THEA 200 Final

Medieval drama designed to teach a lesson. The characters were often allegorical and represented virtues or faults

(literally, "Whom do you seek?") refers to four lines of the medieval Easter liturgy that later formed the kernel of the large body of medieval liturgical drama

Individual scenic units used for the staging of religious dramas in the Middle Ages; Platea was an ancient city in Greece

Second Greek dramatist -built on the dramatic form of Aeschylus -raised the size of the chorus to 15 -added a 3rd actor who played several parts with a mask -had a distinctive structure of play writing

First important Greek/western dramatist -added the 2nd actor to theatre presentations who played several parts in a mask -reduced the size of the chorus to 12, making it more manageable -master of the triology

First Greek actor; stepped out of the chorus and added acting to the Dithyramb

Third Greek dramatist -more of a rebel, most modern dramatist -introduced sympathetic portrayl of female characters, increased realism, mixture of tragedy with melodrama and comedy, and skeptical treatment of the gods

Author of the only surviving 'Old comedies' of ancient Greece; satirized prominent figures

Author of The Poetics (4th cent. B.C.); important Greek philosopher; scientist who described and cataloged the world he saw around him (took same approach to analyzing tragedy); outlined 6 elements of drama: plot, character, thought or theme, language, music, spectacle; suggests that tragedy deals with the reversals in fortune and eventual downfall of a royal figure.

The 1st significant work of dramatic criticism; loosely organized and incomplete, but intelligent and penetrating; the single most important piece of dramatic criticism in existence; Aristotle outlines the 6 elements of drama: 1. plot-arrangement of dramatic incidents 2.character-people represented in the play 3.thought or theme-ideas explored 4.language-dialogue and poetry 5.music 6.spectacle-scenery and other visual elements

Linked to the tragic flaw in Greek theatre; an archery term meaning "to miss the mark"

The equivalent of a modern day producer from classical Greek theatre

Told the audience about the setting, was very loud, created the mood, and modeled the perfect audience

Greek dramatist, the best-known representative of Athenian New Comedy

Where the audience sat in Greek theatre; means "seeing place"