History Of Western Theatre

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Mechane

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A crane or machine used in greek theatre

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Ekkyklema

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wheeled platform rolled through a skene, used to show interior scenes out into the light of the audience

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Fabula Atellana

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Native Italian drama, rustic improvisational comedy based on stock characters

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Vomitorium

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Passages for acts to exit and enter from, audience as well

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Parados

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The scene in which the greek chorus enters/a passage between the auditorium and the skene

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Episode

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A section of greek tragedy that happens between 2 choral songs.

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Skene

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Background building with the theatre is connected to

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Agon

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2 actors engage in a verbal dispute

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Satyr Play

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tragicomedy, usually a satire of sorts (burlesque)

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City Dionysia

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Festival to honor Dionysis. Play competitions

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Hamartia

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a fatal flaw that leads to the downfall of the tragic character

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Fabula Pallatia

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an ancient roman comedy based

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Anagnorisis

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the moment in the play when a character makes a critical discovery

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Katharsis

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translated as "purgation", Aristotle used to define tragedy, thorough cleansing of certain emotions in the audience the representatives on stage

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Choregos

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a wealthy person who underwrote most of the expenses for the production of an individual playwright’s works at a dramatic festival.

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Chiton

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was a form of clothing and is a sewn garment, a draped garment held on the shoulders by a fibula

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Ludi Romani

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Roman festival honoring Jupiter into which drama was first introduced

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Aulos

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Ancient greek wind instrument

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Cavea

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Seating area in roman theatre (animal caves?)

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Chorodidaskolos

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chorus director, taught songs and dances to the chorus

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Stychomythia

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technique in verse drama in which sequences of single alternating lines, or half-lines, or two line speeches are giving to alternating characters.

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Logeion

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a raised speaking place on the orchestra

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Coryphaes

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the leader of the chorus

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Theatron

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seating area carved into hillside/ the place where spectator looked at sacrifices, dances, or theatrical performances

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Komos

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lamentation performed by actor/s and the chorus. Occurs when the tension of the play rises to a climax of grief or horror or joy.

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Peripeteia

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reversal of circumstances, or turning point

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Thespis

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first known actor and dramatist, thespian

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Parabasis

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Chorus directly addresses the audience (made fun of them?

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Hypokrite

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word for actor, someone who pretends to be what he is not

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Ars Poetica

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Poem written by Horace in which he advises poets on the art of writing poetry and drama

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The Poetics

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earliest surviving work of dramatic theory

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Pulpitum

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A raised platform stage

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Auleum

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front curtain

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Mime

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In ancient Greece and Rome, a form of theatrical entertainment that consisted of short dramatic sketches characterized by jesting and buffoonery.

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Pantomime

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originates in ancient greece, a single masked dancer called Pantomimus, not necessarily silent though

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Scaenae Frons

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elaborately decorated background of a Roman theatre stage/In Roman theatre, the ornate three-dimensional façade of the stage house.

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Dominus Gregis

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a pivotal figure in dramatic production in ancient rome

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De Architectura

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a treatise written by the roman architect Vitruvius, as a guide for building projects (3 books devoted to theatre)

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Agamemnon

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Agamemnon (king), Clytemnestra (murderer), Chorus, Cassandra (priestess), Aegisthus (lover), The Watchman, (Iphigineia is dead)

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The Libation Bearers

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Orestes (son), Pylades (friend), Electra (sister), Chorus, Clytamnestra (murderer), Cilissa (nurse, says come alone), Aigisthos (lover who dies), Furies, Apollo, Hermes

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The Eumenides

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Orestes (son), Chorus, Athene, Apollo, Furies

Oedipus the King- Oedipus, Jocasta (wife/mom), Antigone (daughter/sister), Creon (brother-in-law), Polynices (son/brother), Tiresias (blind seer), Ismene (daughter)

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The Persians

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Atossa (mom), Ghost of Darius, Xerves (King), Chorus (councilmen), Messenger

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The Bacchae

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Dionysus (god), Pentheus (young king), Agaue (mother), Cadmus (former king), Servant, First Second Third Messenger, Chorus, Tiresias

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Lysistrata

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Lysistrata (head woman), Kleonike (neighbor), Myrrhine (2nd strongest, denies Kinesias), Lampito (represents Spartan), Ismenia (Boitian mute), Korinthian girl (nice rack/butt?), Policewoman, Koryphaios of Men (lead the chorus), Chorus of Old men, Korypahios of Women (lead the chorus), CHorus of old women, Commissioner of public safety, 4 policemen, Kinesias (horny), Peace (body is a map)

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Pseudolus

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Pseudolus (Simo’s servant/mastermind), Simo (calidorus’ father), Ballio (purchaser of girl), Calidorus (lovesick son), Phoenicium (slave girl), Harpax (money friend), Simia (tricks Ballio)