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Origin of Theatre and Greek Performance Worksheet Biesbrouck Origin: 1. Aristotle said that theatre originated from __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ ___________. 2. Give an example of Aristotle’s theory.____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________. 3. Theatre originated from Greek religious festivals honoring Dionysus. What are the four steps? a.___________________________________________________________________ b.___________________________________________________________________ c.___________________________________________________________________ d.___________________________________________________________________ 4. To call this period in time the Golden Age of Greece means that during this time ____________________________________________________________________. 5. Pythagorus discovered ______________________________________________. 6. Hippocrates came up with ___________________________________________. 7. The festival was held in order to honor _________________________________. 8. What was the state of business during the festival?_____________________________________________________________? 9. Tragedies were added to the festival in ________BC. 10. Comedies were added to the festival in _________BC. 11. Different events were held for different lengths of time. Write in the event that matches the amount of days. 1-2 days ______________ 2 days ________________ 3 days________________ 1 day ________________ 12. The ___________ was responsible for picking the plays for the festival almost a year in advance. 13. ___________ was the producer. 14. _______________ was a trailer advertising a play that was to be presented during the festival. 15. _____________ provided the actor and playwright’s salaries. 16. _________________________ was responsible for keeping order during the festival. 17. plays were based on ____________ and ______________ that the people were already familiar with. 18. Who attended the festival? _________________ 19. Did women attend the festival? ______________ How do you know?______________________________________________________ Greek Theaters and Performance: 20. Draw and label a Greek theater. 21. 22. 23. 24. The ____________ was used for sacrifices for Dionysis. ______________ was a circular acting area. ________________ was the raked audience seating, Explain was raked seating means. _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 25. _________________ was an entrance to the acting area. 26. ______________________ was used for prop and costume storage. 27. Deux ex mechane was _____________________________________________ 28. Ekklyklema was _________________________________________________ 29. List 3 characteristics of a Greek chorus. a.__________________________________________________________________ b.___________________________________________________________________ c._________________________________________________________________ 30. List 3 functions of the Greek chorus. a.___________________________________________________________________ b.___________________________________________________________________ c.___________________________________________________________________ 31. The costumes for tragedies were ______________________________________. 32. The costumes for comedies were ______________________________________. 33. Give 6 characteristics of masks. a.___________________________________________________________________ b.__________________________________________________________________ c.___________________________________________________________________ d.__________________________________________________________________ e.___________________________________________________________________ f.___________________________________________________________________ 34. Describe the acting of ancient Greece.______________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Greek Authors: 36. ______________________ was the founder of Greek, therefore all of Western drama. 37. Aeschylus wrote ___________ plays, but only ___________ still exist today. 38. _________________ wrote Antigone. 39. Sophocles wrote ____________ plays, but only _________ exist. 40. Why was Euripides not as popular as other authors?__________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 41. The most popular playwright of ancient Greece was ______________________. 42. List the 6 elements of drama according to Aristotle. a.____________________________________________ b.____________________________________________ c.____________________________________________ d.____________________________________________ e.____________________________________________ f.____________________________________________ 43. _________________ is a purging of emotions. 44.___________________ is a character flaw. 45.__________________ is the flaw of excessive pride.