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7.01 Greek Theatre

Part 1: Prologue

1. What exactly happened at the Dionysian Festival? (Your answer should be a summary of the overview in your own words.)

2. What do you think the atmosphere was like? (Your answer should contain specific ideas in complete sentences.)

3. Why do you think the ancient Greeks created dramatic theater while other peoples focused on religion and tool making? (Your answer should contain specific ideas in complete sentences.)

4. What festivals take place in the region where you live? List two, and describe what genre is celebrated at the festival. (If you don’t know of any, use your search engine to find some. “I don’t know of any” is not an acceptable answer – ask someone.)

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5. What do you think these contemporary festivals have in common with the Dionysian festival? (Your answer needs to include several examples from the lesson.)

6. In what ways do you think they are different?

Part 2: Theaters

7. Fill in the chart. Briefly describe the function of each section as described in Theater Anatomy.

Section / Function / What English word derives from the Greek? / Clues to the English words:
Epi theatron / Clue: theatron also means “seeing place”
parados / Clue: the chorus marches into the area singing and dancing
proskenion / Clue: think back from the lesson on Stage Spaces
orchestra / Clue: this one is easy
Epi skenion or skene / Clue: our modern plays are broken down into Acts and—

8. Think about theaters you have visited. Which theater stands out as a favorite of yours? What is it about that theater that makes it memorable?

Part 3: Players

9. What group of people were the first performers?

10. Who stepped out of the chorus group to perform a specific role?

11. Thespis established the basic concept of an?

12. What are actors known as today?

13. Name three types of new theater developed during this time.

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14. What are the purposes of the masks?

15. Props are used to help create character. What character would each of the following represent?

A crown -

A lyre -

A walking stick -

A caduceus -

Spears and helmets -

16. Describe one of the two Special Props described in the lesson.

Part 4: The Playwrights

17. The Greek playwrights were considered cultural historians. Why?

18. Fill in the chart. Describe one or more contributions to the development of theater that each playwright made.

Playwright / Contribution to the development of theater
Aeschylus
Sophocles
Euripides
Aristophanes

Part 5: The Plays – Tragic Structure

19. Fill in the chart. Describe each section of the Greek tragedy.

Section / Function
Prologue
Parados
Episode
Stasimon
Exodos

20. What happens to the protagonist is a Greek tragedy?

21. What are Aristotle’s three rules of unity?

22. Describe the role of the chorus.

The Plays, III. Contemporary Interpretations

23. How do we see the chorus used in plays today?

24. Describe the deus ex machine? What problem does it solve in the play The Phantom Tollbooth?

25. Define hubris.