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Theatre Test 2

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Seneca
Tragic playwright
Flats
flat pieces of theatrical scenery which are painted and positioned on stage so as to give the appearance of buildings or other background.
Roman Theatre
Less influenced by religion
364 BCE
First Roman theatrical performance
Hand Props
Props handled by actors
Cue
the trigger for an action to be carried out at a specific time
Magic Sheet
Paper that outlines lighting cues
Cue Sheet
Form that lists cue information
Scrim
A curtain made from a semitransparent material that looks solid when lit from the audience side and becomes almost invisible when back lit.
Terence
Roman Comic playwright who wrote "The Phormio"
Cavea
Audience seating in Roman theatre
Plautus
Credited with creation of mistaken identity play
Cycles
Religious Plays
Liturgical Dramas
Religious Plays
Euripides
Greek playwright, wrote Medea and Electra.
Set Props
Things like furniture that aren't part of the set.
Pulpitum
Raised stage in Roman theatre
Trope
A common theme
Traps
Openings in the floor
Mystery Plays
Among the earliest formally developed plays in medieval Europe.
3000 People
Capacity of The Globe
45
Number of Greek plays that survived
Facade
A face of doors that Romans performed in front of.
Purple robe
Character is young
Tech Rehearsal
The technical rehearsal or tech rehearsal is a rehearsal that focuses on the technological aspects of the performance, in theatrical, musical, and filmed entertainment.
Dress Rehearsal
a rehearsal or series of rehearsals in which the ensemble dresses as they will dress at the performance for the audience. The entire performance will be run from beginning to end, exactly as the real performances will be, including pauses for intermissions.
Hanging
Putting the lights into their positions
Aeschylus
Greek playwright, father of tragedy. Wrote Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides
Cyclorama
A very large piece of white fabric, tensioned on two or more sides, which covers the entire back wall of the stage.
Vomitories
Roman theatre entry/escape ways
Gel
A color filters put in front of spotlights or floodlights to give the light beam a specific hue.
The Brother Menaechmus
Twin brothers reunited after much confusion
Props
The visual elements of a scene other than the set.
Yellow robe
Character is a woman
Seneca
Elizabethan tragedies often identified like his style
Silhouette
A subject with no key light, and a brightly illuminated background.
Dry Tech Rehearsal
a rehearsal without the performers, where lights, sounds, etc. are checked.
The Phormio
Wily a servant tricks 2 stodgy fathers into accepting their son's romantic choices
Horace
Influenced Italian Renaissance
Gobo
A piece of metal or glass, which fits into the gate of a light and projects a pattern onto the set.
Yellow tassel
Character is a God
Hrotsvitha
Female Nun playwright
City Dionysia
festival held in Athens, which includes a tragedy competition.
Dionysus
Greek God of Nature, Wine, and Fertility
240 BCE
Year Roman theatre started
Focus
Using lights to direct the audience's attention to an area of the stage or distracting them from another.
Horace
Roman Poet, wrote The Art of Poetry
Miracle Plays
Religious Plays

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