Theater - Test #1 (WKST 1-3, Trifles, Oedipus, The Second Shepherd's Play, and Ferris Wheel)

Mak’s wife

Who is Gill?

the sheep Mak stole

What is Gill hiding in the cradle?

Daw

Who is the youngest shepherd?

a ball

What does Daw bring Baby Jesus?

England and Bethlehem

Where does The Second Shepherd’s Play take place?

in a house

Where does Trifles take place?

• she isn’t present

• they mention her when they discuss what happened

what role does Mrs. Wright play in the production of Trifles?

county attorney

Who is George Henderson in Trifles?

a dead canary

What does Mrs. Peters discover in the box in the sewing basket?

it was too cold

Why did the preserves break in the cabinet in Trifles?

on a ferris wheel

Where does the play Ferris Wheel take place?

it’s a tradition her dad started of facing your fear once a year

Why is Dorie on the ferris wheel?

heights

What is Dorie afraid of?

he can’t smoke a cigarette while he’s stuck

Why does John get scared on the Ferris Wheel?

traveling salesmen

What does John do for a living?

eisodoi

wide pathways on either side of the orchestra

shaman

a religious leader

trochaic tetrameter

formal verse

satyr

goatskin clad followers of dionysus

thespis

the first Greek actor

aeschylus

increased the number of actors to two

534 BC

theatre as we know it was born

skene

hut or tent

chitons

full length robes

ekkyklema

a rolling cart

pinakes

panels of abstractly painted scenery

mechane

cranes that could fly actors

dithyramb

an ancient, drunken dance chant fertility ritual that celebrated the birth of the wine god

tetralogy

four play sequence

tragoidia

goat song

thymele

altar

orchestra

large cleared space on the ground

onkoi

fanciful wiggings

periaktoi

three sided scenic pieces

ritual

a collective ceremony performed by members of society

nine tragedies

how many plays did lucius annaeus seneca write?

Plautus’s The Menachmi Twins

inspired/became the source for shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors

prologue

the opening speech

religion

greek theater has its origins in…?

Asia minor

Where the Roman theatre of Aspendos was built

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Emperor Nero’s tutor

Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)

the freed african slave who wrote six comedies

prologue, parodos, agon, episode, stasimon, and exodos

the six parts of a Greek play

Sophocles

increased the number of actors on the stage from two to three

comedy and tetralogy

the two forms of Greek drama in the beginning of the 5th century BC

Euripedes

the youngest Greek tragedians

Titus Maccius Plautus

most popular of the Roman playwrights

The Bacchae by euripides

the last known Greek tragedy

box set

a three dimensional construction of interconnected hard covered “flats” that represent the walls and occasionally the ceilings of a real room and then filled with furniture

trompe-l’oeil

eye deceiving

flat

sturdy wooden frames covered in soft or hard surfaces and then painted or treated

cyclorama

a scenic backdrop at the rear of the stage that often represents the sky

The Great White Way

nickname for Broadway

himation

the gownlike basis costume of the Greek tragic actor

producer

the person responsible for assembling the ingredients of a play production

biomechanical constructivism

an acting method characterized by bold gestures and rapid, near acrobatic movement

casting

90% of directing, the assigning of parts to an actor or actors

Appia

urged the fluid use of space, form, and light

backdrop

large flat scenery pieces at the rear of the stage

Paul Fort

theatre d’art in paris

halos

devices to redirect sunlight made of reflective metal

light plot

a plan showing the placement of each lighting instrument

scrim

loosely wove, gauzy fabric which looks opaque when lit from the front and transparent when lit from behind

theater

seeing place

arena

theatre in the round

followspot

a swivel mounted lighting instrument that can be pointed in any direction by an operator

1879

when electricity was introduced in american theaters

renderings

drawings first in black and white and then in color

thundersheets

hanging sheets of tin that rumbled ominously when rattled

pace

the only aspect of a play that audiences can hold the director accountable for

Erwin Piscator

german designer who experimented with projections

didaskalos

teacher

blocking

the timing and placement of actors entrances, exits, rises, crosses, embraces and other major movements

verisimilitude

lifelikeness

forced perspective

a technique that creates the illusion of depth on a flat surface

proscenium format

most widely used theatre format in the world

space, form, and light

the fundamental principles of dramatic design

platforming in scene design

creates a stage that allows the actor(s) to be seen better by elevating them

platforms, flats, and draperies

the traditional building blocks of stage scenery

visibility, focus, lifelikeness, and atmosphere

the four primary considerations for the lighting designer

performance

an action or series of actions taken for the ultimate benefit of someone else

natyasastra

the principle work of dramatic theory, encompassing dance and music and science of drum

“suspension of disbelief”

the avoidance of critical thinking and logic in understanding something that is unreal or impossible in reality

naturalism

a style and theory of representation based on the accurate depiction of detail

play

what happens in theatre, patterned action

Bertolt Brecht

german poet, playwright, and theatrical reformer

comedy

a genre of dramatic performance that aims to bring laughter and humor to plays/the theater

antagonist

someone who opposes the main hero or protagonist of the play

Aristotle

ancient Greek philosopher and scientist

presentational and representational

the two things that a theatrical performance always is

genre and duration

classifications of plays

resolution

denouement

presentational mode of performance

performer acknowledges and interacts or responds to audience

representational mode of performance

performers act as if the audience isn’t there

plot, character, thought, diction, music, spectacle, and convention

the seven components of a play

masks in theater

provide a physical and symbolic separation between the actor and the character