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- 2. A 13-mile street running through Manhattan and the Bronx, with 41 theaters called "houses."
- 4. A deliberate performance created by live actors and intended for a live audience, making use of scripted language.
- 5. A type of drama, usually based on greek mythology and teaching a lesson of rights and wrongs.
- 7. A place in which a play is performed. "The seeing place."
- 11. Participants dressed up in masks, some taking on special roles in the procession.
- 12. Ancient hymns wildly sung in honor of the god of festivity, Dionysus.
- 13. Humans have an in-built desire to imitate, act, and pretend.
- 14. When a Greek Comedy chorus speaks directly to the audience.
- 16. When a Greek Comedy chorus gave another final rousing song for the end of the show.
- 17. Famous playwright who lived 1564-1616 and had a great understanding of the human condition.
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- 1. A chorus of as many as 24 performers who performed song and dance routines.
- 3. religious worship leads to religious rituals. Rituals become myths, and myths lead to performance.
- 6. Theater originates from games and the playful instincts of mankind.
- 8. An actor or actress in theater.
- 9. Widely considered the highest form of theatrical entertainment in the world.
- 10. The father of tragedy and comedy, perhaps the first actor.
- 15. A witty verbal contest or debate between the principal actors with fantastical plot elements.