Theatre Ch. 11

Front 1

* Surviving hieroglyphics in Egypt indicate that religious theatre existed there as early as?

Back 1

* 2500 BCE.

Front 2

* Who created the earliest form of theatre?

Back 2

* The greeks in Athens created the earliest form of theatre

Front 3

When did the city of Athens add contests for tragedy to its annual city festival honoring Dionysus?

Back 3

In 534 BCE.

31 = were written by three playwrights

11 = were written by one playwright

Front 4

* (a choric presentation sung and danced in homage to Dionysus)

Back 4

dithyramb

Front 5

* (seeing place) Hillside or a hill

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Theatron

Front 6

* was circular playing space for the actors

Back 6

Orchestra

Front 7

* raised stage where the actors performed

Back 7

Pulpitum

Front 8

Which can seen as on three-part play

Back 8

Trilogy

Front 9

Romans performed plays at religious festivals but differed by dedicating the productions to any of their gods

* Instead of using hillsides, the Romans erected freestanding theatre that surrounded the audience and performers
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* First theatre’s to focus the audience’s attention strictly on the stage without distractions from outside environment

Back 9

Roman Facts:

Front 10

The Conversion of _________ to as________ a state religion is when we see theatre’s collapse

Back 10

Rome and Christianity

Front 11

Accepted theatre practice was reborn in the church itself, accepted date of reappearance was?

Back 11

925 BCE

Front 12

Who was the 10th century German canoness, that created fascinating Christian plays featuring dynamic heroines?

Back 12

Hrotsvitha

Front 13

What was performed in Latin by the clergy in many monasteries and cathedrals?

Back 13

Liturgical Dramas

Front 14

What is an open staging space?

Back 14

Platea

Front 15

What is an emblematic background?

Back 15

Mansions

Front 16

What were based on biblical stories and ranged from creation to the last judgment? (Liturgical Drama)

Back 16

Mystery Plays

Front 17

What depicted humanity’s struggle with good and evil? (Liturgical Drama)

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Mortality Plays

Front 18

What recounted the real or apocryphal lives of saints? (Liturgical Drama)

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Miracle or Saint's Plays

Front 19

What is the Doctrine of Dramatic Art that

outines the principles of performance, staging, and dramatic form as practiced in India and applied to Sanskrit plays?

Back 19

The Natyasastra

Front 20

(moods or sentiments, rather than action and event).

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Rasas

Front 21

The dramas are structurally organized around _____?

Back 21

Rasas

Front 22

What is Virtue is rewarded; evil is punished?

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Poetic Justice

Front 23

What was developed in the court of the shogun in the feudal samurai system of the late 14th century?

Back 23

Noh Theatre

Front 24

Who is the leading character that is masked during Classical Japanese Noh theatre?

Back 24

shite

Front 25

(1333-1384?) and (1362-1444)?

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* Kan’ami and Zeami

Front 26

What was the most popular classical Japanese form? When did it begin?

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Kabuki, began in 1603

Front 27

Why is 1758 such an important date

Back 27

* revolving stage, lazy susan

Front 28

Who was Chikamatsu (1683-1725)?

Back 28

Love suicides at Sonezaki

Front 29

Did Kabuki Actors wear masks?

Back 29

* Kabuki actors do not wear masks, but the makeup is often intricate and mask like

Front 30

What was a stage-level ramp that passes directly from the stage apron down right cent to the back of the house? Tool that froze time, cat-walk, speak poetry, reverse time.

Back 30

Hanamichi