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Who is Thomas Murdock?
Our theater art teacher
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Who is Dionysus?
The god of all growing things
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Who is nobody :D (Anonymous)?
The person who wrote "Everyman"
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Who is Lorraine Hansberry?
First black woman to have a full length play on broadway (A raisin in the sun)
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Who is Andre Antoine?
Created a members only theater club to avoid censorship called "Theatre Libre"
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What is myth & ritual?
A theory that says theater is developed from
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Who is Archon?
He supervised the festivals & would tap the wealthy for donations
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What is the most famous Comedia Co.?
Gelosi Co.
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What is "The Blacks"?
A play by Jean Genet which uses the same techniques as Ward's "Day of Absence"
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Who is Stanislavski?
Developed the method style of acting influenced by Sax Meiningen
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What is written language?
Primitive man is defined as a society without...
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What are the three playwrights of Greek Theater?
Thespis, Aeschylus & Sophocles
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What is a Miracle play?
stories with saints and martyrs
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What is the Federal Theater Project?
An organization directed by Hallie Flanagan in the 1930's
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What is soliloquy?
An actor alone on stage expressing inner most thoughts & feelings
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False(?)
(true/false) Denouement is another name for complication?
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Who is Arion?
He was the first known to write down a dithyramb and give it literary meaning
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What was the Numachiae?
Sea battles which would flood the colosseum
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What is the African Grove Company?
James Hewitt organized this company in 1820
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What are 3 sources Billy took his story line from?
Stories made from history, myth and legends
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What were the Pyramid Texts?
The earliest recorded form of a play. Ex: "Abydos Passion Play" about the story of Osiris. These plays were done to ensure the well being of the Pharaoh
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What is the structure of a Greek Tragedy?
A story following a prologue, parados, episode and exodus
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Who are Plautus and Terence?
Roman dramatists who wrote comedic plays which survived
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What is The Toilet & The Dutchman?
Two plays written by Leroy Jones that was instrumental in starting the black theater movement
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What are 3 ways Billy's plays were classified?
Comedy (midsummer night's dream), Tragedy (Romeo & Juliet), and History (Julius Cesar)
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