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Mystery plays, morality plays, and miracle plays were early forms of theater that taught religious stories and lessons. Greek theater began in ancient Athens and featured plays by famous playwrights like Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Thespis who helped develop techniques like using masks and multiple actors. Later, Roman playwrights like Terence introduced elements like subplots. Different types of stages developed like the thrust stage which extends into the audience, the theater-in-the-round which surrounds the audience, and the proscenium stage which frames the performance for a front-facing audience. Technical elements also evolved including costumes, wigs, lighting instruments, and dimmer switches to control circuits.

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CPAR Take Home Quiz

Mystery plays, morality plays, and miracle plays were early forms of theater that taught religious stories and lessons. Greek theater began in ancient Athens and featured plays by famous playwrights like Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Thespis who helped develop techniques like using masks and multiple actors. Later, Roman playwrights like Terence introduced elements like subplots. Different types of stages developed like the thrust stage which extends into the audience, the theater-in-the-round which surrounds the audience, and the proscenium stage which frames the performance for a front-facing audience. Technical elements also evolved including costumes, wigs, lighting instruments, and dimmer switches to control circuits.

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CPAR Take Home Quiz

Name: _______________________________ Year Level/Section: _______ Score:


_______

Direction: Identify what is being asked or described in the following statements. Write your
answer in the space provided for.

Greek Theater Morality plays Commedia Dell’ Arte theater


Miracle plays proscenium theatre-in-the-round thrust stage
Parabolic Aluminum Reflector (PAR Dimmer switch
Aeschylus Masks Realism Play
Sophocles Terence black wig red wig
Thespis yellow robe Mystery plays chorus

____________________1. It was created to celebrate religious festivals.


____________________2. It is an activity where interacting persons mimicking some action
present themselves to another group of persons.
____________________3. This is to bring “life to the stage.”
____________________4. It came from the Latin word “Ludus.”
____________________5. These were used to allow the actors to play more than one
character.
____________________6. The Roman playwright who introduced the concept of a subplot.
____________________7. He introduced the idea of using a second and third actor which
allowed for interaction between characters.
____________________8. A wig that symbolizes that the character is a young man.
____________________9. A wig that symbolizes that the character was a woman.
____________________10. He continued the creation of character by using the chorus less,
and creating more dialogue between characters.
____________________11. He has been credited for creating the “first actor” who broke away
from the chorus and would speak to the chorus as an individual character.
____________________12. A unique form of theatre which required few props and no sets and
was created for common people.
____________________13. These are plays that taught a lesson through symbolic characters
representing virtues or faults.
____________________14. These are plays that are based on the lives of the saints.
____________________15. These are plays that are based on the Old and New Testament.
____________________16. This stage has an audience surrounding the performance space on
both, on three, or on all sides.
____________________17. This stage has an extended apron – that strip of space that extends
from the curtain line.
____________________18. A stage framed by a box and viewed by an audience sitting in front
of this box (also called end on where the audience all look to the same direction).
____________________19. The most common lighting instrument, generally used as flood
lights.
____________________20. It controls specific circuit or channel of the light.

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