

486 BCE

Question 11

as opposed to other religions or cultures the greek ____ their gods.

Answer 11

humanized

Question 12

a play about the fall of a hero or greek myth was and is commonly known as a…

Answer 12

tragedy

Question 13

a play that included a chorus of satyrs wherein they did scenes from myth farcically…

Answer 13

satyr plays

Question 14

___ comedy (aristophanes) satirized current important people. (broad ribald)

Answer 14

old

Question 15

______ comedy (Menander) broad social criticism

Answer 15

new

Question 16

Aristotle affirmed the need for ___ in theatre “give the audience a ____” Aristotle : purging, purifying of emotions in pity and fear.

Answer 16

Catharisis

Question 17

the central character (of noble birth) is known as the….

Answer 17

Protagonist, pro = for, agon = struggle, essentially the protaganist is “for struggle”

Question 18

a greek chorus is usually made up of __-__ men, they represent the “citizenry” sung in unison. occasionally had a chorus leader.

Answer 18

12-15

Question 19

greek plays had three forms:

Answer 19

tragedies, comedies, satyr plays

Question 20

Satyr plays: Actors as goat men, wearing leather penises and slapstick comedy. Only one play remains “the _______”

Answer 20

cyclops

Question 21

Chorus usually entered after the prologue (known as _______) and stayed, in a tragedy they enter in a “stately march” in comedy they entere with an energetic dance

Answer 21

parados

Question 22

Instruments for the plays are assigned by a wealthy producer known as a _______

Answer 22

choregoi

Question 23

Comic chorus were not necessairly _____ characters

Answer 23

human, ex. the birds, frogs, clouds and wasps

Question 24

little of the music from greek theatre survived and we don’t know what it sounded like but it most likely resembled traditional ______ _______ music

Answer 24

middle eastern

Question 25

costumes in a tragedy were often ______, the evidence for this can be seen on ____ paintings

Answer 25

1. Chitons (greek sleeved tunics) 2. Vase

Question 26

foriegners and gods however often don't wear that garb, they are more often in _______

Answer 26

Chlayms, short cloaks, or long ones known as a himation

Question 27

in the play "Eumenides" the furies were apparently so frightening that women __________

Answer 27

miscarried

Question 28

In tragedies they wore soft shoes and later on switched to ______ which were a kind of platform shoe

Answer 28

katharnos

Question 29

typical clothing for comedies was: everydays dress except for slaves and old men who had too short and tight over flesh colored tights they also often had artificial...

Answer 29

phalluses

Question 30

along with, in a way, inventing theatre, ______ experimented with make up - wine dregs, dangling leaves and also began the trend of performing in a mask

Answer 30

Thespis

Question 31

Masks in comedies showed variation and also extenuated features (ex. wrinkles, baldness) but when representing a real person they used ________ mask

Answer 31

portrait

Question 32

the oldest known "theatre area" Minoan place at Phaistos dates _ _ _ _ BCE

Answer 32

2000

Question 33

First theatre in Greece was ___________ (circa 550 BCE)

Answer 33

rectangular

Question 34

Athens had a popular theatre called the "theatre of ________" in athens it was a _________ "dancing palace"

Answer 34

Dionysus, Orchestra

Question 35

Parts of the greek theatre include a table or _____ (thymele), a scene building _____ which means tent or hut.

Answer 35

altar, skene

Question 36

_______ (458 BCE) first play that required a building in the background.

Answer 36

Oresteia

Question 37

During the time of Pericles, there was a change to theatre of dionysus, the _________ built nearby (probably 440 BCE)

Answer 37

Oresteia

Question 38

What had: one or more doors, an upper level, changed scenery, mostly used for plays set in front of a temple or a synonymous setting

Answer 38

Skene!

Question 39

two major pieces of greek theatre and theatre in general the flats or _______ and the _________, three sided flats in a rotating triangle

Answer 39

Pinakes, periaktoi

Question 39

in "Prometheus bound" a ________ falls, unknown how it happened

Answer 39

mountain

Question 40

Auditorium and skene _______ architectural entities

Answer 40

seperate

Question 41

the first _______ (seeing place) was on a hillside sloping down from the acropolis

Answer 41

theatron

Question 42

Aritophanes was one of the best known _____ playwrights, he wrote about the struggle between democracy and ________

Answer 42

comic, oligarchy

Question 43

Rome was "founded" in _ _ _ BCE

Answer 43

753

Question 44

the roman republic lasted from ___ - __ BCE

Answer 44

509, 27

Question 45

The romans fought in 3 punic wars with ______

Answer 45

Carthage

Question 46

Famed carthaginian general:

Answer 46

Hannibal

Question 47

Roman Empire's religion...

Answer 47

Pagan

Question 48

Byzantine Empire's religion

Answer 48

Christian

Question 49

________ the great dies in 323 BCE

Answer 49

Alexander

Question 50

Ptolemys rule in Egypt until 31 BCE and he took it from....

Answer 50

Cleopatra

Question 51

who was the roman historian who dates theatre performances from 364 BCE

Answer 51

Livy

Question 52

from the word histriones we get ______

Answer 52

histrionic

Question 53

the roman historian ______ dates theatre before 364 BCE

Answer 53

Horace

Question 54

Etruscan king, Tarquin (616 -579) establishes "____ ______" roman games, in honor of jupiter

Answer 54

Ludi Romani

Question 55

stock characters are called "____ _____" they use fixed costumes and masks and perform short improvised sketches

Answer 55

Atellan Farce

Question 56

Beginnings of Roman theatre noted as ___ BCE

Answer 56

240

Question 57

the number of festival days continued to increase 200 BCE - 4-11 190 BCE - 7-17 150 BCE - aprox. 25 0 - aprox. 40 354 CE - ___

Answer 57

100

Question 58

one of the two most important dramatists writing comedies was named Titus Macius ______ (254 BCE - 184 BCE)

Answer 58

Plautus

Question 59

the most noted plays of titus were ______ _______, ___ of _____

Answer 59

Braggart Warrior, Pot of Gold

Question 60

Terentius was known for plays: the brothers, eunuch, mother-in-law, he had ______ plots

Answer 60

complex

Question 61

the second half of the two most important dramatists writing comedies was named Publius Terentius Afer (195 BCE - 159 BCE) better known as ________

Answer 61

Terence

Question 62

unlike greek comedy roman comedy had no ______

Answer 62

Chorus

Question 63

Senecas plays used _______ and ______

Answer 63

soliloquies and confidate,

Question 63

the tutor to nero was named Lucius Anneaus _______ (5 BCE- 65 BCE), also a playwright was ordered to kill himself by Nero

Answer 63

Seneca

Question 63

action in roman theatre often took place in the _______

Answer 63

street

Question 63

Senecan plays were also preoccupied with magic, _____, and the human/spirit world

Answer 63

death

Question 64

roman stage house ____

Answer 64

scaena

Question 64

Senecan tragedy follows that characters singular _____ drive them to their ____

Answer 64

obessions, doom

Question 65

Atellan farce is suspected to be the roots of ______ dell' arte

Answer 65

Comedia

Question 66

roman entrance corridors - ______ (over them were vip seats for the emperor and magistrates)

Answer 66

Vormitora

Question 67

the roman rear stage wall had _ to _ doors and at least one in the wings

Answer 67

3 - 5

Question 68

the stage of the roman theatre was covered with a

Answer 68

roof

Question 69

Roman theatre had an awning called a ____ for sun screen

Answer 69

vela

Question 70

roman theatre also used the ______ to change scenes

Answer 70

periakoi

Question 71

in roman society actors belonged to a ______

Answer 71

guild

Question 72

!____! were on stage! started in small "singing" parts....and grew, often played sex workers

Answer 72

women

Question 73

Roman entertainment also included chariot races, one particular chariot stadium was the Circus maximus, 2000 feet long = 650 feet wide, 12 chariots abreast max with __,___ spectators

Answer 73

60,000

Question 74

roman stadiums also hosted mock battles, foot races, prize fights and they could flood the stadium and have ______ ________ naumachiae, it was competition for the theatre

Answer 74

naval battles

Question 75

______ in ___ CE made christianity legal

Answer 75

Constantine, 313

Question 76

______ _ on 393 CE made any other practice than christianity _____

Answer 76

Theodosius I, illegal

Question 77

during the switch from paganism to christanity the capital moved to ________ / _______ 330 CE

Answer 77

Byzantium, Constantinople

Question 78

Barbarians sack Rome in ___ CE

Answer 78

476