Theatre Exam 1 Crossword
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
 
 
Down: 1) first work of dramatic criticism,details how to write a tragedy, later wrote a treatise on comedy, but that work has been lost2) the audience's acceptance of the quasi-reality of a work of art that enables the playwright, director, and actors to communicate perceptions about reality; the term was coined by English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Closely tied to aesthitc distance.3) the seeing place (theatre)4) the dancing place9) building behind the orkestra that served as a backdrop(origin of scene and scenery11) the only known Roman tragic playwright: heavy influence on Shakespeare"s early work14) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________15) An imaginary wall seperating the actors from audience: an innovation of realism in the theatre in the mid-1800s Across: 5) Type of theatre that makes no attempt to offer a realistic illusion on stage. The actors openly ackknowledge the audience, often playing to them and sometimes even inviting members to participate6) plot,character,thought,diction,music, and spectacle7) the purgation of emotion through pity and fear(the tragic effect)8) the first actor: stepped out of the chorus and began a dialogue (thespian)10) Performer,Audience,Space,design, and Text12) A style of theatre in which the actors attempt to create an illusion of reality and go about thier business as if there were no audience present13) goat song (origin of tragedy)16) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________17) the most modern of the greeks: Medea and The Trojan War18) added the third actor: Oedipus Rex and Antigone19) lengthy choral odes sung by a group of men in masks and robes that told the stories of ancient war heroes20) the imitation of an action
 

 

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