Beginnings of Theater/Greek Theater Crossword

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  1. 5. the area behind the orchestra that served as the backdrop for all plays (P.16)
  2. 9. this was spoken at the end of the play in ancient Greece (P.22)
  3. 11. the type of play focused on making people laugh (P.2)
  4. 16. a large, crane-like device that was used to raise and lower actors from the stage like "gods" (P.18)
  5. 18. items that archaeologists dug up proving cavemen had "theater" (P.1)
  6. 19. all actors wore these to represent age, gender, animals, gods and goddesses (P.13)
  7. 20. the playwright who wrote "the rules for tragedy" and "The Poetics"
  8. 21. all "killing of characters" was done ________ because the Greeks saw it as uncivilized (P.19)
  9. 22. the person who performed the storytelling in caveman times was called the (P.1)
  10. 23. Greek masks had an interior _________ so they could be heard by people sitting far away (P.13)
  11. 24. the first Greek actors to win an award for acting (P.10)
  12. 26. actors were given ____________ in Greek society because they were seen as teachers (P.12)
Down
  1. 1. the Greek playwright most famous for his tragedies (P.20)
  2. 2. the ______ was a group of 10-50 men who spoke and sang in unison to the play (P.6)
  3. 3. this was spoken at the beginning of the play in ancient Greece (P.22)
  4. 4. all actors were _________, so they had to be able to play many different roles (P.11)
  5. 6. the round area where the actors, chorus, and musicians performed (P.16)
  6. 7. a crown of these types of leaves were given to playwrights to wrote the best plays (P.9)
  7. 8. the movable wagon that was used to reveal dead characters (P.19)
  8. 10. the instrument used represent thunder, horses, stampeding animals, ect. (P.18)
  9. 12. the Greek god of wine, harvest, and fertility (P.1)
  10. 13. the type of play that was "comic relief" where men would dress up like half-goats and run through the aisles (P.3)
  11. 14. all plays had to be performed during _________ because there were no electric lights (P.15)
  12. 15. the form of writing that the ancient Egyptians used (P.3)
  13. 17. the Greek playwright most famous for his comedies (P.20)
  14. 24. the type of play focused on teaching lessons and making people think (P.2)
  15. 25. the Greek satyr god and friend of Dionysus (P.4)
  16. 27. the name the Greeks had for their theaters (P.16)