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How did the earliest performances originate?
Cavemen act out the hunting of their dinner while it was cooking.
What is the first record of a theatrical performance written on, from when, and where was it found?
a stone tablet, 7000 B.C., in Egypt.
What did the stone tablet describe?
A 3 day performance by I-Kher-Wofret of Abydos.
Describe the 3 day performance.
It used realistic battles and high ceremony to reenact the murder, dismemberment, and resurrection of the god Osiris.
Who is credited with the origins of theatre?
The Greeks.
Who were the Greeks honoring?
Dionysis, the god of wine and fertility.
What does the word tragedy come from and what does it mean?
Tragos, which translates to goat song.
Who kept the audience informed of the actions onstage in greek theatre?
the chorus
Who was the first actor and when did he gain this title?
Thespus in 534 B.C.
What is the purpose of the Greek mask?
They added size to the character making them easier to see as well as allowing actors to play multiple characters.
Orchestra
The area in front of the stage where the chorus danced.
Skene
small hut like building that served as the actors dressing rooms. later they added several stories, wings and paint.
Machina
a crane-like device that flew in gods
who is the earliest recorded greek playwright?
Aeschylus
who is the father of tragedy?
Aeschylus
What trilogy did Aeschylus write?
orestia
What plays did Aeschylus write?
Agamemnon, the Libation Bearers, and the Euminides
Who, alongside Shakespeare is known as the greatest writer of all time?
Sophocles
What power did Sophocles give his characters?
the power to change the fate the gods had put before them
What plays did Sophocles write?
Odeipus, the King Oedipus at Colonus, Electra, and Antigone
What greek writer only earned appreciation after his death?
Euripides
What ideas did Euripides explore?
the psychology of the individual, especially women.
what is the only satyr-play known to exist and who wrote it?
Cyclops, by Euripides
What did Euripides write?
The trojan women, Medea, Hippolytus
Whos greeks comedies still exist today?
Aristophanes
what plays did Aristophanes write?
birds, clouds, frogs
What did roman theatre consist of?
obscene mimes, drunken horseplay, and dancers in bikinis.
What roman playwright used poetic devices in his writing?
Plautus
What plays did plautus write?
Menaechmi, Amphitryo
What roman playwright was an Ex african slave?
Terence
What plays did terence write?
Andrian and eunuch
What roman playwright wrote closet dramas?
Seneca
What plays did Seneca write?
Octavia, The phoenician women, hercules
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