Theatre Appreciation Test #1

Front 1

What is the first known Egyptian drama?

Back 1

Abused Passion Play

Front 2

What are the two origins of theatre?

Back 2

Tired and Rituals, Dance-Dramas

Front 3

When was the Golden age in Athens?

Back 3

5th century B.C.

Front 4

What are the four Greek Playwrights?

Back 4

Aeschylus(Tragedy), Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes(comedy)

Front 5

What are three significant Roman playwrights?

Back 5

Plautus(comedy), Terence, Seneca(Tragedy)

Front 6

What is Vomitoria?

Back 6

Roman innovation of tunnel entrances to playing area(stage)

Front 7

What is Thespis?

Back 7

The first actor

Front 8

What is a Chlamys?

Back 8

Tunic worn by Greek actors

Front 9

What is a Himation?

Back 9

Long colorful gowns worn by Greek actors

Front 10

What is onkos?

Back 10

Elaborate headdress worn by Greek actors

Front 11

What are Kothurnio?

Back 11

Elevated shoes worn by Greek actors

Front 12

What is Theatron?

Back 12

“Seeing place”

Front 13

What is the skene?

Back 13

Dressing hut behind the orchestra

Front 14

What is an orchestra?

Back 14

Playing circle of green theatre

Front 15

What is a Tetralogy?

Back 15

the four plays (3 tragedies; 1 satirical comedy) entered by each competing playwright in the city Dionysia

Front 16

Who was Al Jolson?

Back 16

a white Jewish Broadway and film star who was well known for using the controversial performance style called "blackface"

Front 17

What is the Actor's Equity Association?

Back 17

the professional union stage actors and stage managers in the United States

Front 18

What does actor training include?

Back 18

developing skills in "external" as well as "internal" acting

Front 19

What does "external" acting training include?

Back 19

vocal skills, rhetorical skills, verse speaking, dialects and accents, singing, dancing, mime, fencing, period styles, and make up

Front 20

What does "internal" acting training include?

Back 20

development of mental and emotional skills that will help the actor to think the character's thoughts, feel the character's feelings, and strive for the character's goals

Front 21

What did Talking films and the Wall Street Crash of 1929 do?

Back 21

They had a devastating impact on the Broadway musical

Front 22

Who was Walter Winchell?

Back 22

A columnist known as the "Bard of Broadway" whose widely published columns brought Broadway and show business jargon to the inhabitants of middle America

Front 23

What was The City Dionysia in Athens?

Back 23

a spring festival of rebirth and play competitions

Front 24

What is Dionysus?

Back 24

the god of fertility and wine, agriculture and sexuality

Front 25

What are Dithyrambs?

Back 25

ancient orgiastic rites honoring Dionysus that consisted of wine drinking, phallus worshipping, and chanting poems

Front 26

What characteristics are among the actor's most valuable tools?

Back 26

Discipline and control

Front 27

Who were much of Stanislavsky's system at the Moscow Art Theatre developed in productions of plays by?

Back 27

Anton Chekhov

Front 28

Who was Konstantin Stanislavsky?

Back 28

a Russian actor and director who developed an acclaimed and influential "system" for actor training during his tenure at the Moscow Art Theatre