History of Greek Theatre - Jayden

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  1. 5. Greek choruses could express the point of view of this individual
  2. 8. Theatre in the western world can be traced back to
  3. 10. Greek city which had huge cultural advances in the 5th century
  4. 12. Who is the leading winner of the best playwright contest?
  5. 14. Masks allowed male actors to play these characters, vice versa
  6. 16. How many plays did Sophocles write?
  7. 18. Considered the "father" of Western philosophy
  8. 20. How many of Sophocles' plays survived?
  9. 21. The arrangement of events in a play
  10. 23. Greek choruses brought color, movement, and this to a play.
  11. 24. The major festival was called
  12. 27. Sophocles increased the number of actors in plays to this number.
  13. 28. Facilitated rapid change of roles
  14. 31. By the 5th century,Athens had this many festivals a year to honor Dionysus
  15. 32. The greek word chorus means this in English
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  1. 1. The high-backed seats were reserved for
  2. 2. When was the first recorded Greek theatrical tragedy contest?
  3. 3. Choruses consisted of these many people after Sophocles
  4. 4. Who wrote epic poems that influenced Greek Drama?
  5. 5. Theatre Dionysus was on the slope of the hill below this place
  6. 6. Religious and legal rules only allowed characters from plays to "die" here
  7. 7. Greek plays usually took place
  8. 9. Defined the word tragedy in his work "poetics"
  9. 11. How many roles was a single actor capable of playing?
  10. 13. Greek choruses would only dance, but they would
  11. 15. All performers wore masks, with these people as the exception
  12. 17. Greeks believed he was a god and presented drama at festivals to honor him
  13. 19. Who won the first Greek tragedy contest?
  14. 22. How speech reveals character
  15. 25. The word theatre comes from this greek word
  16. 26. Greek word which evolved into the English word "scene"
  17. 29. A creature in classical mythology who was part man and goat and famous for being drunk and sexual
  18. 30. Greek choruses helped establish this in a drama