Primitive, Greek, and Roman Theatre Review

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  1. 2. Theatre in this civilization was bawdy and decadent
  2. 5. This person oversaw rituals
  3. 7. wrote The Poetics.
  4. 10. He was the first actor
  5. 12. The subject matter of these Roman plays dealt mostly with mythological stories, although some plays were based on historical events.
  6. 15. This playwright won the playwriting competition at the Festival Dionysia 18 times
  7. 18. This writer of Roman comedy was an African slave owned by a Roman senator
  8. 22. Some think theatre began with the reenactment of this
  9. 23. Earliest known author of Greek tragedy
  10. 24. All Greek actors were ___
  11. 25. Aeschylus's play, The __________, dealt with the historical battle of Salamis in 480 8.c.
  12. 26. The City Dionysia festival was in honor of
  13. 29. Sophocles is often compared to this English playwright
  14. 32. In Greek theatre, this person was responsible for writing, directing, composing, choreographing and sometimes acting
  15. 33. The first Greek plays had only ____ actor and a large chorus
  16. 34. None of this writer’s plays were published during his lifetime
  17. 35. This is where the audience sat in a Greek theatre
  18. 37. This city was the site of the first recorded theatrical performance
  19. 38. Primitive civilizations did not leave these records behind
  20. 39. This was one of the most important parts of the Greek actor's costume
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  1. 1. was told by the Delphic oracle that he would kill his father and marry his mother.
  2. 3. Roman __________ dealt with the ridiculing of political or social issues at hand
  3. 4. to enter a playwriting competition, a playwright had to submit _____ tragedies and one satyr
  4. 6. Greek theatres were made of wood and _____
  5. 7. This is the only writer of Old Comedy who had work survive to the modern age
  6. 8. This Greek playwright was the least popular during his lifetime
  7. 9. A group of performers who danced and sang at intervals throughout the play,
  8. 11. This civilization was incorrectly given credit for developing theatre
  9. 13. Greek theatres were built here, Roman theatres were built all throughout cities
  10. 14. Aeschylus is the father of _______
  11. 16. The area where the chorus performed on a Greek stage
  12. 17. This was a crane-like device to lower actors to the stage
  13. 19. The Great Panathenaic Festival was held in honor of
  14. 20. The only surviving complete Greek Trilogy
  15. 21. on the events of the play.
  16. 24. These were used to distinguish one character from the other, which made it easier for one actor to play several roles.
  17. 27. The first drama dealt with the death and resurrection of this god
  18. 28. This building was a place for actors to change costumes and masks
  19. 30. Aeschylus was famous for his parodies of his rival playwrights, philosophers, and statesmen, as well as for making a mockery of the _________ democracy
  20. 31. This writer of Roman tragedy penned plays that were intended to be read rather than performed
  21. 36. The first recorded theatrical performance happened here in 2,500 BC
  22. 38. This population was never allowed to attend theatre