History of Theater

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Across
  1. 1. Greek plays that made fun of local politicians and wealthy people
  2. 4. Focus of miracle plays.
  3. 5. Stole and expanded on most of the Greek's culture.
  4. 6. Greek playwright added the second actor to a stage.
  5. 8. Stories that deal with a hero who only wants to get home.
  6. 12. A type of character that used repeatedly in different stories. Common in Commedia Del Arte.
  7. 14. Where theater began.
  8. 20. A street performance style from Italy that focused on jokes, acrobatics, and love stories.
  9. 22. Monarch who took over after the Queen. Also loved theater and commissioned a copy of the Bible.
  10. 23. Worn by Greeks on during performances.
  11. 24. Greek god of the sun, music, and logic
  12. 27. Secret groups of Greeks that would go into the vineyards and worship their gods by acting out dramas.
  13. 28. Short breaks in theatrical performances, used during Mystery and Miracle Plays.
  14. 30. Main character in morality plays
  15. 31. Greek father of the gods
  16. 32. Stories that deal with a hero on a specific mission to find something.
  17. 33. background group that sings and narrates Greek tragedies.
Down
  1. 2. The design of the Greek stage
  2. 3. Monarch that eased restrictions on theater.
  3. 7. Stories that involve a nearly invincible bad guy that is terrorizing a town and has a hole in his defense
  4. 9. Stories that involve an orphaned hero who wins a lover and a castle.
  5. 10. A form of story telling where the hero's mistakes lead to his own death/downfall.
  6. 11. Where Greek citizens came to vote and voice concerns.
  7. 13. The focus of Morality Plays.
  8. 15. Plays that dramatized stories in the Bible
  9. 16. Destroyed Rome.
  10. 17. Not allowed to perform on stage in either Ancient Greece or England.
  11. 18. Wrote the book on how to properly stage a theatrical performance.
  12. 19. Created the first stationary theater.
  13. 21. Greek form of government.
  14. 25. A form of story telling that involves disguises, mistaken identity, and a concluding wedding.
  15. 26. Stories that involve hero being broken out of a mental or physical prison.
  16. 29. Greek god of wine, responsible for starting theatrical performances.